Sweet millet fruit balls

I recently spotted millet growing in an organic garden, among all these beautiful organic vegetables, and it reminded me of a time in Sikkim, in India, where I drank a fermented millet drink, the local liquor in those parts. As I drank it I noticed that a whole lot of grubs were clinging onto the sides of my bamboo cup — so I have never forgotten millet.

Nonetheless, millet is a very healthy grain. Crystal Maymann, an organic farmer on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, told me she only u