Millet porridge is an incredibly necessary dish, useful both for children and for the adult population. It is rich in various vitamins (especially necessary for the normal function of the brain and muscles of group B). Also, porridge is saturated with many macrocells that any organism needs. But despite the impressive benefits, in the daily (and even monthly) diet of modern people, this porridge appears less and less every year. There is a logical explanation for such an undesirable phenomenon. The reason is that sometimes prepared millet porridge is bitter. Why can it have such an unpleasant flavor that spoils its taste? Let's try to reveal this secret and at the same time find out if there are ways to get rid of excessive bitterness.
Why is millet porridge bitter?
We will be able to deal with this issue of concern to many housewives in more detail, remembering what constitutes the cereal used for making millet porridge.
Millet is the seed of a plant like millet. Millet grains go through the process of cleansing themselves from the outer dark shell, so that they then get to our table in the form of a finished dish. If we recall that this cereal has up to 4% of vegetable fat in its bowels, we can assume why millet porridge is bitter. This fat has high acidity. It is able to oxidize very quickly (which, in fact, does). That's why millet porridge is bitter.
With care for loved ones
Caring housewives know a few simple tricks, thanks to which the dish turns out great. How to prepare cereals so that your family will gladly eat millet porridge and want an extra serving? Agree, it’s not very pleasant when you devote time to cooking a dish, anticipating how the family will be happy and praising the cook, but instead you get the question: “Why is millet porridge in milk even bitter?”
Cereal preparation
To prevent such troubles, it is necessary to devote some time to the preliminary processing of cereals. Millet must be sorted out. During this procedure, we remove all atypical inclusions from the total mass of bright yellow cereals. Grains in a dark shell should also not get into future porridge.
And now, when all the garbage has been removed, we proceed to washing the millet groats. First we do it in room temperature water. Three times will be enough. However, this is far from all. The next three times, wash millet in hot water. At the same time, we rub the grains of grains with our hands - so the same, oxidized vegetable fat comes off their surface. Actually, hot water is necessary just so that this fat is slightly softened. Of course, these processes are not visible to the eye. But after washing it with hot water, in most cases, consumers (like the hostess) are not bothered by the question: “Why is millet porridge bitter on water (or milk)?” Groats equally well with milk and with water.
If the ready-made porridge feels subtle bitterness, you can save the situation by adding vanilla, nuts or berries.
Choosing the right millet groats
Fresh cereals are unlikely to be too annoying with their bitterness. The dish can spoil the old millet or the one that was stored incorrectly before getting into the packaging workshop. You can get rid of bitterness at the stage of product acquisition. The algorithm is simple.
- We check the date of packaging of the goods (it is important that it is clearly printed and not glued on top with another price tag). Experts say that cereals rancid in the fourth month of storage.
- Millet grains should not have chips: this moment must be taken into account. Good cereals will be the same, polished and sifted.
- The color of the contents of the package is bright yellow.
If you buy a good product, then questions about bitter porridge will not arise.