TOP 2+ How to pick up amaranth quickly and save time

Amaranth is a vegetable that many housewives love to use in their family’s delicious dishes. Amaranth is considered by many to be a vegetable containing many vitamins, minerals and nutrients beneficial to health. But before processing into delicious dishes, you cannot skip the preliminary processing of ingredients. So do you know how to pick up amaranth correctly, quickly and save time? Picking up amaranth before cooking is a must. And to know more, please take a moment to read the article of Dung Ha Dry Agricultural Product on how to pick up simple amaranth from A to Z to save a lot of time.

1. What is amaranth?

Amaranth is a vegetable vegetable, scientifically known as Amaranthus, widely grown and popular all over the world. There are several varieties of amaranth that grow wild. The seeds, oil and leaves of amaranth are all used for food. It is a herbaceous plant, growing vertically, with strong roots, deeply rooted in the ground. In particular, amaranth is extremely resistant to drought and waterlogging.

• Red amaranth (also known as purple amaranth): Vegetable with small, pointed, oval-shaped leaves. Leaves are opposite from base to compact. The whole leaf stem is burgundy, with high water content. When cooked quickly, the water appears a beautiful red color.
• Rice amaranth (also known as green amaranth): This amaranth usually has flowers at the top. Green stem, staggered single leaves with many different sizes, high water content. In particular, the roots, tubers and stems are all used to make traditional medicine.
• Spiny amaranth: This amaranth variety grows wild. The roots are strong and strong, deeply rooted in the soil, so they are very drought tolerant. Farmers also often grow this type of amaranth.

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2. How to quickly pick up amaranth from A to Z to save a lot of time?

2.1 How to choose to buy fresh amaranth

• Check the appearance of vegetables: Choose amaranth whose leaves are always lush. Vegetable leaves are not wilted, not bruised or seriously damaged. Leaves are soft, not too soft
• Check the roots: Amaranth has very strong roots. Choose vegetables that are easy to not rot, blacken
• Taste test of vegetables: Fresh amaranth usually has a mild aroma. If the smell is unpleasant, the vegetables may be spoiled
• Color test: Each type of amaranth has a different distinguishing color. Please choose the color that matches the color of the amaranth you want to use
• Check moisture: Fresh amaranth is usually naturally moist. To check, touch the leaves lightly with your hand to feel and see if your hands are moist
• Clear Origin: Choose to buy fresh amaranth from reliable sources. You can buy it directly at the garden, buy it at a people’s market or supermarket centers such as: Dung Ha Agricultural Products, GREEN Bach Hoa, WinMart++,… to ensure good quality.

2.2 How to pick up amaranth with a simple knife

• 1 bunch of amaranth
• Salt (rice water)
• Knife
• Pot
• Baskets

• If you buy amaranth directly from the garden, the roots will stick to the soil. You use a knife, cut off this soiled root
• If you buy chrysanthemum vegetables at the supermarket, the vegetables are already packaged, labeled, … you do not need to cut off the roots of the amaranth.

• Using a knife, cut the edible parts of the young amaranth leaves into the basket
• See yellow leaves, pests, wilted, crushed, … remove them immediately

• Using a knife, cut off the edible tops of the amaranth and put it in a basket
• The stem of amaranth is old, ugly, pests, … you should remove them because when cooking this fibrous body is very hard, not tasty.

• Vegetables have been picked up. You proceed to wash the vegetables several times under gently running water
• Mix in a pot of dilute salt (or take advantage of rice water), soak amaranth in salt water for about 5 minutes to disinfect
• Pick up the amaranth, rinse the amaranth under gently running water. Let the vegetables dry and drain

Note: In the process of washing vegetables, you proceed to wash vegetables gently under running water. Avoid washing too hard to break the vegetables.

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2.3 How to pick up amaranth by hand quickly and conveniently

• 1 bunch of amaranth
• Rice water (thin salt water)
• Knife
• Wash vegetables
• Vegetable basket

• If you buy amaranth directly from the garden, the roots will stick to the soil. You use a knife, cut off this soiled root
• If you buy chrysanthemum vegetables at the supermarket, the vegetables are already packaged, labeled, … you do not need to cut off the roots of the amaranth.

• Using your hands, pick up the young leaves and edible tops of amaranth into the basket for storage
• Seeing yellow, wilted, rotten leaves, … immediately remove them immediately

• After the vegetables have been picked up, the next thing you need to do is wash the vegetables for processing
• Drain a basin of clean water, put amaranth in the basin and wash several times with clean water. Note, wash gently to avoid breaking vegetables
• To keep amaranth fresh, remove chemicals during the sowing process. You proceed to soak amaranth with rice water (or dilute salt water) for 10 minutes to disinfect
• After soaking the amaranth, pick up the amaranth and wash the amaranth several times under gently running water. Let the amaranth dry, drain
• Finally, process amaranth into dishes of your choice

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3. Reveal the delicious dishes from amaranth to cool the body on summer days?

