Try This: Homemade Millet Patties
The following recipes are provided by Martina Ruch and The Millet Project, a team of students and researchers at the University of California Berkeley who are united by the common causes of agricultural diversity and entrepreneurship. They are actively researching the traditions of cultivating millets and further reintroducing them into our diet.
Serve these millet patties as sliders or a burger on a (gluten-free) bun, add a fried egg on top and all your favorite fixin’s! They also go really well with a tzatziki or yogurt dip and a side salad. Scroll down for a vegan recipe of this dish.
Millet Patties
Serves 4
Total Time
60-75 min (cooking time: 55-65 min, preparation time: 10 min)
Country of Origin
Austria
Ingredients
1.5 cups millet
3 cups vegetable bouillon
salt, pepper, Italian parsley
2 eggs
2 carrots, shredded
1/2 onion, diced
1/2 onion, roasted or caramelized
1-2 table spoons of wheat or gluten-free flour (e.g. millet or potato flour)
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Instructions
1. Bring the vegetable bouillon to a boil and add a bay leaf and the diced onion. Wash the millet and put into the boiling liquid. Boil for 10-15 minutes and leave on the hot plate for another 15-20 min to take up water. Sometimes you need to add a little bit more water. Let cool down.
2. Mix all ingredients well to a creamy texture and form patties. We usually spoon them on baking parchment.
3. Then bake in the oven for about 30 minutes, 400-450 degrees Fahrenheit. You can freeze or refrigerate them afterwards, and pan-fry or bake them shortly before eating.
*You can bake the patties for 15 minutes, let them cool and then freeze them! Next time you’re hungry, just thaw and bake them for another 15 minutes.
4. Get creative: you can add shredded cheese, sliced broccoli, peas, or other veggies to your patties.
Vegan Recipe
Ingredients
1.5 cups millet
3 cups vegetable bouillon
1 bay leaf
1-2 tbsp whole wheat flour
2 tbsp ground soybean flour (or just add more wheat flour)
1 small onion, shallot or leek
parsley, garlic, salt, ground coriander seeds
Preparation
1. Bring the vegetable bouillon to a boil and add a bay leaf. Wash the millet and put into the boiling bouillon. Boil for 10-15 minutes and leave on the hot plate for another 15-20 minutes to take up water. Sometimes you need to add a little bit more water.
2. Heat a little bit of oil in a pan and roast the finely cut onions until translucent. Mix with the cooked millet and add all the other ingredients.
3. Mix well and form patties. You can bread the patties lightly in bread crumbs if you want to.
4. Then fry the patties in a small amount of oil or butter. Or bake them in the oven for about 30 minutes at 320-360 degrees Fahrenheit.
*As an alternative, you can also mix the cooked millet with half a cup curd or fromage blanc, salt, marjoram, oil, 2 finely cut garlic cloves and form patties from that.
