Millet Porridge Recipes

MILLET PORRIDGE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine millet, water, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and raisins.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 25 minutes without stirring.
• If the liquid is not completely absorbed, cook for 3-5 minutes longer, partially covered.
• Remove from heat.
• Drizzle with maple syrup or honey.
• Serve.

SIMPLE MILLET PORRIDGE (小米粥)

Steps:

• Rinse millet a few times with tap water and drain.
• Add water to a medium-sized pot and bring to a boil.
• Slowly add millet to the pot.
• Continue cooking until the water returns to a boil. Turn to low heat. Use a ladle to skim the foam from the surface, so the porridge won't spill during cooking.
• Cook while keeping the porridge boiling, but not too fiercely, for 30 minutes. Stir the porridge several times after 20 minutes, so the millet won't stick to the bottom of the pot.
• If you want a thicker porridge, keep cooking after 30 minutes are up, and stir the porridge constantly as it thickens, about 10 minutes.
• The porridge is ready when the millet is tender but still keeps its shape.

MILLET BREAKFAST PORRIDGE WITH FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine hot water, millet, milk, dates, blueberries, and vanilla extract in a 9x13-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Spread evenly.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Stir evenly, and continue to bake until millet is thick and no liquid remains, about 30 minutes more.
• Cool slightly before serving.

NUT AND DATE MILLET PORRIDGE

Steps:

• Pulse millet in a blender or food processor until it resembles coarse ground coffee. Set aside.
• Heat a nonstick saucepan over medium-high heat. Add almonds and toast until golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes. Add pepitas and continue to stir and toast until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Stir in coconut and flax seeds and toast until golden, about 5 minutes more. Pour mixture into a bowl and set aside.
• Pour ground millet into the same pan. Toast until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Pour in 1 1/2 cups almond milk, stirring to ensure there are no lumps. Bring to a boil; add dates. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Add 2 tablespoons of the toasted seed mixture to the porridge. Sprinkle in cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir well. Continue simmering until thickened, 6 to 10 minutes.
• Pour porridge into two bowls. Divide remaining seed mixture and 1/2 cup almond milk between bowls and serve.

VEGAN MILLET PORRIDGE - SIMPLE, CREAMY AND SUGAR-FREE

Steps:

• Ideally, rinse the millet and soak it in water overnight before processing, see questions "Should you rinse millet before cooking?" and "Why should we soak millet before cooking?" in the post above.
• Put the water and coconut milk in a saucepan, add the millet and cinnamon and bring to the boil.
• Let simmer uncovered on low to medium heat for about 10 minutes. Stir in between so that nothing burns.
• Then switch off the stove, but leave the millet to swell for another 10 minutes. Now the excess liquid is sucked up, and you will soon have a creamy result. If you have a gas stove where the stove doesn't stay hot forever, let the millet cook a few minutes longer.
• Mash a banana with a fork and stir it into your porridge.

MILLET PORRIDGE

Steps:

• Wash the millet a few times using a fine mesh strainer to get rid of the dirt and debris.
• In a saucepan, pour water and almond milk.
• Add washed millet and place the saucepan over medium heat.
• Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and let it simmer for about 25 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Add maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt and mix well. Once the millet is cooks, remove half of the millet and blend it in a high-speed blender or using a hand blender.
• Combine it with the unblended cooked millet and let it simmer for 3 to 4 minutes or until you get the consistency you require.
• Garnish with fresh fruits, nuts and serve.

