millet recipe

Learn how to cook millet using these simple, fail-proof, detailed recipe instructions. You can cook millet grain using the stovetop, Instant Pot, pressure cooker, or rice cooker methods and use the cooked millet for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

How to cook millet

millet

water

tbsp oil (optional but recommeded for fluffy millet)

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

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.

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

Prep millet

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. 

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.

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

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.

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.

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

How to cook millet using Stovetop

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.

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

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.

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

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

Cooking millet using Instant pot

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.

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.

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

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

How to cook millet in a Stovetop Pressure Cooker

Add drained millet, water, and tsp of oil to the rice cooker&#39;s inner pot.

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.

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.

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.

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How to Cook Perfect Millet on the Stove

salt

unsalted butter

Toast the millet if desired and combine with the liquid in a saucepan.

Place the millet in a sieve and rinse well with cool water.  After that you can either start by toasting the millet if you want a deeper, roastier flavor to the finished dish, or skip that step.  If you want to toast it, place the rinsed millet in a wide bottomed saucepan and heat over medium heat for about 4 minutes, stirring occasionally until the millet turns golden brown and starts to smell fragrant.  Then add the water or broth, salt and butter.  Or simply combine the liquid with the millet, butter, and salt in a saucepan.

Simmer the millet and then let it rest with the cover on.

Give the mixture a good stir and turn the heat up to high.  Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat to the liquid is at a simmer and cover the pot.  Cook for about 15 minutes until most of the liquid has been absorbed, keeping the pot covered until you start checking towards the end of the cooking time.  Remove the pot from the heat and let it sit, with the cover still on, for 10 more minutes.

Fluff the millet and serve

Remove the cover and fluff the millet with a fork, much like you would fluff rice.  Taste and add more salt if needed.  Serve hot.

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