Millet is a gluten-free whole grain that is a great replacement for rice, especially in your weight loss journey. Apart from these special uses, millet is a rich source of iron, calcium, protein, dietary fiber and vitamin B6. Many healthy as well as tasty recipes can be made with the help of millet seeds like millet salad, millet porridge, millet dosa, millet upma and so many more!
Let’s look at how you could incorporate millet into your diet with this amazing millet salad recipe.
Chickpeas, Millet & Fresh Tahini Salad Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups cooked millet
1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced
1 cup chickpeas, drained & rinsed
¼ cup or so, thinly sliced red cabbage
¼ cup scallions chopped scallions
⅓ cup pomegranate seeds
⅓ cup toasted pistachios
A few handfuls of baby salad greens
A handful of mint leaves
For the Dressing
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoon tahini
3 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon
3 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange
optional: 1-2 teaspoon maple syrup
Salt & pepper
A little water to thin, if necessary
Instructions
Whisk together the dressing ingredients, taste and adjust seasonings. Set aside.
Optional step: Toss your chickpeas in a small skillet w/ a little olive oil, salt and pepper until browned.
Toss together all salad ingredients with enough dressing to coat (you don't have to use it all). Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Recipe by Jeanine Donofrio
The millet grain comes in many varieties like kodo millet, foxtail millet, pearl millet, and more. Commonly, in the market millet comes in the form of small yellow grains which are also called the proso millet.
Incept Foods offers two varieties of millet - the Foxtail millet and the Kodo millet. The catch is that the millet seeds are purely vegan along with being sustainable. Millet takes 5000 times the water to grow the same amount of rice as millet. To conclude, when you are looking to have a bowl of nutrition, fill it with Incept’s millet.
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