Breakfast
Soft millet porridge with dates
This home-kitchen version makes a soft millet porridge with dates. Adjust the seasoning and toppings to taste.
Servings in this printout: 2
Ingredients
- 100 g millet
- 10 g pitted dried dates
- 2 g fresh ginger
- 8 g sesame seeds
- 700 ml water
- salt to taste
Method
- Rinse the millet. Put the millet, finely chopped fresh ginger and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil while stirring.
- Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the porridge is soft and thick. Add liquid a little at a time if it gets too thick.
- Season with salt. Serve warm with chopped dates and sesame seeds.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.
- Net carbs
- 37.85 g
- Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
- 40.42 g
- Protein
- 6.72 g
- Fat
- 3.85 g
- GL estimate
- about 20 / serving
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.
Estimate details and sources ↗
How was the estimate calculated?
The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.
- millet · Comparison value
- pitted dried dates · Comparison value
Calculated ingredient-based estimate per serving, not a measurement of the prepared meal. All supported positive carbohydrate amounts are included. An unmatched individual portion under 1 g available carbohydrate per serving may be omitted only while all such portions total less than 2 g per serving; the omitted amount is disclosed. This is an editorial tolerance, not a clinical precision limit.
Small portions omitted: 0.08 g available carbohydrate per serving.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
- millet ·
millet-groats-rozanska-2020-gi-56-2 · fineli-160-release-20 - pitted dried dates ·
dried-date-tamer-mean-gi-55-2-algeffari-2016 · afcd-F003496-release-3
Carbohydrate data sources
- JAUHO, HIRSSISUURIMO TAI -JAUHO · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Date, dried (pitted) · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- Ginger, peeled, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- SEESAMINSIEMEN, KUORINEEN · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- VESI, VESIJOHTOVESI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
GI and calculation sources
- Assessment of the glycemic index of groats available on the Polish food market · Low-confidence cooked-millet analogue; source reports a wide GI range. (Low)ANALOG
- Glycemic indices, glycemic load and glycemic response for seventeen varieties of dates grown in Saudi Arabia · Low-confidence food-family mean for unsweetened Tamer-stage dried dates as sold. Use only when the recipe names dried dates added without further cooking; do not apply to date paste, syrup, fresh/semi-ripe dates, or dates cooked into a dish. This ingredient estimate is not a measurement of the recipe or meal. (Low)ANALOG