Amaranth pancakes

1/31/2018

Amaranth pancakes are nutty and substantial.

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Without gluten you won’t get light and fluffy diner-style pancakes. Nonetheless, they have a delicious, cake-like texture that will carry you until lunch. Maybe you’d like to consider making a double batch and carrying a few with you for hearty mid-afternoon snack? Cultivated by the Aztecs 8,000 years ago, amaranth was a major staple of ancient diets in Mexico and Central America. It is now used throughout the world and provides many health benefits. Recently, Amaranth is gaining more attention due to its remarkable nutrition. It is gluten-free and is the only grain with a documented Vitamin C content. It has high protein content, as well as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties; its high in calcium, iron, phosphorus, carotenoids and fiber. Enjoy this beneficial ancient grain along with the other vitamin- and mineral-rich ingredients in these hearty pancakes.

Prep

¼ inch ginger root
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 lemon

Grate ginger root. Melt coconut oil. Juice lemon.

Dry ingredients

1 cup amaranth flour
½ cup arrowroot powder
½ cup almond meal
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon salt

Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl, using a wire whisk, until well combined. Reserve.

Liquids

1 egg
2 tablespoons Blackstrap molasses
water as needed for consistency

In a separate bowl, using a wire whip, beat egg until egg is lemony in color. Stir in ginger root, lemon juice, coconut oil and molasses; mix well.

Process
Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients. Gently pour liquid into the well. Using a wooden spoon, go around the outside edge of the dry ingredients to gently pull the dry into the liquid. Mix like this as gently as you can, just until all the ingredients are wet, but some bits of dry remain.

Drop the batter onto a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan, heated to medium-high. When edges begin to bubble, flip and cook other side.

Preparation: 15 minutes
Serves: 2

1 Comment

Grow Red Amaranths Indoor link

2/16/2023 09:15:31 am

Though it’s an easy-growing plant, you need to have some minimum set-up to grow them. Of course, for a food plant the requirements needed to be maintained in such a manner that the plants will give you a good number of harvests. So, let’s count on what are necessaries to grow red amaranth indoors.

Soil: The first and foremost component for any plant to grow. Thus the red amaranths need well-drained, airy soil in the indoor potting mix. For the potting mix- peat moss, potting compost and perlite each in 30% amount. This potting mix works well for the red amaranth plants. Slight acidic soil from 6.5-7.5 is okay. So, this soil mix is best for seedling germination as well.
Temperature and humidity: So, the growing temperature for the lovelies bleeding/ velvet curtain, these are another name for red amaranth is 20-25 ° It will not grow well below 15-16 °C. In case of humidity, red amaranths love to grow in 80-90% humidity.
Location: It’s a sun-loving flowering plant that not only adds nutritious value but also gives a red/ purple vibe in your indoor potting. But if you grow red amaranth indoors then the sunny to moderately sunny places are best for them. Allow, 6-8 hours of sunlight for optimum growth.
Fertilizer: In the potting mix, you can add fertilizer. But to grow red amaranth indoors doesn’t need a bulk of fertilizer. These leafy veggie plants can grow with small amount of soil nutrient, a self-sufficient plant. You can add blood and bone, chicken manure to the potting mix for nitrogen content.
Sowing the seeds: Mix the seeds with compost before sowing. Then gently sow the seeds into the indoor potting mix. Place the seeds one to two inches deep into the potting mix and let them sprout. You can sow the black seeds from your last season crop/ collect the seeds from any garden center. Even transplanting seedlings into the container is also a good idea. You can harvest the red amaranth plants within 3-4 weeks after sowing seeds.
Potting Size: The red amaranth plants have long roots, so the indoor pot/ container size should be wide and long. Usually, 5 inches or 1 ft deep pot is preferable. And the container should be wide enough, 30-50 cm wide, so that many plants can grow easily. In a small pot the plants will overshadow each other.
Watering guide: The plant doesn’t love watery soil. So, water the plants 1-2 days in interval. But it is necessary to water the potting mix after sowing the seeds. Porous soil is best to grow red amaranth indoor. July-August is the best season to grow red amaranth indoors.
Pruning: Growing red amaranths indoors requires pruning. The pruning time depends on the amaranth variety. But you can expect more leaves and seed pods from the plant if you go for pruning. So, cutting and pruning is super easy to grow more amaranths.

Amaranth pancakes

Amaranth pancakes are nutty and substantial.

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