How to cook millet
Millet is the grain with the most minerals. The small, spherical grains are probably also the oldest of the known types of grain. Millet is cooked in a very similar way to rice.
How to cook millet - a simple guide
Similar to e.g. rice Millet also contains gluten, the gluten-containing protein that creates binding. Its strong, nutty taste makes millet an excellent component of many spicy meals. Millet can also be found in various recipes for desserts.
- Millet grains are washed well before being cooked. The best way to do this is to use a fine hair sieve. In this way you can rinse off any dust particles that may have adhered.
- Now boil a liter water and add a little salt depending on your taste. Always use twice the amount of water in relation to the millet.
- Now add the millet grains to the water and cook them at a gentle simmer for about twenty minutes.
- Finally, taste according to your preferences. The millet can be colored nicely by cooking a level teaspoon of turmeric.
Cooking brown millet - a recipe proposal
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Millet and carrot pan - a recipe
Millet tastes particularly good when cooked with various vegetables. The following recipe calls for a mixture of millet, onions and carrots.
- First, peel the onions and cut them into very fine cubes. Then do the same with the washed carrots. Then give both vegetables in the heated olive oil.
- Steam everything briefly and then add the washed millet. Stir in the spices and almonds, then fill up with the vegetable stock and cook the carrot and millet pan over low heat for about twenty minutes.
- Finally stir in the very finely chopped parsley and season with pepper and nutmeg. Also taste, for example. a fresh wholemeal baguette and a herbal yogurt as Dip.
