How to cook millet

Step 1

If you are soaking the millet, do it for 6 to 8 hours.

Step 2

Wash the millet a couple of times with clean water. If you are not soaking it, you may need to rub it with your hands to remove the dirt.

Step 3

Drain the water from the millet entirely and keep it aside.

Step 4

Heat a cooking pot or deep-bottomed saute pan. Add the drained millet and water to the pan and close it partially with the lid.

Step 5

Use 1.5 cups of water for 1 cup of millet for pre-soaked millet. And use 2 to 2.5 cups of water for unsoaked millet.

Step 6

Increase the flame to high and let the water boil. It will take around 5 minutes.

Step 7

Now reduce the flame to low and close the lid completely. Let the millet cook until all the water is absorbed. It will take around 6 to 8 minutes for pre-soaked millet and 10-13 minutes for unsoaked millet.

Step 8

Millet will be cooked by the time all water is soaked up. Now switch off the flame and let it sit for ten more minutes.

Step 9

After 10 minutes, fluff it up with a fork, and the cooked millet is ready to use.

Step 10

Add drained millet, water, and a tsp of oil to the inner pot. Use 1.25 cups of water for 1 cup of pre-soaked millet. And for unsoaked millet, use 1.75 cups of water.

Step 11

Close the lid properly, and move the steam releasing valve to the sealing position.

Step 12

Select manual or pressure cook mode and cook it on HIGH PRESSURE for 4 minutes if using pre-soaked millet. Cook it for 8 minutes if using unsoaked millet.

Step 13

Switch it off once done and do a normal pressure release after 10 minutes. You can wait for the natural pressure release as well.

Step 14

Fluff it up with a fork, and the cooked millet is ready to use.

Step 15

Add millet, water, and tsp of oil to the pressure cooker. Use 1.5 cups of water for 1 cup of millet for pre-soaked millet. Use 2 cups of water for unsoaked millet.

Step 16

Close the lid and let it for 1 to 2 whistles on medium-high flame for pre-soaked millet. It will take around 5 minutes. For unsoaked millet, cook it for 2-3 whistles, about 7 to 8 minutes.

Step 17

Once done, take it out of the heat and let the pressure release naturally.

Step 18

Once the pressure is released completely, fluff it up with a fork. And the fluffy millet is ready to serve.

Step 19

Add drained millet, water, and tsp of oil to the rice cooker's inner pot.

Step 20

If you are using soaked millet, use 1.5 cups of water for every 1 cup of millet. For unsoaked millet, for every 1 cup of millet, use 2 cups of water.

Step 21

Close the rice cooker with its lid and use a white rice setting if your rice cooker has options to select. Else select the cook button.

Step 22

Once the rice cooker finishes cooking, switch it off and let it rest for 10 minutes. Then fluff up the millet, and the fluffy millet is ready to use or serve the millet instead of rice.