Are you Planning to add some Nutritious Millets to diet but don’t know how ? Worry not as I have got you covered. Sharing a very easy and simple millet based recipe today. High Protein Healthy Dinner Bowl. Vegetarian Lunch or Dinner Recipe which is Fibre Rich and Highly Nutritious.
Ingredients
- Proso millet
- Rinse and soak 1/4 Cup Proso Millets as part of Meal Planning for preparing
- Millet
- Proso millet, also known as white millet, hog millet or oak barley
- In Hindi चेना, चीना ( Punjab), चेनो ( Gujarat) and वारी ( Marathi)
- Wash and soak for minimum 5 hours to 8 hours
- Tofu or Soy Paneer 100g
Slice partially or slit into tofu to make pockets for filling marination - Seasoning for marination:
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric
- Chilli powder
- Coriander powder
- Amchur powder
- Garlic powder
- Black pepper
- Dried herbs
- Roasted cumin powder
- 1 tsp extra virgin Olive oil
Directions:
- Combine well, use little water to mix
- Fill in marinated paste in the gaps of partially sliced tofu
- Keep it in fridge to marinate
Dinner preparation - In a pan add 1.5 cups water (small millets need 5-6 times water)
- Once water starts to boil
- Add soaked proso millet (remove water first)
- Cover and cook on low heat for 14-16 minutes
- Meanwhile, chop some veggies
- In another pan add 1/2 tsp Olive oil
- Place marinated tofu in pan and cook
- Add veggies to marinate and toss well
- Roast tofu on all sides, cover and cook for some time
- Once millets are 70% cooked, add chopped veggies
- Check if all the water is absorbed and millets are cooked
- Serve the cooked Millet Upma and masala tofu
- Add juice of half lemon for extra flavour
- Garnish with fresh herbs like coriander, dil or basil
Enjoy for lunch or dinner
Calories: 389 Calories
Protein: 24g