Texture of Cooked Millet?

[luminesce]

I got some whole grain millet today (from Eden foods) and was playing around with it. Is it supposed to be a little crunchy and chewy? When I cooked it (3 parts water to 1 part grain on as low as the heat would go for about 30 minutes) it didn't really hold the grain shape (more mushy) yet it was still a little crunchy/chewy in parts. Not terribly; a bit like brown rice.

I tried frying it as a cake in some canola oil and think it would be good like this with some chopped up veggies or onions added. It was actually a little like a hashbrown. I think it might also be good mashed up with some cauliflower as a faux mashed potato.

I also spread out a bunch on an oiled baking sheet to see how it turns out (I hate frying! )

[kjbrown92]

I used it in place of rice in jambalaya, and to me it tasted just like the rice and similar in texture. I think I cooked it for 45 minutes instead of 25 that I would have for rice. There weren't any chewy places in mine...

[luminesce]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

I used it in place of rice in jambalaya, and to me it tasted just like the rice and similar in texture. I think I cooked it for 45 minutes instead of 25 that I would have for rice. There weren't any chewy places in mine...

It was odd; it was really mushy yet had a few somewhat chewier bit. I only cooked it for 30 mins since that is what the bag recommended. I will try going a bit longer. How much water did you use?

I guess it would be a matter of preference and digestibility? I've read you can throw it into muffins, etc for crunchy texture so I'd think at that point you'd almost be eating it raw.

[kjbrown92]

When I made it, a neighbor was doing jambalaya so I was trying to make a safe jambalaya version for us. I looked around to see what I could put in in place of the rice, and I had the millet. I used whatever the recommended time was, and then ended up cooking it a little longer (5-10 minutes) because it was still soupy. I used canned tomatoes as my liquid so it's probably not accurate how much "water" I used.

I also made a millet pudding type thing a while ago, for breakfast, like an oatmeal almost that the kids liked (I didn't).