Porridge occupy a special place in the diet of each person, as they are a storehouse of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates and fiber. Porridge can act as a full breakfast, lunch or dinner, as well as a side dish, and it occupies a special place in baby food. All cereals are divided into friable, viscous and liquid, depending on the cereals used. However, very often novice cooks are faced with such a problem as ignorance of the basics of making cereals. For example, few people know how to cook corn grits. To properly prepare the second dish of cereals, you just need to adhere to a few simple tips.
Consider what corn porridge is and how it is cooked.
It should be noted that cereal from corn contains a large amount of silicon, which helps strengthen teeth, and few calories. It helps to remove fats and wastes from the body, improves the activity of the cardiovascular system. Corn grits in Moldova and Romania are very widespread, here they are cooked regularly. But how to cook corn grits?
First, you need to put salt, sugar and the cereal itself (with a 1: 2 calculation) in boiling water or milk and simmer for five minutes, then cover the pan with a lid and cook for another fifteen minutes. This is the most common way to make corn porridge.
Very often, prepared porridge is bred with milk, yogurt or fruit puree. Also used as an addition to porridge is a frying of tomato, onion and pepper, and at the end of cooking, cheese cut into small pieces is added to the pan. Corn porridge is also served with cream, feta cheese or pumpkin.
Consider another recipe on how to cook corn grits if a sufficiently large section is used.
Pour the cereal into the boiling water (at the rate of 1: 1) and cook over low heat for ten minutes, after which milk is poured into the pan, sugar is added, and everything continues to cook for another twenty minutes. After all, the pan is removed from the stove and put in the oven for half an hour.
Thus, now every cook knows not only how much corn grits are cooked, but also how it is cooked correctly.
You need to know a few rules for making viscous cereals, which include corn. Such cereals are prepared in milk or water, and all grains must be boiled. The finished dish is poured with butter and sprinkled with sugar.
You can also make a corn grill casserole. Let us consider in detail how and how much to cook corn grits in this case.
This will require a pound of cereal, two liters of water, one yolk, grated cheese, two glasses of milk, butter and salt.
Groats are poured into a pan with cold water, salted and boiled. Ready porridge must be put on a greased baking sheet, greased with yolk, sprinkle with cheese and pour over sl. oil. A dish is baked in the oven, and served with hot milk.
It should be noted that corn grits are a source of protein, lysine and tryptophan, carbohydrates that normalize blood sugar levels. In addition, carbohydrates contribute to the strengthening of nerve cells, which positively affects the whole nervous system of a person, therefore it is recommended to use cereals from corn to people of advanced age. At the same time, regardless of how to cook corn grits, it will still benefit the body, eliminating the possibility of muscle dystrophy, lowering blood cholesterol levels, helping to remove fats from the body and preventing its aging. Therefore, the regular use of cereals from corn helps to improve complexion, cleanse the skin and even prevent the development of oncology.