Toasted millet, sugar snap & avocado salad with ginger, honey & pumpkin seed dressing

This is out of Dennis Cotter's amazing book "for the love of food", however there are a number of additions and substitutes one can make.  This makes a lovely little starter or a light lunch.

At the moment in my garden I have a huge abundance of french breakfast radishes so they go into the salad as well, and alfalfa and sprouted mung beans are a good addition too.
 
For 4
1 tbsp olive oil
300grm millet  (one could also use couscous or bulgar wheat)
4 spring onions-finely chopped
150 grms sugar snap peas-strings removed and halved
2 hass avocados
1 handful of micro salad or water cress (or any small salad leaves you can find!)

The dressing:
150g pumpkin seeds-toasted
juice of one lemon or lime
2 tbsp grated fresh ginger
1 tbsp runny honey
125 ml olive oil

First prepare the dressing: set aside 2 tbsp of the pumpkin seeds and chop them coarsely.  Put the rest into a food processor and grind to a fine powder.  Add 150ml water and blend to a paste.  Add the lemon juice, ginger, honey and olive oil and briefly blend to get a pouring consistency.  Season with salt and pepper.

Heat the olive oil in a heavy sauce pan over low heat.  Add the millet and toast for 7-8 minutes, stirring often.  Add 600ml/1 pint of boiing water and a pinch of salt.  Lower the heat, cover the pan and simmer the millet for 15 minutes, until all the water has been absorbed.

Stir the spring onions and sugar snaps into the millet, spoon this into shallow bowls and drizzle some dressing over.  Peel the avocado, remove the stone and cut the flesh into thick dice.  Toss with the salad leaves and a little of the dressing.

Spoon some of this salad on each portion of the millet, and drizzle some more dressing over and around the sald.  Scatter the reserved chopped pumpkin seeds on top and serve.

Millet Flour bread (Bajre Ki Roti)

Having just come back from India, one of the things I miss the most is the millet flour bread that I ate three times a day!  It is perfect for me-a cross between pancake and bread- gluten free and vegan!  What more could I want.  I was introdced to this at the incredible Mihir Garh  where we spent 5 days.  It is the staple of most of Rajasthan.

Millet flour-5 cups/500 grms
salt-a pinch

Sift the millet flour and salt together, gradually add enough warm water and knead with greased palms (I use olive oil) to make a semi soft dough.  Knead the dough 5 minutes before making the roti.
Divide the dough equally into lemon sized portions.  Flatten each portion with your palms, pressing the edges together to make 5-6" discs.  This has to be done carefully so that the edges do not break.  Avoid using a rolling pin.
Heat a griddle/or non stick pancake pan; lay the disc flat on it and roast oth sides. In India they then put it directly into a coal fire to make it crisp.
Serve with chutneys-or honey!!!!