Amaranthus is a plant that in my country consumes as a vegetable, cooked boiled and eaten as a salad or used as a green leaves ingredient, in traditional Albanian recipes, like burek, soups, or japrak, etc. Below, I want to share with you a simple way of How to Cook Amaranthus, preparing a delicious Albanian tradition salad.
Ingredients – Amaranthus Salad
- 1 kg fresh amaranthus
- 1 -lemon
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
- chopped fresh parsley
- bicarbonate for the amaranthus cleaning
Directions
- Rinse the amaranthus in water, and for better cleaning, let them rest in bicarbonate water for 10 minutes. Rinse another time, and take away the steams, keeping only the amaranthus leaves.
- In a deep pan, add water and let it boil. Add salt after the water boiled. This process helps to keep the green color of the amaranthus leaves.
- Add the amaranthus at the boiled water and let cook for 2-3 minutes. Drain and transfer in a salad bowl.
- Prepare the salad dressing, mixing lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, and chopped parsley.
- Add to the amaranthus leaves, and the salad is ready to consume.
Bon Appetit!
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