Ingredients

• 1 cup - Quinoa
• 2 cup - Whole wheat pastry flour + 2 tbsps for dusting
• 1/4 cup - Olive oil
• 2 tbsp - Flax seeds
• 1tbsp - Active dry yeast
• 1 tsp - Sugar
• 1 tsp - Salt
• 1 cup - Lukewarm water

How to Make Quinoa and Flax Seeds Bread

• Cook the quinoa in a cup of water with some salt. Keep aside and let it cool.
• Mix the yeast, sugar and salt in a cup of lukewarm water and keep aside for 5 minutes until the yeast mixture turns foamy.
• Take the cooked quinoa (keep aside 2 tbsp cooked quinoa for topping), whole wheat pastry flour and flax seeds and mix everything well.
• Slowly add the foamy yeast and olive oil and knead it as a soft dough.
• Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover the bowl with a towel and arrange in a warm place.
• Let them sit for an hour until they double in volume.
• Punch down the doubled dough and knead the dough dusted with wheat pastry flour slowly. Roll the dough as a loaf.
• Grease a loaf pan with olive oil and arrange the rolled loaf on the greased pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining quinoa over the arranged loaf and let it sit again until they double their volume.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
• Once the loaf gets raised, bake this quinoa and flax seeds bread for 25-30 minutes until the crust turns golden brown.
• Serve warm.
• Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipe