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Quinoa grows from three to six feet high and its small seeds grow in huge clusters at the ends of stalks much like millet. The seeds are covered with a sticky resin-Iike substance called saponin. Saponin is very bitter. and must be removed from the quinoa to be eaten. This was usually done by washing or scrubbing the grain by hand in an alkaline water, but modern techniques have improved the method. The saponin forms a soapy solution in the water as it comes off the grain. The quinoa is then rinsed until the water runs clean. The quinoa we get has already had the saponin removed, but should be rinsed before use as a general practice.
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