My Cuban suegra taught me how to make a sofrito. I used this same process (without tomatoes and plus a carrot) to enhance millet. Serve warm or cold.
Prep
20 min
Cook
53 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
1 carrot
, chopped
2 cloves garlic
, crushed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion
, chopped
1 green bell pepper
, chopped
1 cup millet
2 cups vegetable broth
salt and ground black pepper to taste
0.25 cups chopped fresh cilantro
, or more to taste
Instructions
1
Blend carrot and garlic in a food processor until finely chopped.
2
Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat; cook and stir carrot mixture, onion, and green bell pepper until softened, about 10 minutes. Add millet; stir until fragrant and toasted, about 3 minutes.
3
Pour vegetable broth into millet mixture; season with salt and black pepper. Reduce heat and simmer until all the broth is absorbed and millet is tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in cilantro.
Nutrition per serving
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