It helped to soak the (intact, whole) grain for a few hours before cooking.
I started with 1 cup of grain, soaked it, drained it, added 2.5 cups water, and simmered covered until all water was absorbed. It's good, though next time I think I'll try 3 cups water.
I'm having some with perilla oil, TJ's Sriracha Seasoning, and smoked paprika. I'll probably use it like rice.
There was almost a crisis yesterday. I was down to literally my last shot of #booze. (The 52%/104 proof tea-infused liquor.) And while I had its replacement on the way, it hadn't yet arrived so I was feeling a bit nervous at facing #sobriety while I waited.
But the #delivery company came through! And by 1030hrs I had in my hands a 2.5l (!) container of 68%/136 proof (!!) #Mongolian#liquor!
This is one of two Mongolian brands I really like. It's powerful stuff, but because #sorghum is such a kick to the head, flavour-wise, the super-high #alcohol concentration doesn't actually mask the flavour. It just kills brain cells dead. Really dead. Really fast. This is booze that verges on #HandSanitizer levels. (Hand sanitizers here, at any rate, start at 70%.)
A 2.5l "hip flask" is unwieldy to use, so I decanted it into a 700ml bottle. As soon as I opened that flask the room filled with the scent of sorghum molasses and open flame. My immediate vicinity was filled almost instantaneously, it seemed, and the office space in just a few seconds. (There are a lot of aromatics in Chinese liquors.)
The best part of this for me is that because Mongolians aren't Han, people here don't value their stuff much outside of the stereotypical: beef, milk products, etc. So, although flavour-wise I'd pit this against any mid-grade #baijiu that isn't Luzhou or Maotai style and it would likely win, this monstrosity of a flask set me back the equivalent of just a bit under US$10.
Scientists have develop healthier sorghum varieties containing significant concentrations of provitamin A carotenoids while also increasing mineral absorption to meet the nutritional needs of mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa.