How to cook amaranth?

Amaranthus is a common dish on the table in summer. It tastes sweet and fragrant and is loved by many families. Some places even call it "longevity vegetable". Amaranthus has high nutritional value and there are many ways to cook and eat it. What are the main home cooking methods of amaranth?

1. Amaranth Cake

Ingredients: Amaranth, flour, salt, chopped green onion, vegetable oil

practice

1. Wash and chop the amaranth, add chopped green onions;

2. Mix the flour into the amaranth. Do not add water. Only a little flour is needed.

3. Use a heated pan and apply vegetable oil, but not too much, or it will be greasy;

4. When the oil in the pan is 50% hot, pour the amaranth mixed with flour into the pan, flatten it, and slightly compact it. After the surface of the pancake changes color, turn it over and continue frying for a while. It can be served in about two minutes. Haha, because there is less flour and oil, it is broken when it is served;

5. Mash the garlic, add a little vinegar and sesame oil to make garlic juice. Pick up the pancakes and dip them in the garlic juice. It is really delicious.

2. Stir-fried amaranth with garlic

Ingredients: 500 grams of amaranth, appropriate amount of garlic cloves, appropriate amount of fine salt, MSG, and oil.

practice

1. Remove the roots, old stems and leaves of the amaranth, wash, drain and cut into sections; loosen the garlic cloves with a knife.

2. Place the pot on high heat, add oil and heat it, add fine salt, add the amaranth and stir-fry, add the garlic cloves, stir-fry until the vegetable is crispy and the juice comes out, then remove from the pot and serve.

3. Fish Ball and Amaranth Soup

Ingredients: 1/2 cup fish filling, 1/2 lbs white amaranth, 3 cups broth, 10-15 wolfberries, seasoning: salt to taste, a pinch of pepper, a few drops of sesame oil

practice

1. Pick the amaranth, wash it, boil the soup, put the fish filling on the wet palm and roll it into balls, add it into the soup and cook for about 2-3 minutes.

2. Add agar, salt and pepper to taste. Then add wolfberry and a drop of sesame oil.