Meanwhile, there are already a lot of quinoa products - you can find it for example in muesli bars (from the health food store) etc. For the Inca the leaves and seeds of the quinoa plant were an important food source, since the plant thrived even in very high altitudes. The Spanish conquistadors banned the cultivation of quinoa and amaranth on pain of death - probably mainly in order to establish European grains and thus to reinforce the dependency ratio. The small grains (slightly smaller than mustard seeds) are the seeds of a foxtail family (such as amaranth). Therefore, the plant is also likely related to beets or spinach and cereals. It can, however, use such as cereal. Since it does not contain gluten, it is also suitable for people with celiac disease. The grains contain an enormous amount of protein and minerals (especially iron and magnesium) and unsaturated fatty acids. This makes it a highly recommended food for vegetarians and vegans. Our children like it very much - even though our son is actually a little tricky. The preparation is very simple: It cleans the grains first in hot water, which is then pouring off (I'm also in millet so - with quinoa it is especially important to remove any remaining Saponinrückstände saponins are natural bitterness of the plant. but which are included only in the seed coat), it cooks then about 10-15 minutes and can eventually use as a side dish. What also very tasty and simple: quinoa salad (boiled to 175 g Quinoa with 500 ml of vegetable broth 15 minutes, after cooling are freshly cut tomato pieces to chopped onion, parsley tidy, a little lemon juice and olive oil and you're done!) Also patties and much more can be made of it. In the pan you can easily fry without oil and salty or sweet foods rich (eg, toasted sesame) it also. The granules remember cooked a bit of frog spawn;) but it makes you look not deterred. The taste is a bit like hazelnut. The Rapunzel-quinoa tastes great and is also after cooking al dente. I can also recommend the organic quinoa, which is available at dm. Who is quite cheap and of excellent quality!
