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🍽️ Fresh Millet and Cucumber Salad
297 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 100 g millet
- salt
- 1 mini cucumber
- 4 sprigs parsley
- 2 sprigs mint
- 2 tomatoes
- 0.5 lemon
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- pepper
Instructions
- 1. Rinse the millet under hot water.
- 2. Bring 175 milliliters of water to a boil in a pot.
- 3. Add the millet to the boiling water and stir briefly.
- 4. Reduce the heat to the lowest setting and cover the pot.
- 5. Cook the millet for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 6. Remove the pot from the heat and let the millet sit covered for another 12 minutes to swell.
- 7. Transfer the millet to a bowl, season lightly with salt, and let it cool.
- 8. Wash the cucumber and pat it dry.
- 9. Cut the cucumber in half and remove the core.
- 10. Dice the cucumber flesh into fine cubes.
- 11. Wash the parsley and mint and shake off excess water.
- 12. Pluck the leaves from the stems and chop them finely.
- 13. Wash the tomatoes and cut them into quarters.
- 14. Remove the tough stem ends from the tomato pieces.
- 15. Seed the tomatoes and dice the flesh.
- 16. Squeeze the juice of one lemon.
- 17. Mix the cooled millet with the cucumber, herbs, and tomatoes in a large bowl.
- 18. Add olive oil and lemon juice.
- 19. Season the salad to taste with salt and pepper.
- 20. Serve the finished salad immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 297
- Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 39 g