Though you might think of bird food when you hear millet, I think of millet croquettes. Millet is quickly becoming one of my favorite whole grains thanks to these croquettes.
Millet often gets forgotten amongst more trendy (pseudo)grains like quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth and brown rice. Just as quinoa, millet is gluten-free, easily digestible, delicious. But unlike quinoa, it is really cheap to buy.
Depending on how you cook it millet can be creamy like mashed potatoes or fluffy like rice. It works quite well in granola too. It truly is one of those grains that can accompany many types of food. Be creative.
I served mine with a cauliflower roast and tomato sauce. Yum!
CAULIFLOWER ROAST WITH MILLET CROQUETTES
INGREDIENTS (serves 2)
For the millet croquettes
This recipe makes more croquettes than you’ll need for 2 people but they freeze perfectly, so I made some more.
- 1 cup millet
- 1 cup carrot, grated
- 1 cup white cabbage, f=garted
- 1 cup onion, finely chopped
- Garlic-ginger paste to taste
- 1 chia egg (1 tbsp chia seeds + 3 tbsp water)
- ½ cup chickpea flour
- Freshly chopped parsley
- Cumin powder to taste
- Dried oregano to taste
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- ¼ cup cornstarch
FYI: since I use garlic and ginger a lot, I always make a paste of both these days to speed things up in the kitchen. Blend them in a small food processor in equal amounts until a smooth paste. Add to airtight gas jar and store in the fridge for up to 2-3 weeks. Not interested in making this paste, use minced garlic and freshly grated ginger instead,
Roasted cauliflower
- 1 small head of a cauliflower
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp chili powder, or more to taste
- 1 tsp smoked paprika powder
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 1.5 cups homemade tomato sauce
FYI: when I have my day off - and I don’t have any left in the freezer - I usually make some kind of a tomato sauce to freeze for later. It’s easy and quick to make. Since we opened the bakery I have less time for cooking so I need to be smart in the kitchen. Just as I made more of the croquettes above for later, I had some tomato sauce left in the freezer that I could use. Nothing fancy! It contains fresh tomatoes, onion, garlic, bell pepper, chili powder, cumin powder, dried oregano, and smoked paprika.
Salad
- ¾ cup red cabbage, shredded
- ¾ cup white cabbage, shredded
- ¾ cup iceberg lettuce or any other salad greens you like
DIRECTIONS
For the millet croquettes
- Cook millet according to the instruction on the package.
- Meanwhile, heat cooking oil over medium heat and saute onion for 4-5 minutes. Then add ginger garlic paste and cook for 1 minute more before adding the grated carrot and white cabbage.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl. Combine with cooked millet and all other ingredients, except the cornstarch.
- Roll into round or oval croquettes and coat with a thin layer of cornstarch. This will help you to cook the croquettes evenly without them falling apart.
- Heat coconut oil in stainless steel or cast iron skillet or wok. Fry croquettes for a few minutes or until golden.
Roasted cauliflower
- Preheat oven to 200C or 400F.
- Mix all cloves, chili powder, paprika powder, olive oil and salt and pepper in a small blender. Coat the head of the cauliflower with the mixture and place it in an oven-safe dish.
- Roast for 30 minutes or until soft. Last few minutes add the tomato sauce and cook until heated through.
- Cut into steaks and serve with the homemade croquettes and tomato sauce.
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That looks wonderful. i would love to try it.
Thanks. Wish i had some left to share ;)
I love your dinner
Thanks. Glad to hear you like my cooking ;)
It looks super delicious dear =) You made me so hungry now :D
Hehe sorry. Have a lovely day.
Amy, this dish looks extremely appealing to me.
I'm going to try your recipe.
Thanks for sharing!
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mmmmm looks amazing. I need to eat more cauliflower. Steemed (misspelled on purpose. get it? lol) or sautéed covered in butter, salt, pepper, garlic powder....oh yeah. lol
Hahaha. You made me hungry... Love garlic.
hahaha good! :) Yes garlic is amazing!
It's one of those perfect summertimes dinners, my flavors! You know how I love millet ;)) 😊
Starting to get a millet addiction too. Hehe What's your favorite use of millet?
haha 😃 I think vegan "cheesecake" with millet and cashew: https://steemit.com/vegan/@monika-homa/recipe-vegan-cheesecake-with-blueberries-sugar-and-gluten-free
Maybe I will post about my best recipes with millet ;))
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Oh wow yummy Amy!!! Always getting inspired by your amazing food!!
Aww thanks, dear. Wish I had more time for steemit. Soon let's hope. Hope you are good and enjoying the European sun xxx
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Hi Joanna, thank you so much. I am definitely interested, but not much free time lately. Too bad it's not on a Wed or Thu, which are my free days. I'll see if I can find some time and skip Khmer language class for once.
I've no doubt he'd be delighted if ever you can find time! But you're so busy it's completely understandable if you can't.
How is the bakery going by the way? All well so far I hope!
Very busy indeed. But a good kind of busy. Wish i had more time for steemit though. but hey you cant have it all.... How are you? Enjoying the summer sun?
Oh my goodness that looks delicious! Thanks for the tip about millet too. I think I'll get some in the next grocery shop and try out the croquettes. It's something that I think my toddler would love to eat too. Yum! Thanks for posting such delicious recipes.
Thanks for your lovely comment. I hope you guys love them as much as we do. They are so good. Take care xxx
I want to make this meal! Thanks for the detailed recipe and delicious photos!
Thanks for passing by. Glad you like this one. Enjoy this lovely Sunday!
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@amy-goodrich since ive had croquetas in Ronda (Andalucia, Spain) and got recipe from my spanish friend, i love croquetas! however there is so many types of it, this is different to the one i tried. millet is one of my favourites ingredients, too, and i use it when i can. the sad fact is, that here in England, when i asnwer the question 'what have you got today' to my friends, they don't even know what millet is and consider it as being a birds - food!!! 🙈🙈🙈 i think i need to promote it more! :D
thanks for recipe! x
Haha. I get that a lot too. Well I like my bird food. Have a beautiful Sunday ;)
so do i :D you too, @amy-goodrich! :)