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Millet Breakfast Cereal with Mandarin Oranges and Dates
Serves 4
Time 50 min
Cooked millet is a great breakfast alternative to oatmeal or cream of wheat. Here it's infused with cinnamon and cardamom and served with dates and sweet mandarin oranges.
Special Diets:
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup uncooked millet
- 1 1/2 cup orange juice
- 4 large dates, pitted and chopped
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 teaspoon green cardamom pods
- fine sea salt, pinch of
- 1 cup canned Mandarin oranges (canned in water), drained
Method
Toast millet in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and just golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
Transfer to a large bowl, cover with cold water and rub millet grains with your hands for about 5 seconds.
Transfer to a strainer, rinse for 1 minute then drain millet well.
Put drained millet into a small pot.
Add 2 cups water, orange juice, dates, cinnamon, cardamom and salt and bring to boil over medium high heat.
Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until liquid is absorbed and millet is tender, about 40 minutes.
Remove and discard cinnamon and cardamom then stir in mandarin oranges, spoon into bowls and serve.
Nutritional Info:
Per serving: 210 calories (25 from fat), 2.5g total fat, 1g saturated fat, 5mg cholesterol, 40mg sodium, 43g carbohydrates (5g dietary fiber, 18g sugar), 5g protein.
Note: We've provided special diet and nutritional information for educational purposes. But remember - we're cooks, not doctors! You should follow the advice of your health-care provider. And since product formulations change, check product labels for the most recent ingredient information.
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Ingredients
- 2/3 cup uncooked millet
- 1 1/2 cup orange juice
- 4 large dates, pitted and chopped
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 teaspoon green cardamom pods
- fine sea salt, pinch of
- 1 cup canned Mandarin oranges (canned in water), drained