
Millet Cutlet- gluten-free, dairy-free meal in a snack!

How about giving the humble millet a snazzy make-over? A healthy, flavorful and wholesome way to incorporate millet into our diet. It could double as a kid-friendly, lunch box idea. Filled with spiced coconut and served with luscious green chutney and shredded vegetables, makes it the ideal platter for a balanced meal.
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet/ Barnyard Millet/ Little Millet: ½ cup
- Boiled potato: 2 nos medium sized
- Green chillies: 3 tbsp (finely chopped)
- Rock salt: to taste
- Black pepper: 1 tbsp
- Cloves: 4 nos
- Cardamom: 1 pod
- Coconut: ½ cup
- Ginger: 1 tbsp (grated)
- Coriander leaves: 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
- Onion: 1 medium sized (finely chopped)
- Raisins: 1 tbsp
- Poppy seeds/Khus khus: 1 tbsp
Method
- Soak millet for a couple of hours.
- Wash and drain and cook until soft in 1.5 cups of water.
- Coarsely grind cloves, pepper and cardamom with a mortar and pestle.
- Grate the boiled potatoes and mix with boiled millet, 1 tablespoon of green chillies, salt and the ground spices.
- Use hands to knead together into a pliable dough. Divide the mixture into 8 equal parts.
- To make the stuffing, blend together grated coconut, remaining green chillies, grated ginger in a mixie without adding water.
- Transfer to a bowl and mix into it, chopped coriander leaves, chopped onions, raisins, rock salt and poppy seeds.
- Shape the millet mixture to your desired shape and place a tablespoon of the coconut mixture in it and seal it. You can wet your palms to help shape the cutlets.
- Heat a tawa and cook on both sides until brown and crisp.
- Serve with your favorite dips/ chutneys on a bed of shredded vegetables.
Wellcure tip:
- Always soak millet before cooking.
- Millets when cooked swell up and yield a big quantity.
- You could use your choice of spices to make your own version.
Eating guide:
- Food group: Millet
- Millets are gluten free, rich in fibre and high in nutritional value. They are a good option to add variety to your meals or when you want to go grain free.
- They can easily be combined with coconut and vegetables.
- Best as lunch box idea for kids.
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