Amaranth Salad with Kale and Other Colours
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time: 30 min
- Servings: 4
ingredients
Amaranth Salad loaded with healthy, vibrant colours makes a delicious meal. There are many healthy reasons to include Amaranth in your diet. Its not a grain but a pseudocereal like Quinoa, and is a good source of protein (3.8g/100g uncooked), as well as a good source of fiber and micronutrients (calcium and iron). Its gluten free. The flavour is nutty, earthy and mild and goes well withjust about anything.
Methods
- Boil the Amaranth for 20 minutes
- Allow to cool
- Mix the rest of the ingredients together
- Simply and mindfully enjoy, while appreciating the colours on your plate
Amaranth
Uses
Add to soups or salads, eat as porridge, risotto, or served as a side dish.
Cooking Instructions: Rinse amaranth well through a sieve and move to a pot. To 1 cup amaranth add 2 cups water. Bring to the boil, cover, reduce the heat and simmer for about 18 – 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, fluff with a fork and allow to stand, covered, for 5 – 10 minutes. Finish it off as something sweet or savoury. Enjoy for breakfast. lunch or dinner.
Quick Facts
- Ingredients: Amaranth
- Amaranth is a nutty flavoured pseudo grain that originates from South America,
- High in protein with a balanced amino acid profile (including lysine),
- High in fibre.
- Phytochemicals in amaranth give excellent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
- Grown in India /Peru
