Millet Vegetable Salad with Hummus
Delicious millet salad with veggies, hummus and crunchy peanuts. Serve as a main course or side dish.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked millets I used foxtail millet
- 1 medium carrot peeled, chopped
- 1 small red bell pepper seeds removed and diced
- 1 medium cucumber diced
- 15 cherry tomato halved or quartered
- 2 tbsps white or red onion, sliced soaked in vinegar or lemon juice for few minutes
- 1 to 2 tbsps hummus, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce or sriracha or add to taste
- 1 cup chopped lettuce can substitute with spinach or kale
- ¼ cup toasted peanuts I used spicy peanuts
- lemon juice to taste
Instructions
Cooking Millets in Stove top-
- Wash the millets twice by rubbing with hands and soak in the water for an hour. After an hour drain the water and add the millets to a sauce pan.
- For one cup of millet add 2 cups of water and cook the millets in medium flame for 13-15 minutes. Stir in between once or twice and avoid sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Turn the stove off and let the millet rest for 10 minutes. Fluff the millet and let it cool before using in the salad.
- I have another post with step by step pictures on how to cook millets, do check this out for detailed instructions.
Prepping the Veggies -
- Wash all the veggies and cut them to bite size or thin strips, which ever way your prefer. I have used carrot, red bell pepper, cherry tomato and cucumber.
- Wash the lettuce and drain the excess water and chop them. you can either use ice berg or romaine lettuce. You could also replace lettuce with kale or spinach.
Toss the Salad -
- Add the cooked millets, veggies, olive oil, salt and chili sauce. Give a mix.
- Add the hummus and gently toss all the ingredients. Add lemon juice if desired.
- You can also just toss the millets, veggies, olive oil, salt, chili sauce and lemon juice and serve the hummus on side.
- Check for seasoning and adjust accordingly. Finally add the crunchy peanuts and enjoy this tasty salad.
Notes
- You can replace lettuce with spinach or kale.
- You can skip chili sauce and just add black pepper.
- Chick peas can also be added for extra protein.