How to cook barley porridge in water without soaking?
Barley barley is called barley grain, which is processed in a special way. Although this dish is not the most favorite among Russians, it has a lot of positive qualities.You can boil such porridge without soaking in water, but in order to make it tasty, you need to know the subtleties of cooking.
Treatment
It does not matter what recipe the hostess uses, but before cooking the cereal, it must be processed. This is done not only to make the finished dish less starchy, but also to clean the grain from dust and dirt.
There are two options for how to wash the barley:
- under running water;
- in the tank.
To wash the cereal under running water, take a sieve, pour the cereal into it and under the tap begin to slowly stir with your fingers. In contact with the iron surface, the grains are cleaned. As soon as the water ceases to be muddy, the process is over.
When there is no sieve, you can take any pan and pour water over the barley. Slightly prevent it from merging turbid water and pour a new one. The actions are repeated until the water remains clear.
Cooking crumbly porridge in a slow cooker
The slow cooker helps the hostess quickly and without soaking to cook delicious barley porridge. Already washed grain is poured into a container in proportion to one cup of barley five glasses of water. In this case, it will take a lot of moisture to grits well boiled soft.
Set the mode of cooking porridge or pilaf, an average of 50 minutes. Salt porridge from the very beginning, before you start the timer. All other ingredients are added later. Some housewives put butter in cold water, but it is much tastier if you add it with greens after the porridge is cooked.
The advantage of using such a unit is that the multicooker retains all the moisture inside, respectively, the grains are processed better and open up faster.
Already ready side dish can be served with meat or vegetables, or you can add roasted beef with onions and carrots when the cooking time is over, mix and let it brew.
Microwave use
You can cook a great porridge without soaking in the microwave. For this, it is recommended to take an earthen pot as a container, since it remarkably retains heat, moisture, and the croup in it turns out to be especially tasty.
The barley, after it has been washed, is poured into the container, filled with water in a proportion of 1/5, salted and set in a microwave for 50 minutes. It is better to cover the pot with a lid or a plate so that the moisture does not evaporate, but fully absorbed into the grain.
When the signal sounds, you need to get the porridge and check whether it is well boiled soft, if not, then add fifteen minutes. In the dish you can add butter, seasonings, roasted vegetables and meat. The hostess of simple porridge can make a masterpiece, if you show your own imagination.
Steamer Recipe
In a double boiler turns out amazing porridge with mushrooms and meat. This dinner is not only delicious, but also healthy. To prepare the dish you need:
- take 250 grams of minced meat;
- 200 grams of mushrooms, it can be not only mushrooms, but also white mushrooms, wild mushrooms;
- half a cup of barley;
- two glasses of water;
- seasoning and herbs to taste.
Groats mixed with minced meat and chopped mushrooms, you can add onions, carrots, if you want, and fit into a greased container of a double boiler. All this is filled with water, salted, pepper and cooked within two hours. You can already sprinkle the finished dish with herbs, then it will turn out particularly fragrant. Any hostess will be able to cook for their loved ones a delicious and nutritious dinner, if they follow the recommendations. The recipes described are simple and do not require much time.
How to cook barley, see the following video.
