Dishes made with millet
11 dishes from around the world that list millet as a main ingredient.
ThobwaVegan
🇲🇼 Malawi and 1 moreA fermented, milky cereal drink from Malawi and Zambia
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
BozaVegan
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 moreA thick, mildly alcoholic fermented grain drink from Turkey and the Balkans
Drink, Snacks
InjeraVeganእንጀራ
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreLarge, spongy sour flatbread made from fermented teff flour
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Karelian pastyVegetariankarjalanpiirakka
🇫🇮 Finland and 2 moreThin rye-crust pasties from Karelia, filled with rice or potato
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Lunch
BaijiuVegan白酒
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreClear Chinese spirit distilled from grain, with a range of aroma styles
Drink
Kasha
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreCooked grain porridge from Eastern and Central Europe
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Banana beerVegan
🇺🇬 Uganda and 4 moreA fermented drink made from ripe bananas and grains in East Africa
Drink
Huangjiu黄酒
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreChinese rice wine brewed from grains and aged for depth of flavor
Drink
Dambou
🇳🇪 Niger and 2 moreSteamed cereal grains mixed with moringa leaves and vegetables
Main dish
PitoVegan
🇬🇭 Ghana and 1 moreA traditional West African beer brewed from millet or sorghum
Drink
KunuVegan
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreA traditional Nigerian drink made from grains or tiger nuts
Drink, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kunu: Zasan Doshiyak, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Huangjiu: udono, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pito: Vision L1, CC0, source
- Injera: Edsel Little, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Boza: FoPen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dambou: Saliousoft, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Baijiu: Badagnani, CC BY 3.0, source
- Karelian pasty: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thobwa: David Atherton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kasha: Laitr Keiows, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banana beer: Ilpo's Sojourn, CC BY 2.0, source