TOASTED MILLET PORRIDGE SOURDOUGH

Steps:

• The toasted millet porridge can be made days ahead, or you can start the toast/soak when you begin to build your starter. Then at the porridge-boil stage, you can autolyse your flour.
• Porridge
• In a dry pan on medium heat, toast the 150g millet for 2-3 minutes, mixing and shifting it around. You should hear occasional popping and smell a nice aroma.
• Transfer the millet to a medium bowl and add 470 ml of water (2 cups). Cover and let sit 5 hours to overnight. When it has soaked sufficiently, you will be able to split a seed with your nail.
• Pour the contents of the bowl into a saucepan, and bring to a boil on your smallest burner. Cover the pan and lower the heat to simmer. Set a timer for 20 minutes. When the timer goes off, turn off the heat but leave the lid on for 10 additional minutes. Then fluff, cool and use.
• Bread
• The instructions in italics are for the Tartine method. However, you may also mix all the ingredients together at once (I still suggest one stretch and fold after 20-30 minutes, mostly to ensure ingredient incorporation) and then resume the instructions after the italics section.
• Mix the flours and water, holding back about 1/4 cup of water. Cover and allow the dough to autolyse for 1-4 hours.
• Add the starter to the dough by pinching and kneading until it is incorporated. Cover again and let rest for 20-30 minutes.
• Begin a series of four rounds of stretching and folding, 20-30 minutes between each round.
• Before the second stretch and fold, dissolve the salt in the reserved water. Add the salt water and the toasted millet porridge to the dough. Pinch, squeeze, and knead with two hands until it is well distributed into the dough.
• Cover and let the dough ferment for several more hours. Total fermentation time depends on room temperature, but will likely be 6-10 hours.
• When the dough has roughly doubled in size and there are some bubble on the surface, flour your countertop and scrape the dough out onto it.
• If you've made a double dough (i.e. not halved the recipe), cut the dough in half and pre-shape it into round or oval balls, depending on the type of baking vessel(s) you have.
• Cover the dough with plastic and let it rest for ~20 minutes.
• Prepare your proofing basket(s) by dusting them with flour or bran flakes.
• Shape your doughs into tight round or oval shapes, transfer them to the proofing baskets, and cover. You can also roll the tops of the doughs in millet before placing them in the banneton (millet-side down) to proof. I find the seeds too hard to chew, however, so I don't do this -- even though it looks attractive.
• Proof at room temperature for 1-2 hours, or in the refrigerator for 5-10 hours.
• Preheat your oven with the baking vessel(s) inside for 30 min at 500F.
• If you are doing 2 breads and only have one baking vessel, you can use the refrigerator to slow down the proof of one of the doughs, so that you bake the breads separately (different days, several hours apart, or in succession). If you bake one after the other, I suggest a 15 minute re-preheat of the baking vessel before bread #2.
• When the final proof and the preheating are complete, take the baking vessel from the oven. Gently flip the dough out of the basket and into the bottom of your baking vessel. Score the top of the dough. Cover and return the vessel to the oven.
• Bake at:
• 500F for 30 minutes lid on
• 450F for 10-15 minutes lid off
• When finished, the internal temp should be 205F or more.
• Remove the baking vessel from the oven and transfer the bread to a cooling rack.
• Let cool at least 1 hour before cutting. If you've chosen the higher hydration recipe variation, you may want to wait longer than 1 hour before cutting.

MILLET PORRIDGE WITH ALMOND MILK & BERRY COMPOTE

Steps:

• For the compote, put the dates in a pan with 150ml water, bring to the boil and stir well so they break down. Tip in the frozen fruit and cinnamon stick and cook over a medium heat, stirring every now and then for a couple of minutes. Don't worry about fully thawing larger fruits, as they will defrost in the residual heat and retain their shape in the compote (if you have large strawberries in the mix, you can halve these as they soften). Leave to cool. Will then keep chilled for up to four days.
• Rinse the millet in a sieve, then tip into a deep, heavy-based saucepan and pour in the almond milk and 350ml water. Put over a low heat and once bubbling, leave to simmer for 10-12 mins, stirring frequently until the millet grains are tender, but nutty.
• Serve a third of the porridge with a third of the compote, between two people, on the first day of the Healthy Diet Plan. Add a little extra almond milk to serve with a few mint leaves scattered over. Chill the remainder for the subsequent two days. Will keep covered and chilled for up to four days. To serve on another day, reheat portions of the porridge in a pan with extra almond milk or water to loosen. Serve with the chilled compote.