This morning I was about to make millet congee, a popular dish at restaurants in Taiwan. While the millet was cooking, I changed my mind and ate something else for breakfast. Instead of packing them, I came up with a better idea. Why don’t I make crackers out of them?
Ingredients:
1/2 cup millets (see note)
2/3 cup of quick cooking oats (see note)
2 tablespoon of chia seeds (optional)
1 tablespoon of avocado oil or oil of your preference
pinch of sea salt
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1-2 tablespoon of honey
pretzel salt
In a sauce pan, add millets and 2 cups of water. Bring the water to a boil, then lower the heat and cover, and simmer for about 35 minutes until the water is fully absorbed by the millet. The millet should have the similar texture of congee. Turn off the heat, add in 2/3 cup of oats, chia seeds if using, oil, and salt in the same sauce pan, combine all ingredients well, and let the mixture cool down.
Once the mixture cools down completely, separate the mixture into half. Roll out half of the mixture within 2 parchment papers a time and then set them on two parchment paper lined baking sheets. For the first half, lightly brush with honey and sprinkle with cinnamon. For the second half, sprinkle with pretzel salt and gently press them down with your hand or a rolling pin. I was just testing the flavor. If you prefer sweet crackers, you can combine all ingredients together after millets are cooked. Vise versa. Add more salt or your preferred seasonings to cooked millets for salty crackers. Last, gently run the pizza cutter to cut them into your preferred size.
Bake these crackers at 350F for about 15-20 minutes. Once these crackers are fully baked, break them into pieces, turn off the oven, and leave them inside the oven until they cool down completely.
Surprisingly, these crackers have a similar taste of my homemade corn tortillas chips but with a nature sweet flavor from the oats. I like these crackers with honey and cinnamon. How about you?
Note:
I get organic millets and quick cooking oats at the bulk section of Wholefood. If you are using different brands, you may need to adjust the amount of water to cook with millets as well as the cooking time.
ethanlillian 