Millet Breakfast Cereal with Mandarin Oranges and Dates

Serves 4
Time 50 min
Millet Breakfast Cereal with Mandarin Oranges and Dates

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:

Gluten FreeGluten Free
Low SodiumLow Sodium
VegetarianVegetarian
Low FatLow Fat

Ingredients

    2/3 cupuncooked millet
    1 1/2 cupsorange juice
    4 largedates, pitted and chopped
    1cinnamon stick
    1/2 teaspoongreen cardamom pods
    fine sea salt, pinch of
    1 cupcanned Mandarin oranges (canned in water), drained

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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

Serving Size

Calories

210

Total Fat

2.5g

Saturated Fat

1g

Cholesterol

5mg

Sodium

40mg

Total Carbohydrate

43g

Dietary Fiber

5g

Total Sugars

18g

Protein

5g

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