We love oatmeal, however creamy millet porridge? Oh yeah, we’re doing it. This creamy and comforting porridge is like oatmeal’s different-but-cool sibling — it’s a well-known however new and scrumptious option to get pleasure from complete grains at breakfast (or anytime)!
This porridge is vegan and gluten-free, and retains nicely, making it good for meal prep! And, it requires simply 5 substances, 1 pot, and half-hour, associates. Allow us to present you the way it’s accomplished!
What’s so nice about millet?
Millet is a nutritional powerhouse! In comparison with most different grains, millet has extra calcium and protein, and it additionally incorporates B nutritional vitamins, fiber, phosphorous, magnesium, and iron. Go millet!
How one can make millet porridge
We begin this millet breakfast bash off by simmering the millet in a beneficiant quantity of liquid (water and dairy-free milk) to make sure it will get tremendous tender. As soon as the millet is tender and accomplished cooking, there will probably be additional liquid that hasn’t been absorbed — precisely what you need when making porridge!
You possibly can get pleasure from it this manner or flip it into an excellent creamy porridge (our most popular methodology) by mixing with an immersion blender. All that’s left is so as to add maple syrup for sweetness, vanilla for taste, and cinnamon for heat.
We hope you LOVE this millet porridge. It’s:
Creamy
Versatile
Heat + comforting
Easy
Good for meal prep
& SO nourishing!
We love topping it with Cinnamon-Spiced Pears and Chai-Spiced Granola for a comfortable breakfast in fall and winter. It’s additionally scrumptious with stewed apples, recent banana or berries, and/or chopped nuts and seeds.
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Servings 4 (Cups)
PORRIDGE
- 1 cup raw millet
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups dairy-free milk (plain, unsweetened // we like boxed coconut or almond milk, or half the quantity of canned gentle coconut milk plus extra water)
- 1-2 Tbsp maple syrup (or different sweetener of selection // plus extra to style)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp floor cinnamon (or different spices to style)
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OPTIONAL (for improved nutrient absorption and to scale back bitterness*): Soak millet in a single day (or at the least 6-8 hours) coated by 1-2 inches of cool water with just a little apple cider vinegar. Drain and rinse.
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Add millet to a big saucepan or pot with water and dairy-free milk. Stir. Convey to a low boil over medium warmth, then cut back to a simmer and canopy. Cook dinner for ~20 minutes, stirring often, till the millet is tender. There ought to nonetheless be sufficient liquid that it’s soupy in texture — if not, add extra dairy-free milk or water as wanted.
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Use an immersion blender (non-obligatory to make it easy / porridgy) to mix till easy. Add desired flavorings: We like maple syrup, vanilla, and cinnamon.
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Serve heat with desired toppings (we love cinnamon-spiced pears and chai-spiced granola). Different scrumptious choices embody berries, banana, stewed apples, or chopped nuts and seeds.
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Retailer leftovers coated within the fridge for as much as 3-4 days or within the freezer for as much as 1 month. It can agency up / harden within the fridge/freezer, so add extra dairy-free milk or water when reheating (on the stovetop or within the microwave). To defrost from frozen, let thaw in a single day within the fridge earlier than reheating.
*Prep time doesn’t embody non-obligatory soaking.
*INSTANT POT: To organize within the Instant Pot, add all substances to the On the spot Pot and stir to mix. Stress cook dinner on excessive for 10 minutes, then permit the strain to launch naturally. As soon as the valve drops, fastidiously take away the lid and proceed with step 3.
*Diet info is a tough estimate calculated with out non-obligatory substances.
*Impressed by a breakfast at Yandara Yoga Retreat Center.
Serving: 1 cup Energy: 272 Carbohydrates: 50 g Protein: 5.9 g Fats: 5.7 g Saturated Fats: 3.5 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 1.1 g Monounsaturated Fats: 0.5 g Trans Fats: 0 g Ldl cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 27 mg Potassium: 156 mg Fiber: 5.9 g Sugar: 7.3 g Vitamin A: 23 IU Vitamin C: 0 mg Calcium: 267 mg Iron: 1.8 mg
