millet
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millet
A type of grain with small, round kernels that is used as food for humans and as animal feed. Millet is gluten-free and a staple food in many parts of the world.
Zum Mittagessen gibt es heute einen leichten Salat mit gekochter Hirse.
For lunch today, there is a light salad with cooked millet.
When 'Hirse' (millet) means the food, it is usually used as an uncountable noun in the singular, like other types of grain, e.g. rice. You say 'viel Hirse' (a lot of millet), not 'vielen Hirsen'.
Für das Rezept brauchst du 200 Gramm Hirse.
For the recipe, you need 200 grams of millet.
Common verbs used with millet as a food are 'kochen' (to cook), 'zubereiten' (to prepare), or 'essen' (to eat). It is often served 'als Beilage' (as a side dish) or is an ingredient in a 'Salat' (salad) or 'Auflauf' (casserole).
Ich koche oft Hirse als gesunde Beilage zu Gemüse.
I often cook millet as a healthy side dish with vegetables.
The word 'Hirse' (millet) appears very often in the context of healthy or special diets, since it is known as a gluten-free alternative to wheat.
Wegen meiner Glutenunverträglichkeit esse ich oft Gerichte mit Hirse.
Because of my gluten intolerance, I often eat dishes with millet.
rice
'der Reis' and 'die Hirse' are both types of grain with small kernels and are used as food. But they are not the same thing. Rice usually has elongated grains and is very well known in many dishes, for example as a side dish. Millet tends to have small round grains and is also used for porridge, salads, or as animal feed. The words can be confused because both are cooked and can function similarly as staple foods. If the dish explicitly contains rice, you say 'Reis'; for the other type of grain, you say 'Hirse'.
In der Küche kocht Hirse für einen warmen Frühstücksbrei.
Millet is cooking in the kitchen for a warm breakfast porridge.
Vor dem Termin wird Reis mit Gemüse auf dem Herd warm gehalten.
Before the appointment, rice with vegetables is being kept warm on the stove.