White quinoa is better compared to tricolor quinoa.

White quinoa because it does not come with a seed coat, so eat the texture will be more soft and fluffy, and before cooking quinoa can be soaked for a period of time, to be full of water before making, in the cooking can also try to make it into quinoa porridge, quinoa rice paste to eat.

Tricolor quinoa has three colors, respectively, white, red, black, relatively more taste, each color represents a different flavor, the taste will be richer than the white quinoa taste. The nutritional value of tricolor quinoa is much higher than white quinoa, because tricolor quinoa contains the nutrients of white quinoa, but also has the nutrients of red and black quinoa, nutrition is richer than white quinoa. So in comparison, it is still tricolor quinoa that is more recommended.

How to choose quality quinoa

1, take a look: quality quinoa grains show pill-shaped, the middle part of the full bulge, the color milky white or ivory, milky yellow, bright and shiny, germ intact around the grain perimeter. Poor quality poor quality quinoa, dried out seeds, moldy seeds, mixed with bad seeds, broken seeds empty shell impurities, showing gray, dark yellow, no luster.

2, rub a rub: we can identify by hand rubbing quinoa method, whether there is saponin residue. Put a handful of quinoa into the palm of your hand, both hands combined and rubbed. After rubbing, if the palm appears some white crushed skin, like dandruff, saponin residues.

3, wash a wash: high-quality quinoa plus water cleaning, the water is clear, floating impurities, defective particles are very few; while the quality of the second quinoa, soak the water after the water color is cloudy, defective seeds and impurities, stalks and poles floating on the water surface, the water quality is turbid.