How to cook millet
How to cook millet with step by step pictures for easy understanding. Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains. Lets learn how to cook millet in this post.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
Open pot method
- 1 cup millet
- 4 cups water
Pressure cooker method
- 1 cup millet
- 3 cups* water
* Water quantity slightly differs for thinai and kambu alone. Check my notes section.
Instructions
- Clean the millet first and remove any grits if any.
- Take the millet (I used varagu here), rinse it in water and set aside.
- Boil water. Here I have used only 1/4 cup of millet so adjusted water quantity accordingly.
- Add the rinsed millet, and let it cook covered till all the moisture is absorbed and the grain is cooked till soft.
- Once all the water has been absorbed by the millet, switch off and keep aside for 10mins by that resting time it will cook further. Then fluff it up with a ladle.
- Serve millet hot with sambar and any veggie of your choice.
Notes
- For thinai alone soak for an hour and cook else it will take longer or you will need to add more water.Check thinai upma recipe.
- If you want pulav style grains then use 2 to 2 and 1/2 cups of water if you want it little more mushy then 3 cups water will be perfect.If you want to make variety rice then use 2 and 1/2 cups of water.
- And if you want more creamier porridge consistency then add 4 cups of water.
- Rinsing is optional.While washing take care as the grains are tiny it gets easily washed away with water, You can use a big wide strainer to wash/rinse the millets.
- Also you can even roast the millet for few mins to enhance the nutty flavour of the grain.
- Serve millets always hot / warm exceptional for kambu alone.
- The time required to cook depends on each millet variety.
- You can make any variety rice or khichdi with the millets just substitute millet for rice.
- In the varagu sadam pic above you see I used 2 and 1/2 cups of water to get it grain separated as I wanted to make lemon rice with it.
- As I made just 1/4 cup I used my small pan but if you are making 1 cup or more use a thick bottomed vessel to cook to avoid sticking at the bottom.
Nutrition Facts
How to cook millet
Amount Per Serving (125 g)
Calories 378
Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Sodium 26mg1%
Potassium 195mg6%
Carbohydrates 73g24%
Fiber 9g38%
Protein 11g22%
Calcium 20mg2%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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