Lamb quinoa salad

Iron rich and full of goodness

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Serves

4

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

12 mins

Take lamb rumps and give them a summery grain salad treatment with this delicious quinoa salad. It transports well and is the perfect office lunch.

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Kathy Paterson
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Ingredients

Lamb
  • 2-3 Quality Mark lamb rumpsi

    trimmed of any silver skin
  • 2-3 tsp ground cumin

Dressing
  • 1 lemon

  • 1 garlic clove

    crushed
  • 6 Tbsp olive oili

Quinoa salad
  • 1 cup quinoa

    rinsed
  • 1 red onion

    finely sliced and soaked in water for 10 minutes
  • 1 tsp ground sumaci

  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers

    finely sliced
  • 4 radishes

    cut in half
  • 1 red capsicum

    finely sliced
  • 2 handfuls watercressi

  • 1 handful of mint leaves

    roughly torn
  • pomegranate molassesi

Method

To Make Lamb
1

Preheat the oven to 190°C.

2

Heat a roasting dish in the oven.

3

Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat.

4

Rub lamb rumps with a little oil and the cumin.

5

Season and place in the hot pan and brown on both sides.

6

Transfer lamb to the hot roasting dish in the oven and cook for 10 minutes for pink lamb.

7

Remove from the oven, sprinkle with salt and cover loosely with foil and a clean tea towel and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

To Make Dressing
1

Finely grate the zest of the lemon, cover and set aside.

2

Juice the lemon and place in a screw top jar with the garlic and olive oil.

3

Season and shake well.

To Make Salad
1

Place the quinoa in a heavy-based saucepan and pour in 2 cups cold water.

2

Place on the heat, cover and bring to the boil.

3

Reduce the heat and simmer for 18-20 minutes until all the liquid is absorbed and the quinoa is light and fluffy.

To Serve
1

Drain the red onion and pat dry with kitchen paper.

2

Place in a large bowl and stir through the sumac. Add the quinoa and drizzle in the dressing.

3

Mix with a fork, to keep the quinoa light and fluffy and add the cucumber, radishes, capsicum, watercress or spinach and mint leaves.

4

Place quinoa salad in 4 shallow serving bowls.

5

Slice the lamb across the grain into thin slices and divide between the bowls.

6

Drizzle with pomegranate molasses, if using and sprinkle over reserved lemon zest.

Nutrition Information per Serving (407g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 4 serves. This recipe is tagged low sodium as it has <120mg sodium per 100g.

Energy
2499kJ (597 kcal)
Protein
33.3g
Total Fat
35.8g
Saturated Fat
6.6g
Carbohydrate
31.8g
Dietary Fibre
8.3g
Sodium
330mg
Iron
6.4mg
Zinc
5.1mg
Vitamin B12
1.4µg