3.1 Vegetarian amaranth soup

• 1 bunch of amaranth
• Refined salt
• Pure water
• Seasoning: seasoning, main noodles

• Using your hands, pick up the young leaves and young tops of the amaranth
• Remove rotten, yellowed amaranth leaves, … discard
• Wash the amaranth under running water
• Mix a pot of dilute salt, put amaranth in and soak for 5-7 minutes with salt water to disinfect
• Pick up amaranth, rinse with clean water
• Put 1 liter of pure water in a pot and bring to a boil
• Boiling water, add washed amaranth and cook for 15 minutes until the vegetables are soft
• Put spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles in a pot of amaranth soup. Gently stir to dissolve the seasoning
• Season the soup to fit my mouth
• Turn off the stove, pour the soup into a bowl and enjoy when the soup is hot

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3.2 Amaranth soup cooked with dried shrimp

• 1 bunch of amaranth
• 50g dried shrimp
• Refined salt
• Pure water
• Seasoning: seasoning, main noodles

• Buy amaranth, you pick up the tops and young leaves of amaranth
• Completely remove the yellow, wilted, rotten leaves
• Wash amaranth under gentle running water to remove dirt and impurities
• Mix in a pot of dilute salt, put amaranth in and soak in salt water for 5 minutes to disinfect
• Pick up the amaranth, rinse the amaranth under gently running water. Let the vegetables drain
• Put 1 liter of pure water in a pot and bring to a boil
• When the water is boiling, add the dried shrimp and cook for 10 minutes
• Next, add amaranth to cook with dried shrimp for 20 minutes until the vegetables are cooked
• Put in the soup pot: seasoning + seasoning + main noodles. Gently stir to dissolve the seasoning
• Season the soup to fit my mouth
• The soup is just right, turn off the stove and scoop the soup into a bowl and beat the bowl

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3.3 Amaranth soup cooked with minced pork

• 1 bunch of amaranth
• 200g minced pork
• Refined salt
• Fish sauce
• Seasoning: seasoning, main noodles

• When you buy amaranth, you pick up the leaves and young tops of the amaranth
• Completely remove yellow, wilted, rotten leaves, … discard
• Wash the amaranth under running water gently to remove dirt
• Mix in a pot of dilute salt, put amaranth in and soak for 5 minutes with salt water to disinfect
• Pick up amaranth, rinse the amaranth under clean running water. Let the vegetables dry and drain
• Put 1 liter of pure water in a pot and bring to a boil
• Boiling water, add minced pork and cook for 10 minutes
• Next, add amaranth and cook until tender with ground pork for 20 minutes
• Put in the soup pot: fish sauce + spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles. Gently stir to dissolve the seasoning
• Season the soup to fit my mouth
• The soup is just right, turn off the stove and scoop the soup into a bowl and enjoy

3.4 Stir-fried Amaranth with Garlic

• 1 bunch of amaranth
• Refined salt
• 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
• Cooking oil
• Seasoning: seasoning, main noodles, ground pepper

• When you buy amaranth, you pick up the young tops and young leaves of amaranth to eat
• Completely remove the old, wilted, yellow, rotten amaranth leaves, … discard
• Wash the amaranth under running water gently to remove dirt
• Mix a pot of dilute salt, put amaranth in and soak for 5 minutes to disinfect and impurities
• Pick up vegetables, rinse vegetables under running water gently. Let the vegetables drain
• Put cooking oil in a pan and bring to a boil
• When the oil is hot, add minced garlic and fry until golden brown and fragrant
• Pour the prepared amaranth into the pan and stir-fry well for 15 minutes until the vegetables are cooked
• Put spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles + ground pepper into the amaranth pan. Stir well to let the vegetables soak in the salt sauce
• Try stir-fried amaranth to taste
• Stir-fried amaranth to your mouth, you turn off the stove and pick up the vegetables on a plate, enjoy it as soon as it is hot

3.5 Crab soup with amaranth and spinach

• 300g minced crab meat
• 1 bunch of amaranth
• 1 bunch of spinach
• Refined salt
• 3 purple onions, minced
• Cooking oil
• Seasoning: seasoning, main noodles

• When you buy amaranth, you pick up the leaves and young tops of amaranth to eat
• Remove old leaves, yellow leaves, wilted, … discard
• Spinach you pick up the young leaves of the vegetable to eat. Remove old leaves
• Rinse spinach under clean running water to remove dirt
• Mix in a pot of dilute salt, put spinach + amaranth in it and soak it in dilute salt water for 10 minutes
• Pick up vegetables, rinse vegetables with clean water. Let the vegetables drain
• Put cooking oil in a pot and bring to a boil
• When oil is hot, add minced shallots and fry until golden brown for 5 minutes
• Pour in the crab meat and sauté it with red onions for 10 minutes
• Put 1 liter of pure water in the crab pot and boil it for 15 minutes
• Boiling crab water, add amaranth + spinach and cook for 15 minutes
• Put into the soup pot including: spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles. Gently stir to dissolve the seasoning
• Season the soup to fit my mouth
• The soup is just right, turn off the stove, scoop the soup into a bowl and eat while the soup is still hot

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4. Conclude