This recipe came to me through a friend! She asked how these might be made gluten/egg/dairy free – knowing how delicious these millet cakes are. I eagerly took on the challenge.
These are quick to make – and would work with just about many meal- be it breakfast, lunch or dinner served along side a fresh spring salad. They have a similar texture to a hash brown. Crispy and buttery on the outside – packed full of great flavor on the inside.
Gluten Free Millet Cakes Ingredients
2 Cups Cooked Millet (cook millet with a TBS of Better than Bouillion organic condensed stock)
1/2 Cup Chopped Shallots
2 TBS Fresh Chopped Cilantro
1 TBS Garlic Powder
4 TBS (or more) Nutritional Yeast
2 TBS Arrowroot + 1 TBS Water (Corn Starch or Tapioca Starch may also be used here)
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Oil For Cooking.
- Cook the Millet in Chicken Stock (or Water + Better than Bouillion’s Organic condensed stock) I prefer chicken as the stock flavor here- but beef, vegetables or mushroom would also do these millet cakes justice.
- In a bowl mix 2 cups of cooked Millet plus the Shallots, Cilantro, Garlic Powder, Nutritional Yeast, Salt, Pepper and The Arrowroot and Water. (You will notice that the nutritional yeast helps to act as a binder.)
- Heat a Skillet and place a TBS or so of your Oil of Choice. (I used Coconut and I highly recommend you try using it as well- it added a delicious subtle flavor that we loved)
- Form the Millet mixure into flat patties. Place in hot skillet and cook for several minutes on each side.
The Finished Millet cakes will hold together well and have a beautiful crispy golden brown hue on both sides.
Serve Hot!
This recipe makes roughly 10 Millet Cakes.
xo,
Brittany
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Great recipe. I can't wait to try it. I never thought to put millet into a cake-like form.
Looks delicious! I've been looking for ways to have more variety with my grains, so this recipe sounds great!
Anything with "millet" and "cake" in the title has my undivided attention and unconditional love. I can't wait to try this! Thanks, Brittany!
xo
Desi
These look really yummy! I really want to try these but I'm trying to stay yeast free because of a previous systemic yeast infection. Will nutritional yeast cause me problems and is there something I can use instead of it?
Bragg's Nutritional yeast says: no Candida Albicans yeast or brewery by-products as in brewer's yeast. It has not caused me any issues. Dairy, sweets, and grains tend to cause flare ups. HTH
I can second that! Nutritional yeast does not affect my candida!
Hi Brittany, These look so delicious! I cannot wait to make them for my family and me! My oldest daughter is not able to eat white potatoes. It seems to be an alternative in so many of my own gluten free foods and recipes I make for myself. Can you please tell me how I can adjust those recipes that call for white potato ingredients such as potato flour or starch? Thank you!
Can you provide a substitute for nutritional yeast (vegan)? I have millet flour on hand, will that suffice?
No- the flour won't work in place of the actual grain.
Bragg Nutrional Yeast is vegetarian and also specifies no animal derivatives are used in the product.