It is no secret that not all people enjoy porridge with pleasure. But this is an original Russian dish. To make it also loved, you need to know how to cook porridge. This is what will be discussed in this article. We will give some tips for making porridge so that it turns out delicious and even stubborn choices like it.
Despite the simplicity of the dish, there are a lot of options for its preparation. Starting from cooking technology and ending with the ingredients used in cooking porridge. It can be boiled in milk, water or mix these two liquids. Depending on the proportion of cereals and liquid taken, the porridge is liquid, crumbly or viscous.
How to cook porridge so that they are delicious? The most important rule is to choose high-quality cereals. Before cooking porridge, cereals must be sorted out and selected bad grains. Then, if required, rinse the cereal. But note that at the same time it absorbs a certain amount of liquid. Therefore, when cooking, you need to reduce the amount of milk or water.
Some cereals are not washed, for example semolina. In this case, you just need to pour the right amount of water or milk into the pan and add salt to taste. When the liquid boils, add the necessary amount of cereal to it. If you put a little fat in the pan before pouring porridge, then the taste will become better, and the porridge will turn out to be more crumbly.
Sometimes porridge is made from toasted cereals. In this case, the amount of fluid should be slightly increased. When frying, croup loses a certain percentage of moisture. If the cereal is washed, then you need to do this immediately before adding it to boiling water. After pouring the cereal into the pan, you need to gently mix it so that the grains are not damaged.
Sometimes porridge is cooked until half-cooked, and then its oven is placed so that it comes to condition. This method is based on the old tradition of making cereals.
Semolina is poured only in boiling water. This should be done gradually, always stirring with a spoon so that there are no lumps. You can use a strainer.
Some cereals are poorly digested in milk. These include rice, pearl barley, millet. How to cook porridge from these cereals? First you need to boil them in water. We put a pan with a lot of water and wait until it boils. Next, pour cereal into it and cook for about 10 minutes. After this, you need to drain the water and add the necessary amount of milk to the porridge. The fire should be such that the porridge does not boil strongly, otherwise it will burn.
In the preparation of friable cereal, raw cereals are used. Usually it is cooked on a side dish or as an independent dish. Each grain in such a porridge should retain its structure, but be well cooked. If cereal is served as a side dish, then you can boil it in the broth. How to cook porridge to make it friable?
Before starting cooking, you need to sort out the croup. Then we wash it first in warm water to wash off the starch, and then in hot water to remove grease that may have appeared on the surface. Water needs to be added about twice as much as cereals.
To cook sticky porridge, you can take crushed cereals or semolina. Such cereals are better digested. Viscous porridge is boiled in water, milk, or these two ingredients are mixed. You can add raisins, prunes, dried apricots and other components to it. This porridge is usually made sweet.
Now you know how to cook porridge. But you can cook it in a simpler way. Porridge in a double boiler turns out very crisp and tasty. With this "miracle of technology" you can cook porridge from any type of cereal. Just put all the ingredients in the container and place it on the lower level. Cooking time depends on the type of cereal, but on average it is about 30 minutes. Eat on health!