Proso millet, also called as the white millet, hog millet or Kashif millet is widely grown and consumed in India.?It is sold as a health food.?It has somewhat an egg-shaped fertile floret and its hull is hard and shiny?which?firmly encloses the seeds when it is shed.
It comes in a variety of colours, from brownish black, olive brown, light cream, orange red or even golden colour.