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Mixed Millet Salad

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Soaking Time 4 hours

Ingredients

My Cup Measures 240 ml

For The Salad

  • 1/2 Cup Mixed Millets
  • 1 Cup Mixed Veggies (Cucumber, Tomato, Peppers, Onions etc)
  • 3 to 4 Tbsp Green Chutney
  • 1/4 Cup Roasted & Crushed Peanuts
  • 1/4 Cup Pomegranate Pearls

For Green Chutney

  • 1/2 Cup Green Coriander
  • 1/4 Cup Mint leaves
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Rock Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • Pinch Asafoetida
  • 1 tsp Dried Mango Powder (Amchoor) Or Lemon Juice
  • 2 Green Chillies

Instructions

For The Salad

  1. Take 1/2 cup millets of your choice. I took 2tbsp each of Ragi, Barnyard, Little, Kodo and Foxtail.
  2. Wash these thoroughly by changing water several times as there is lot of dirt in it.
  3. Once the water gets clean, soak it for 3 to 4 hours.
  4. After about 4 hours, drain the water and boil millets.
  5. For this, put the soaked millets in the pressure cooker along with 1 cup water and cook for 2 whistles. Switch off the flame and let the pressure settle down fully.

  6. Open the pressure cooker and fluff the boiled millets. This will be now almost 2 cups.

  7. You can keep it in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days easily.
  8. For making the salad, let the boiled millets cool down completely first.
  9. Once cooled, add chopped tomato, cucumber, peppers etc and green chutney to it.
  10. Toss everything. Add some pomegranate pearls as this really enhances the taste as well as the looks of the salad.
  11. Adjust seasoning if need be.
  12. At the time of serving, add roasted and crushed peanuts.
  13. Serve with love, lemon coriander soup optional.

For Green Chutney Dressing

  1. Clean and wash green coriander and mint.

  2. Roughly chop these.

  3. Put chopped coriander, mint and all the spices mentioned under Green chutney in the grinder. Add 2 tbsp water and 2 ice cubes and gring to a fine paste.

Recipe Notes

  • 1/2 cup millets become 1 cup after soaking and finally becomes 2 cups after boiling.
  • Take millets of your choice. 
  • You can make green chutney as per your recipe too.
  • In the absence of green chutney, add chat masala, salt, pepper and lemon juice.
  • Ice cubes are added as it helps in retaining the bright green colour of the green chutney.