How To Soak Oats & Quinoa

Jini Patel Thompson shows you how to soak grains like oats and quinoa (actually a chenopod) - to de-activate the phytic acid (which blocks mineral absorption) and make them easier to digest. Learn how to soak your oatmeal to make a porridge that cooks only 5 minutes!

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• soaking
• grains
• soaked
• oatmeal
• quinoa

[mer7ury]

Do you discard the water after soaking the oats? Can you use cider vinegar to provide the acidic medium? After soaking the oats for 24 hrs., can they be stored in the refrigerator for a day or two?

Great video, love it. :-)

[jinithompson]

@mer7ury Yes and you can also rinse the oats if you wish with clean water - some prefer/recommend this. ACV should work fine, but it will leave an aftertaste in the oats. You can keep them in the fridge for a few days, but rinse them with fresh, filtered water every day.

[enliteneer]

Since the water is not discarded after soaking (to remove the phytic acid), can Quinoa be soaked overnight with milk (for a oatmeal porridge alternative)?

Also, how does Quinoa compare in terms of soluble fiber with other gluten-free cereals (oat, maize, buckwheat, millet, sorghum, etc)?

[jinithompson]

@enliteneer If you add lemon juice to milk, you may have soured milk by the morning... not sure. I have soaked in half yoghurt, half water and that was fine. Not sure about the amounts of soluble fiber - that's a google question and likely easy to find. I like quinoa because it is high protein, but you could always do a mix of GF grains.

[vernedudeman]

Thank you!

[PeterCKCHS]

@enliteneer I've heard of soaking in yogurt but not in milk. Yogurt is slightly acidic (the tang that we taste) because the bacteria digest the lactose and produce acid as a by product.

[thallious9876]

@oneshotcon so then there is no phytates? (or what ever she said grains have)

[oneshotcon]

@thallious9876 It's a seed, actually. Quinoa is a pseudograin rather than a true cereal, because it's not part of the grass family.

[jinithompson]

@cocobrownallaround I have posted some links etc. on your channel page - YouTube doesn't allow you to post URLs here, so I've posted them on your channel. good luck!