Specifications

Cooked sorghum grain is especially versatile. It can be used in place of couscous, bulgur, or pearled barley.

Cooked sorghum grain is especially versatile. It can be used in place of couscous, bulgur, or pearled barley.

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In this pilaf recipe, it makes a delicious side dish to accompany chicken or fish. Nuts and dried fruits provide color

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and texture and a pleasingly sweet contrast to the savory seasonings.

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Sorghum?is a genus of numerous species of?grasses, one of which is raised for?grain?and many of which are used as?fodder?plants, either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to the southwest Pacific and?Australasia.?Sorghum?is in the subfamily?Panicoideae?and the tribe of?Andropogoneae?(the tribe of?big bluestem?and?sugar cane).

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One species,?Sorghum bicolor,?is an important world crop, used for?food?(as grain and in?sorghum syrup or "sorghum molasses"),?fodder, the production of?alcoholic beverages, and biofuels. Most varieties are?drought- and heat-tolerant, and are especially important in?arid?regions, where the grain is one of the?staples?for poor and rural people. These varieties form important components of pastures in many tropical regions.Sorghum bicolor?is an important?food crop?in?Africa,?Central America, and?South Asia?and is the "fifth most important?cereal?crop grown in the world".

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Some species of sorghum can contain levels of?hydrogen cyanide,?hordenine?and nitrates lethal to grazing animals in the early stages of the plant's growth. When stressed by drought or heat, plants can also contain toxic levels of cyanide and/or nitrates at later stages in growth.

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