Non-Gluten Menu Made From Sorghum, Curious To Try These 7 Foods?

Illustration of food made from sorghum (iStockphoto)

YOGYAKARTA – Sorghum is a food product that can be grown on dry land, for example in NTT. As a non-gluten food source, sorghum can be an alternative ingredient for those of you who are on a diet or allergic to foods containing gluten. In fact, those of you who are on a diet can also choose foods made from sorghum. What are these foods? Here is the list.

1. Jalabia Cake

This cake is very typical of the Tegalgandu area, Brebes, Central Java. Not inferior to lekker, this cake made from only sorghum flour, vanilla, and salt which is stirred until smooth and then formed into a round and then fried, has a legit taste because it is added with caramelized brown sugar.

2. Sorghum popcorn

Sorghum can replace corn when processed into a high-fiber and non-gluten snack. Generally, processed from selected sorghum seeds. Before processing, sorghum seeds need to be soaked and processed at low temperatures. Without any additional flavoring, this popped menu tastes delicious.

Illustration of food made from sorghum (iStockphoto)

3. Sorghum salad

Maybe you are curious about the rich taste that is stored in sorghum seeds. Especially when served as a salad. To serve as a salad, ready-to-eat sorghum seeds can be added with flavorful tomatoes, avocado, and arugula. Arugula can also be replaced with spinach leaves which contain high fiber.

4. Sorghum cookies

Usually, non-gluten cookies are made from wheat germ. But no less about the taste when using sorghum flour for cookies. To stay safe with the sugar content, you can replace it with raisins or almonds for a nutty taste.

Illustration of food made from sorghum (Unsplash/Olia Nayda)

5. Sorghum bread

If you are looking for an alternative to whole wheat bread, some bakery outlets also sell sorghum bread. What are the advantages of sorghum bread? Besides its nutty taste, sorghum also has a slightly chewy texture. You can top it with eggs for sandwiches or sliced strawberries for breakfast.

6. Sorghum bars

Maybe you are quite familiar with snack bars made from grains that are glued with caramel. For sorghum bars, you can combine it with granola and cereal. Well, to avoid caramel from white sugar, you can replace it with palm sugar caramel.

7. Sorghum bowl

Sorghum seeds can be an alternative to white rice. In addition, it can also be cooked into popular dishes, such as fried rice. Sorghum can also be processed into a bowl of sorghum cooked with mushrooms and miso. Usually, restaurants process it by adding spring onions and green onions which are sauteed in canola oil. Then add other spices to make the taste richer. If you are familiar with processing liwet rice, the sorghum bowl is prepared in the same way.

Those are 7 food menus made from sorghum flour and sorghum seeds. It is also important to know that sorghum seeds can also be processed in more varied ways. Interested in processing it as a high protein nutritional intake for your daily menu at home?