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Foxtail Millet Porridge
🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Foxtail Millet Porridge

🇮🇳 Indian

Millets are having their comeback and foxtail millet porridge shows why — nutty, sustaining, and older than memory. Ready in 35 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 3 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Buttermilk2 cups
  • Foxtail Millet1/2 cup, flour

Optional extras

  • Onion1/2, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1

    Slurry the flour in a little water until smooth.

  2. 2

    Simmer with water, stirring, until it thickens and the raw smell cooks off, 8-10 minutes.

  3. 3

    Cool slightly, then whisk in the buttermilk and salt.

  4. 4

    Drink warm or chilled — both are correct, only the weather differs.

Chef's tip

Hot water and patience — millet dough and batter both punish haste.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Millet Porridge | Mallika Badrinath Recipes | Child Food · on YouTube