Barnyard millet salad – a wholesome salad made with barnyard millet, veggies and an oil-free dressing.
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About Barnyard Millet Salad
Barnyard millet is packed with nutrients, making it a fantastic addition to your diet. Its light and easily digestible nature makes it ideal for a refreshing summer salad. In this recipe, we’ll combine cooked barnyard millet with a mix of fresh, crunchy vegetables like cucumbers, bell peppers, and carrots, with an oil-free, green dressing. This salad is perfect for when you’re craving something light yet satisfying, and it can even serve as a meal replacement. The salad can be customised with your favorite ingredients like boiled chickpeas, zucchini, peanuts, or roasted seeds for extra variety.
Step-wise recipe with instructions
Wash and soak barnyard millet for 5 to 6 hours.
Heat ½ cup water in a saucepan. Add soaked millets and cook on low heat until the millets are cooked.
Allow cooked millets to cool down. It will fluff up on cooling.
Next, chop cucumber, bell pepper and grate the carrot. Keep aside.
For the salad dressing, into a blender jar, add coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilly, dates, salt, lemon juice, 2 tbsp water and blend. Keep the salad dressing aside.
In a mixing bowl, add cooked millets, chopped veggies, pomegranate seeds.
Drizzle the salad dressing and toss everything.
Barnyard millet salad is ready to be served.
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Barnyard Millet Salad
Ingredients
- ¼ cup barnyard millets
- 1 cucumber
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 red capsicum
- 1/2 yellow capsicum
- ¼ cup pomegranate seeds
For the dressing
- ½ cup coriander leaves
- few mint leaves
- 1 green chilly
- 2 dates
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- salt as per taste
Instructions
- Wash and soak barnyard millet for 5 to 6 hours.
- Heat ½ cup water in a saucepan.
- Add soaked millets and cook on low heat until the millets are cooked.
- Allow cooked millets to cool down. It will fluff up on cooling.
- Next, chop cucumber, bell peppers and grate the carrot. Keep aside.
- Forthe salad dressing, into a blender jar, add coriander leaves, mint leaves,green chilly, dates, salt, lemon juice, 2 tbsp water and blend. Keep the salad dressing aside.
- In a mxing bowl, add cooked millets, chopped veggies,pomegranate seeds.
- Drizzle the salad dressing and toss everything.
- Barnyard millet salad is ready to be served.
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