Gluten-Free Masala Millet with Leafy Greens

[Music] M yeah it's really good really really nice hi there and welcome to my kitchen today we're going to be making Masala Millet Masala Millet is rich in flavorful spices to support metabolism as well as greens that support peristalsis for easier bowel movements this dish is gently spiced with cardamom which is a mucus destroyer and a spice Masala now this Masala Millet comes together in just 20 minutes giving you both cooked greens and a grain ready to eat at the same time I really enjoy this dish and so I'm sharing it with you I'd like to talk to you a little bit about the ayurvedic health benefits of millet with a history of cultivation that Trace us back over 10,000 years Millet is an essential glutenfree fiber grain for Humanity Millet is also highly drought tolerant suggesting its importance to our future food supply however with the widespread adoption of wheat over the last century Millet has largely fallen out of favor in fact most people in the United States have probably never even tried it now that's a true shame particularly for anyone looking for an alternative to rice or wheat that's a light warming and dry because by comparison rice and wheat are heavy moist and cooling so if you're the type of person who feels heavy and stagnant then Millet is going to help lighten you up it's also going to cleanse your blood by helping to remove toxins Millet interestingly is also higher in protein than rice which is a positive but that also means it's a little heavier to digest than rice and so for this reason you you always want to cook your Millet with spices and healthy fats to help with assimilation so let me show you exactly how to do that and how to make this recipe step by step so for the Millet we're going to combine the water the Millet the ghee and the cardamom in a small saucepan we're going to bring that to a boil reduce the heat to low and cook covered for 10 minutes meanwhile we want to decide what type of greens we're going to be using for this recipe you can use asparagus or any type of leafy green such as kale Swiss chard or spinach today I'm using kale and so you want to wash your kale and chop it into bite-sized pieces and then we're going to add those greens on top of the partially cooked Millet and cook them for another 5 to 6 minutes so the Millet finishes cooking while the green beans cook at that point we're going to turn off the heat and let it stand covered for about 5 more minutes while you prepare the sauce now the sauce is super simple you're just going to combine some ghee or olive oil fresh lime juice your spice Masala and some salt in a small bowl and then you're going to stir that sauce into the Millet and the greens and just mix it all together and that's it you get to enjoy a beautiful dish let's give it a taste shall we M yeah it's really good really really nice it has a really healthy nurturing quality to it and as I mentioned before as an alternative to rice or wheat Millet is really light and so you have kind of a light grain with the light greens also spiced adequately you've got a good amount of ghee in there as well and I can taste the salt and I can taste the lime Top Notch well we did it thank you for watching and know that you can get the full recipe from the description below also be sure to hit subscribe and click the notification Bell icon to get more recipes like this enjoy and I'll see you next time [Music]