In Congo it is known as lenga lenga or biteku teku. To this day, amaranth grains are toasted much like popcorn and mixed with honey, molasses, or chocolate to make a treat called alegría, meaning "joy" in Spanish.
Eating fiber helps us to reduce weight and ward off heart disease as it lowers the cholesterol in the blood. It has also been introduced to Europe, Australia, and other areas. In Orissa wird es Khada-Saga genannt , es wird verwendet, um Saga Bhaja zuzubereiten , in der das Blatt mit Chili und Zwiebeln gebraten wird. In West Africa such as in Nigeria, it is a common vegetable, and goes with all Nigerian carbohydrate dishes. In his dialogue "Aesop and Rhodopè", published in 1844, Walter Savage Landor wrote: There are no fields of amaranth on this side of the grave: Amaranth oil is extracted from the seeds of two species of the genus Amaranthus — A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus — that are called, collectively, amaranth grain. Amaranth's cosmopolitan distribution makes it one of many plants providing evidence of Pre-Columbian oceanic contact. [11], Amaranth contains phytochemicals that may be anti-nutrient factors, such as polyphenols, saponins, tannins and oxalates which are reduced in content and effect by cooking.[12][13]. Amaranthus zeigt eine große Vielfalt morphologischer Vielfalt unter und sogar innerhalb bestimmter Arten. Es heißt Keerai Masial . Die frühesten archäologischen Beweise für Amaranth in der Alten Welt wurden bei einer Ausgrabung in Narhan, Indien, gefunden, die auf 1000-800 v. Chr. Several species are raised for amaranth "grain" in Asia and the Americas. [33], Ancient amaranth grains still used include the three species, Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus cruentus, and Amaranthus hypochondriacus. Amaranth and quinoa are non-grasses and are called pseudocereals because of their similarities to cereals in flavor and cooking. Ungekochter Amaranth ist besonders reich an Mangan (159% DV), Phosphor (80% DV), Magnesium (70% DV), Eisen (59% DV) und Selen (34% DV). Die Art Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer Amaranth) bewirkt die größte Verringerung der Sojabohnenerträge und hat das Potenzial, die Erträge in Feldversuchen um 17-68% zu senken. They fasted or ate very little; a statue of the god was made out of amaranth (huautli) seeds and honey, and at the end of the month, it was cut into small pieces so everybody could eat a little piece of the god. and places inaccessible. Eine traditionelle Nahrungspflanze in Afrika, hat Amaranth das Potenzial zur Verbesserung der Ernährung, Erhöhung der Ernährungssicherheit , fördert die ländliche Entwicklung und eine nachhaltige Landpflege zu unterstützen. Known to the Aztecs as huauhtli,[14] it is thought to have represented up to 80% of their caloric consumption before the Spanish conquest.
The species Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer amaranth) causes the greatest reduction in soybean yields and has the potential to reduce yields by 17-68% in field experiments. Chenopodium pallidicaule, known as cañihua, canihua or cañahua and also kaniwa, is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa(Chenopodium quinoa). [10] Archeological evidence of seeds from A. hypochondriacus and A. crutenus found in a cave in Tehuacán, Mexico, suggests amaranth was part of Aztec civilization in the 1400s. People decorated their homes and trees with paper flags; ritual races, processions, dances, songs, prayers, and finally human sacrifices were held.