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Recipes with Amaranth, Mexican style

Recipes with Amaranth, Mexican style
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Published: 08/22/2008 - Updated: 02/04/2018

Author: K. Laura Garcés G1 Comments

This extraordinary plant food is considered the food of the future, and is on the international programs approved by dietitians from NASA. In it we find an important source of protein and vitamins how A, B , C , B1 , B2 , B3. It is rich in folic acid, and important minerals like calcium , iron and phosphorus. It is one of the richest foods , with the presence of amino acids like lisina. Its raw leaves contain considerable amounts of iron.

Here we share delicious recipes with Mexican flavor to vary your menu this week.

Contents

  • Fish with amaranth
  • Soy milk, amaranth and oats gruel
  • Amaranth Omelette, Mexican style
  • Pumpkin, corn and amaranth soup
  • Green Rice
  • Amaranth and papaya juice

Fish with amaranth

( 4 servings )

Ingredients

  • 4 shark fish cutlets
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 cup of amaranth
  • Olive oil
  • 300 grams of small potatoes
  • 1 cup of water to cook the potatoes
  • 300 g of carrots
  • 1 tablespoon of chopped chile de arbol
  • Salt and pepper

Procedure

  1. Varnish the fish with the egg.
  2. Mix the amaranth with a little salt and pepper fish breading .
  3. Fry in olive oil on both sides.
  4. Serve with salad.

Soy milk, amaranth and oats gruel

Ideal breakfast for children in school age

Ingredients

  • 2 liters of soy milk
  • 150 grams of amaranth flour
  • 50 grams of cereal amaranth
  • 150 grams of rolled oats
  • Cinnamon and brown sugar

Preparation

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  1. Boil milk with cinnamon
  2. In blender, grind the oats , amaranth flour and cereal , with little water.
  3. When boiling milk is emptied in flour and let simmer, stirring to prevent sticking
  4. Sweeten to taste.

Amaranth Omelette, Mexican style

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 3 Potatoes
  • 3 poblano chilies
  • 10 Amaranth leaves washed and chopped
  • ½ Onion
  • Salt
  • Oil

Preparation

  1. Boil the potatoes , peel and let cool , then cut into squares.
  2. Roast the poblano chiles meantime, peel and cut into slices.
  3. Finally, chop the onion into slits .
  4. In hot oil, fry the onion until transparent.
  5. Add the poblano slices, and after a while , potatoes cut into squares and Amaranth leaves .
  6. When everything is well fried, incorporate previously beaten eggs .
  7. Check the salt and let curdle.

Pumpkin, corn and amaranth soup

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup of oil
  • Two cups of amaranth leaves
  • 300 grams of chopped zucchini
  • 2 shelled corn kernels
  • 2 liters of water
  • 1/2 Kilo of tomato
  • 1 Branch of epazote
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2 onion slice
  • 1/2 cup of amaranth cereal

Preparation

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  1. In a bowl , heat the oil , fry the zucchini , amaranth leaves and corn kernels until acitrone.
  2. Add tomatoes with garlic and onion , along with water and epazote , let the vegetables being cooked for 30 min.
  3. Serve garnished with the grain amaranth .

Green Rice

Ingredients

  • 1/4 kilo Of rice, washed and drained
  • 1/2 onion sliced
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • Two cups of amaranth leaves .
  • 4 poblano peppers (or green peppers ) , roasted and deveined
  • 3 cups of vegetable broth (or water)
  • Salt
  • Oil

Preparation

  1. In a skillet, heat the oil and fry the rice with the onion and garlic.
  2. Apart puree the chiles with amaranth leaves.
  3. When the rice is transparent , drain the oil , add the vegetable broth or water, and to the mixture the chiles and let the fire until the rice fluffy and ready .

Amaranth and papaya juice

This juice is good for lowering cholesterol and for the stomach to work well, it's good to beautify the skin and give a lot of energy. Take it in the morning , if you like, you can vary the papaya for mango, banana , and so on .

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp of amaranth (in pop)
  • 1 slice of papaya
  • Honey to taste
  • 1 cup of soy milk
  • 1 teaspoon of rolled oats

Procedure

  1. Blend all and serve.

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About the author

By K. Laura Garcés G

Writer, therapist and lecturer. She is a lover of natural medicine and the power of mind and emotions in body and life. In addition, he has studied nutrition and develops appropriate diets to support this healing process.She has written more than 1500 articles in magazines in Spain and Mexico, winner of two literature contests. Linkedin.

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Comments
  1. Stacy

    20 de August de 2015 at 00:26

    There’s not that much information on the web, or publicity really, about amaranth, so I’m really glad you gave us some insight about this rarely-covered grain. Thanks so much for the recipes too, these look like simple ways to start including amaranth in the diet!

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