Hopi red dye amaranth spice and vegetable

The Komo flower bracts are used to color the dough for making Hopi piki bread by soaking them in water overnight and then combining them with flour the next day.  

Piki is a paper-thin wafer pastry that is similar to tissue. It is prepared on a narrow stone slab that has been oiled with watermelon or squash seed powder. The piki is folded up after the batter has been cooked. The rose bracts are also used by the Zuni to color he'we, or maize wafer bread.  

The leaves of this amaranth are consumed and used similarly to spinach and the amaranth's dark seeds can be popped.The easily digestible amaranth grain contains significant quantities of protein, healthy fats, and minerals, calcium, iron, niacin, phosphorous, riboflavin, and vitamins A and C in high levels