Delicious Millet Burgers

Delicious Millet Burgers 

Ayurveda recognises millet as sweet, heating, dry and light, making it perfect for Kapha. High Pitta may find millet aggravating and Vata types should always add extra moisture to millet dishes.

From an Ayurvedic perspective, millet is considered Sweet, Heating, Dry and Light. This makes it a rather special grain because it has the satisfying, nourishing effect of the Sweet taste but at the same time is light, easy to digest and actually antidotes the damp stickiness that can result from eating other heavier grains (like wheat). Due to its light, heating and drying effect, millet is used as ‘food medicine’ in the treatment of high Ama, dull Agni, diabetes, excess weight, oedema and other excess Kapha (mucous/fluid) conditions. If eaten in excess it may aggravate Vata or Pitta but if soaked and then cooked with a little oil and some cooling spices (like fennel and coriander), it is can be transformed into a relatively tridoshic grain - muditainstitute

This is such an easy dish to prepare and everyone will love them, just take your time making them as they have a tendency to crumble. It just takes a little patience!

Ingredients

• 1 cup millet
• 2 cups of ready-made bouillon organic veg broth
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons of flour, I like to use chickpea flour, but any will be fine
• 2  finely chopped spring onions
• A small bunch of coriander leaves finely chopped.
• Ghee for frying
• Brown burger buns

Mix the millet into the boiling vegetable broth and simmer over low heat, covered, for about until the millet is swollen and cooked through about 20 mins and its absorbed all the bouillon.
Mix in the egg, onion and coriander and the flour and season as desired. The mixture should stick together to shape the fritters, use wet hands to stop them sticking to your hands.

I really like these thin and crunchy but that's your choice.Fry the burger/fritters in the melted hot ghee, turning both sides until they are golden brown.

I pile loads of salad veg onto these with tahini sauce, love em!
I like these with sweet potaoe chips or with a simple green salad.