Thandu Keerai Green
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Thandu Keerai Green

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Packet Contains : 500+ seeds
Common Name : Thandu keerai / Amaranthus Caudatus / FoxTail Amaranth
Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade (4 to 6 hours of sunlight daily)
Water: Moderate; water regularly to keep soil evenly moist
Temperature: 20 to 35°C (68 to 95°F)
Soil: Well draining; fertile loamy soil enriched with organic matter
Fertilizer: Organic compost or nitrogen rich fertilizer every 3 to 4 weeks
Germination: 4 to 7 days
Harvest Season: 25 to 35 days after sowing; tender stems and leaves can be harvested continuously

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Health benefits of Thandu keerai / Amaranthus Caudatus / FoxTail Amaranth

Thandu keerai has other common names like tassel flower, quilete, love-lies-bleeding, pendant amaranth, velvet flower.  This is the annual flowering plant species which is suitable for any habitat and it grows above 3ft to below 8ft height.  The healthy plants always require full sun. There are many varieties in this species where every variety is handled in unique way for best growth.  Mostly, it is planted in indoors during spring in temperate regions and taken to the outdoors after the completion of frost. 
All over the world, people always prefer to take foods that are tasty and healthy. Spinach is one of the dish that contributes taste and many nutrition that results in strong body. In India, people are compelled to eat any one of the spinach variety during festivals. Like wise, Thandu keerai or Amaranthus caudatus are used in mid July to make a special dish called as thandu keerai kolumbu for Hindu goddess. The thick, tasty and juicy stems adds more flavor to the dish and it is more suitable for cooking this delicious spinach variety. If you want to be brisk, active and healthy all the time then take this variety for long life with good hair, skin and immunity power.
In olden days, people eat any one of the spinach variety to boost their blood circulation, immunity level, active body parts to live a effortless life.  The clear examples are our grand parents. If you ask them about their food habits, they will surely say that they ate lot of different verity of greens that are easily available either in the market at lower price or they pluck it from the garden. Now, there is no land to have garden or scarcity of spinach varieties. The fox tail amaranth is available in red leaves and green leaves. Red leaves are suitable for dishes that require less amount of salt whereas green leaves has comparatively high amount of salt content that results in different taste.

Nutritional Values

Usually, Greens has the following properties like low in fat content, rich in protein, very less amount of calories and abundant quantities of vitamins and minerals. They are rich in iron content and anti oxidants. The bright colored vegetables and spinach varieties are usually rich in anti oxidants. The minerals that are present in fox tail amaranth are calcium, potassium and less amount of other minerals.  Lutein (Photochemical), beta carotene and lipoic acid contributes required health values to the humans. Dietary fiber, vitamins like A,B1, C, B2 and B6 are packed in this variety.
Whenever you want your body to be strong and shinny think of Amaranthus Caudatus. It has calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Vitamin C, Vitamin B complex, protein, fat, fibre. All these nutritients has a power of preventing old age symptoms at younger age. It reduces body heat urine problems. Abundant intake of amaranthus Caudatus leads to gasteric trouble. Diureticve, refrigerant are the medicinal properties of thandu keerai. Matured Spinach variety gives relief from constipation. It prevents all these diseases caused by inflammation. It strengthen kidneys.

 
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