how many grams in a tablespoon of millet?

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• How many grams in a tablespoon of millet?
  About 13 g for a level tablespoon of dry hulled millet. The grains are small and round, so they settle evenly in the spoon without much scoop-vs-level drift — a heaping tablespoon runs maybe 15-16 g. Bread recipes that call for 2-3 tablespoons of millet to add crunch are working in the 25-40 g range, which is the right scale to feel in the crumb without weighing the loaf down.
• Do I need to cook millet before adding it to bread dough?
  Toast it, don't boil it. For seeded loaves and multigrain breads, dry-toast 2-3 tablespoons of millet in a skillet for 3-4 minutes until the grains pop and smell nutty, then fold them into the dough. Raw millet stays hard and gritty after baking. Cooked millet adds moisture and softens the crumb — useful for sandwich loaves but different from the crunch you'd get from toasted.
• Can I sprout millet by the tablespoon for salads?
  Yes, and a tablespoon (13 g) is a reasonable trial batch. Soak overnight, drain, rinse twice a day, and sprouts appear in 1-2 days — small white tails, not the long shoots you get from mung beans. Sprouted millet has a softer bite and a slight sweetness, useful as a salad accent. Use only hulled millet sold for eating; birdseed millet isn't food-grade.

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