Instant Pot Millet | How to Cook Barnyard Millet in Instant Pot
Learn how to cook millet, precisely barnyard millet in Instant Pot. I have shared both the pot-in-pot and directly cooking in the inner pot methods here.
Note: For the pot-in-pot method, I used a half cup of millet and ¾ cup of water. ( 1 cup = 240ml; 1 tbsp=15ml; 1tsp=5ml;)
Instructions
Cooking barnyard millet in the main pot
Rinse the millet at atleast 4 to 5 times. Make sure you wash the millets until the water becomes clear. Add the millet to the inner pot, followed by 1.5 cups of water and ¼ tsp gingelly oil. (optional)
Place the inner pot inside the Instant Pot. Now close the Instant Pot. Make sure the sealing ring is in place and set the vent to the sealing position. Press the pressure cook / manual button and set the cooking time as 2 minutes at high-pressure.
Now press the delay start/timer and select 1 hour. You can soak the millets separately also. When the cooking is complete, release the pressure naturally.
When the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid.
Let the millets cool and fluff it with a fork. Initially, it will look clumpy and sticky, but as it cools down, it becomes grainy and not sticky. Once it's cooled down, feel free to fluff the millets with your hand.
Transfer it to a serving bowl and serve it warm. As we add oil, nothing sticks in the inner pot.
Cooking barnyard millet using the pot-in-pot method
Rinse the millet at atleast 4 to 5 times. Make sure you wash the millets until the water becomes clear. Add the millet to a small vessel and add water and let it soak for 1 hour. Then drain the water and add the water and ¼ tsp gingelly oil. (optional)
Add 1 cup of water to the inner pot and place the trivet and then place the vessel with the millet.
Now close the Instant Pot. Make sure the sealing ring is in place and set the vent to the sealing position. Press the pressure cook / manual button and set the cooking time as 3 minutes at high-pressure.
When the cooking is complete, release the pressure naturally. When the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid.
Let the millets cool, and you can easily transfer the millets to a plate before fluffing. Just flip the millet bowl into a plate, like below.
Fluff the millet and serve it warm.
Notes
The timing and water ratio mentioned here yields soft and fluffy millet perfect for "variety-rice" recipes. But if you prefer a soft texture, increase the water to 2 cups and cooking time for a couple of minutes.
Let the millets cool: It's essential to let the millets cool before fluffing. Once it's cooled down, use a fork or hand and fluff the millets. Initially, it will look clumpy and sticky, but as it cools down, it becomes grainy and not sticky.
Instead of water, you can use vegetable broth for added flavor.
Oil is optional, but it helps the millet not to stick to the pot/vessel.
If using the stove-top pressure cooker, you can follow the same water ratio but cook for 2 whistles.