Ingredients

  • 13 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated
  • 34 teaspoon salt
  • 14 teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons rice bran oil
  • 1 13 cups quinoa or 1 13 cups amaranth
  • 500 g mangoes, firm-ripe, peeled, pitted and cut into 1 cm chunks
  • 1 red capsicum, 1/2 cm, diced
  • 1 chili, fresh, seeded (if desired for less heat)
  • 13 cup mint, chopped fresh
  • 12 cup peanuts, salted roasted, chopped

Method

  • Whisk together yoghurt, lime juice, curry powder, ginger, salt and pepper in a large bowl.
  • Add oil in a slow stream, whisking until combined.
  • Rinse quinoa (or amaranth) in a bowl using 5 changes of water, rubbing grains and letting them settle before pouring off water (if quinoa does not settle,drain in a large sieve after each rinsing).
  • Cook quinoa (or amaranth) in a large pot of boiling salted water 10 minutes.
  • Drain in a large sieve and rinse under cold running water.
  • Set sieve with quinoa (or amaranth) over a saucepan containing 4cm boiling water (sieve should not touch the water) and steam the grains, covered with a kitchen towel and lid, until fluffy and dry, 10 to 12 minutes.
  • Toss with curried yoghurt and remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Serve warm or at room temperature.