Step by Step Recipe On How To Cook Superfood Millet Waakye.
Ever since I was gifted millet I’ve been exploring the different and exciting ways I can cook it and waakye was the first thing which came to mind. The combination of red beans, sorghum leaves with millet was sure going to be a surefire way for my body to benefit from the phytoestrogens (hormonal balancing), antioxidants (reduces cell oxidation and cancer risks) and phenolic compounds they contain. If you love waakye but looking for a white rice substitute (less carbs) then you’re in the right place. Every woman’s estrogens tends to drop from late thirties until 50’s it’s thus essential to eat foods rich in phytoestrogens even if you’re taking supplements.
Millet waakye can be eaten just like regular waakye with it’s varied accoutrements so you really don’t miss out on anything. I recently wrote a blog post on how to cook millet, check it out here. If you’re on a diet change for health reasons, you should consider including millet in your daily diet.
Prepartion time: 5hours Cooking Time: 8 minutes
Ingredients:
A bunch of sorghum leaves
1 cup of red beans
1 and half cup of millet.
Bay leaves
Salt
Cooking Instructions
Soak the beans together with the sorghum leaves in hot water for 4–5 hours.
Pour into a deep saucepan, drop in 3 bay leaves and season with salt.
Cover and allow to boil till the beans soften usually in 20minutes.
Wash the millet three times and pour the grains into the beans. Stir through and cover. After 8 minutes, lower the heat and allow steam to cook the millet.
Test for tenderness. Ready to eat when tender. Take out the sorghum leaves and discard,
That was easy right? And look how gorgeous it looks! The millet came out perfect and absorped the reddish hues from the sorghum leaves perfectly. The beans also took on a much bolder hue due to a longer steeping time. Never skip out on the bay leaves as they actually help to soften the beans much quicker. So whether you’re cooking beans for beans stew or Gobɛ don’t forget to include bay leaves for a shorter cooking time.
Here’s my recipe video on the cooking process;
