Amaranth Miscellaneous Serving Suggestions

- Add chopped red amaranth to vegetable curries, a common practice in India and Sri Lanka.

- Mix a pound of steamed, drained and chopped amaranth with 1 pound of ricotta cheese, 1 beaten egg, and 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, and bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

- Mix finely chopped raw amaranth with chopped onion, slightly beaten eggs, and a little salt, then fry as an omelet.

- Add steamed, drained and chopped amaranth to tomato sauce and serve with pasta.

- Mix the steamed amaranth greens in a blender with minced garlic,

parsley, basil, oregano, tomato sauce, and some tomato paste, then use this mixture as one of the layers in a lasagna.

- Delicious as a green in soups.

- Add to stir fry.

- Use for dying yarns and fabric.