How Do You Use Nutritious Millet In Gluten-Free Recipes?
Millets – Important Food Source Worldwide:The millets, a group of thousands of varieties of grass-like annual plants that bear small to miniscule-sized seeds belong to the Gramineae family of plants. Food anthropologists believe that millet was the first cereal plant domesticated by man. Today millet is considered the 6th most important grain crop in the world. The most common varieties of millet include pearl, proso, foxtail, finger and teff (Ethiopian millet). Millet has been a major source of protein and energy for millions of people in Asia, Africa and India for thousands of years.Bird Food or People Food?:Most of the millet grown in the US is used as birdseed and animal feed but millet and teff are highly nutritious, gluten-free whole grain and flour products. So why are millet and teff seldom found in gluten-free recipes? Nutritional Benefits of Using Millet in Gluten-Free Cooking: • Millet contains high levels of two essential amino acids (proteins), methionine and cysteine. Our
