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Red Strip Amaranth Seeds (20) CHINESE SPINACH SEEDS- Asian Vegetables, Edible Amaranth, Red Stripe Leaf -Jamaican Red Calla-loo! Description100% open pollinatedheirloomAmaranth leaves contain three times the calcium and five times the niacin of spinach leaves.” Edible Amaranth, Red Stripe LeafThis is a fascinating amaranth, often simply called Red Leaf in the market, that produces large green leaves with red stripes in the center. This variety is a vigorously growing vegetable in warm weather. Some people grow this variety as decorative plants as well as leafy vegetable plants. Young leaves and stems can be harvested periodically for a long time during the growth.Delicious lightly stir-fried or steamed, Amaranth leaves and stems are extremely nutritious delivering protein, iron and calcium, as well as vitamins A and C. Chinese cuisine typically prefers the red-leaf varieties and includes them in soups, sometimes serving the cooked leaves separately.In India, Taiwan and Japan, the lig