Millet And Vegetable Medley

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup canned kidney beans
• 1 cup canned chick-peas
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, diced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 2 parsnips, chopped
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 6 cups vegetable stock (or water)
• 1 stalk broccoli, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 5 plum tomatoes, diced
• 3 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed and cut into bite-sized pieces
• 6 fingerling potatoes, cut in half
• 2 cups chopped greens (kale or collards)
• 1 cup corn kernel (fresh or frozen)
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 2 scallions, sliced (for garnish if desired)
• 1 cup millet, rinsed and drained
• 3 cups mineral water (or vegetable stock)
• 1 pinch sea salt

Recipe

• 1 rinse the kidney beans and chickpeas and drain thoroughly.
• 2 parboil potatoes and sweet potatoes.
• 3 heat olive oil in a dutch oven over medium high heat. add the onion, garlic, carrot and celery.
• 4 sauté for 5 minutes, or until the onions are translucent. add the parsnip and sauté another 2 minutes. add the chili powder and cook another minute.
• 5 add the vegetable stock and drained beans and bring to a boil over high heat. lower heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 6 add broccoli, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, fingerling potatoes, greens, corn and salt. bring to a boil then cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until beans and vegetables are tender.
• 7 serve over cooked millet. garnish with sliced scallions.
• 8 to cook the millet:.
• 9 place millet in a fine mesh strainer. rinse under cool water for about 1 minute and thoroughly drain.
• 10 heat a heavy skillet over medium heat. add the drained millet to the hot pan and, stirring frequently, dry-roast the millet for a few minutes until it becomes dry and fragrant, but not brown. remove from heat.
• 11 bring the water to a boil, add salt and toss in roasted millet. return to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cover. cook for 20–30 minutes until all liquid is absorbed. remove from heat and leave covered for a few minutes.