Millet is great. Have you eaten millet? It’s a super grain.
It’s kind of like quinoa (high in protein, gluten-free, substitute for rice/couscous/flour), but is crunchier and is also:
* high in silica, which is great for bones
* soothing, especially for indigestion or morning sickness
* anti-fungal; helps ease Candida symptoms
* improves breath
This week I invited Melbourne acupuncturist and fertility specialist Natalie Kringoudis (visit her blog and her site The Pagoda Tree for her details) to share her love of the stuff. And a recipe.
But before I hand things over to her: a cheat sheet for you:
* Uses Millet can be used in porridges, cereal, soups and dense breads. It’s a great wheat-free substitution for couscous, as it has a similar consistency.
* Storing Look for yellow colored, raw millet in health food stores. Store in an airtight jar or glass container for 6-9 months.
* Preparation Rinse millet before cooking, and use one part millet to two parts liquid.
* Basic Millet
Prep Time: 2 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Serves 4
Rinse 1 cup of millet in a grain strainer. Place in 2 cups of water with a pinch of salt in a pot with a tight fitting lid. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low. Simmer 30 minutes.
More water may be added to make the millet a softer consistency.
*** I toast my millet lightly before cooking to give it a nutty flavor. No oil, just in a dry pan.
***An update. The generous reader “millet head” gave me this helpful advice regarding my issue with millet being a touch too crunchy (I boil the crap out of it and 45 min later it’s still snappy-of-mouth):
White French millets are impossibly resistant to softening, Isprout them instead.
If you are using the yellow millets, rinse, then soak in cold water overnight – and leave on your counter top with a gauze or muslin to keep any bugs out etc. Discard soaking water and cook with fresh water as usual. I like to add butter or ghee and sea salt once mushy ( consistency kinda like polenta).
Over to Nat:
Millet makes you fertile.
At my clinic, I specialise in fertility.