What exactly is millet
If you have a pet bird, chances are you have purchased a few small helpings of millet cereal. Our budgies, canaries and other caged birds enjoy its gritty little seeds. Millet crops on a small scale are grown in several of our farm regions for bird seed and hay to feed cattle. Americans have been called a corn fed people. Indian corn, alias maize, is our basic cereal. It feeds the chickens and cattle that provide our meat and dairy products. Corn flour is used to make our tastiest breads and cakes. Corn oil is a basic cooking ingredient with dozens of uses. Corn is our basic cereal because this domesticated member of the grass family is a native New Worlder that happens to thrive in our climate. When it comes down to it, cereal is the basic item on many breakfasts. But our rich, golden corn refuses to thrive in many densely populated regions of the world. People of warm, muddy regions, depend on rice as their basic cereal. The cereal grain called millet likes a drier climate with eithe
Well, it’s a tall grass that looks like maize but is related to sorghum! Millet seeds look like little yellow balls, but have a lovely, slightly sweet and nutty flavour – and what makes millet ideal for babies is the fact that it is one of the least allergenic, most easily digested grains available. Nutrients contained in millet include • iron • potassium • magnesium • phosphorus • B vitamins • vitamin E • protein (millet is almost 15% protein)Millet is also gluten free. Recommendations about when to introduce millet to babies vary, although it is sometimes even offered as a first food (after 6 months). Speak to your doctor before you offer it to your child. Cooking millet for baby The basic rule for cooking millet is to combine 1 part millet with 3 parts liquid – for a savoury flavour, use homemade chicken stock, otherwise, just use water. Cook millet in the same way as you would cook rice – simply bring the liquid to the boil, stir in the millet, reduce the heat and simmer for 20-30
