Amaranth Porridge

Serves 3 or 4 depending how hungry you are!

• 1 cup of amaranth
• 1 can of coconut milk (you can use ordinary cows or goats milk too)
• 2 cardamon seeds
• 1 curl of cinnamon stick
• 1 handful of dried fruit, possible raisins or dried apricots sliced
• 1 Tbspn of whey (you can easily make your own, just and a little yoghurt in a cloth with a bowl underneath; it will turn into cream cheese in the cloth, and whey in the bowl)

Soak the amaranth in 2 cups of water and the whey for 24 or even 48 hours - the longer the better.  Drain through a sieve – make sure the seeds can’t go through the sieve - and put grain and can of coconut milk with all the other ingredients into pot with 1 cup of water. Bring to boil and simmer on slow heat until grain swells, turn off and sit for 20 minutes.

Serve as is, or add fresh , bottled or dried fruit, and sprinkle with toasted ground pumpkin seeds.

Enjoy!