Easy Millet Recipes for Everyday Cooking

Millets are healthy, quick to cook, and perfect for daily meals. If you’re starting to include millets in your routine, here are simple, tasty, and quick millet recipes you can try at home.

These recipes work with foxtail, little millet, kodo, barnyard, or proso millet.

1. Millet Upma (10–15 minutes)

Ingredients

• 1 cup millet
• 2 cups water
• Onion, green chilli
• Vegetables (carrot, beans, peas)
• Mustard seeds, curry leaves
• Salt
• 1 tbsp oil

Method

1. Wash and soak millet for 15–20 minutes.
2. Heat oil, add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
3. Add onions, chilli, and vegetables.
4. Add water and salt → bring to boil.
5. Add millet, cook 10 minutes.
6. Serve hot.

Healthy breakfast or dinner option.

Millet Khichdi (One-Pot Meal)

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup millet
• 1⁄2 cup moong dal
• Vegetables
• Turmeric, cumin
• Salt
• 3 cups water

Method

1. Wash millet and dal.
2. Add everything to pressure cooker.
3. Cook for 3 whistles.
4. Add ghee and serve warm.

Perfect for lunch or light dinner.

3. Millet Pongal

Ingredients

• 1 cup millet
• 1⁄2 cup moong dal
• Pepper, cumin
• Ginger
• Curry leaves
• Ghee
• Salt

Method

1. Roast dal lightly.
2. Add millet + dal + water.
3. Pressure cook (3 whistles).
4. Temper with ghee, pepper, cumin, ginger.
5. Mix and serve.

Comforting and filling meal.

4. Millet Lemon Rice

Ingredients

• Cooked millet
• Mustard seeds
• Peanuts
• Curry leaves
• Turmeric
• Lemon juice
• Salt

Method

1. Heat oil, add mustard, peanuts, curry leaves.
2. Add turmeric and salt.
3. Add cooked millet.
4. Turn off flame and mix lemon juice.

Quick lunch box recipe.

Millet Dosa

Ingredients

• 1 cup millet
• 1⁄2 cup urad dal
• Salt

Method

1. Soak millet and dal for 6 hours.
2. Grind into batter.
3. Ferment overnight.
4. Make dosa like regular dosa.

Crispy and healthy breakfast.

6. Millet Porridge

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup millet
• 2 cups water or milk
• Jaggery or salt
• Dry fruits (optional)

Method

1. Cook millet in water/milk.
2. Add jaggery for sweet version.
3. Add salt for savory version.

Good for kids and elders.

7. Millet Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients

• 1 cup millet
• Mixed vegetables
• Whole spices
• Salt
• 2 cups water

Method

1. Saute spices and vegetables.
2. Add millet and water.
3. Pressure cook 2 whistles.
4. Serve hot.

Great for lunch or dinner.

Tips for Cooking Millets

• Soak for faster cooking
• Use pressure cooker
• Replace rice with millet
• Cook fresh for best taste
• Start with simple recipes

Final Thoughts

Millets are easy to cook and can be used in everyday meals like breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. With simple recipes like upma, khichdi, dosa, and pongal, you can make millets a regular part of your routine without extra effort.

Healthy eating becomes simple when you use traditional grains in daily cooking.

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