How to cook porridge from spelled?

Spelled porridge is a leader in the content of nutrients in the ranking of cereals.Supporters of healthy eating often include the product in their diet, as it is not only good for health, but also tasty. It can be prepared both in water and in milk, add pieces of meat, mushrooms, fruits, berries.

If in ancient Russia the dish wore everyday, now some consider it almost exotic. The product is not very popular just because very few people know about it. Spelled is a wheat with a filmy grain and brittle ears. Cereal is often referred to as spelled, emmer, and dwutter.

In the circles of people leading a healthy lifestyle, spelled is long known. It is appreciated for the following properties:

• maintains normal blood glucose levels;
• prevents the development of heart attack and stroke;
• prevents the occurrence of gallstone disease;
• normalizes the thyroid gland;
• improves the processes of digestion;
• fights infections;
• prevents the formation of tumors;
• strengthens bone tissue;
• increases male potency;
• promotes weight loss.

To date, no contraindications to the use of spelled healthy person. The only drawback is that porridge should be discarded with individual gluten intolerance.

In order to give the body maximum benefit, you need to choose the right product in the store. To do this, it is recommended to follow the following rules.

• Choose grits with a golden shade, clean and without scales. This is what a quality spelled looks like.
• Read the expiration date and date of production.
• Examine the packaging for tightness.
• It is recommended to choose coarse grits.
• It is better to abandon the purchase of fast food. After special treatment at work, there are almost no nutrients left.

The dish is appreciated for its versatility. Depending on the type, it can be prepared with the addition of various ingredients, served with a variety of dishes. For example, crushed cereals are more often used for cooking dietary or milk porridge, can be used as a side dish for meat, poultry or fish, some housewives add a crushed variety to vegetable stew or pilaf.

Whole groats are more often used as a separate side dish. Also, it is well suited for adding to soups or stews. Well whole spelled combined with salads and fresh vegetables.

A half-boiled cereal porridge is cooked long enough - about 40 minutes. If the hostess plans to prepare a dish according to the old Russian recipe, then the cereal should be soaked overnight with yogurt and clean water. In the morning, wash the grain and boil it in milk in proportions 1: 2. When the porridge is ready, it is recommended to wrap the pan in a warm towel, and leave for another 30 minutes.

Another important rule when cooking - whole grains should be soaked for 5-6 hours, the crushed should be boiled immediately.

• Wash the croup thoroughly and put it into the pan.
• Add water enough to cover 3 cm, leave to soak for an hour.
• Again, wash and pour clean water in a 1: 2 ratio.
• Put salt to taste.

• We cover the pan with a lid and put on the gas, waiting for boiling.
• After boiling, keep on low heat for another 20 minutes.
• Put the butter in spelled, if necessary, add salt again and mix.

• We wash the cereal.
• Add water and milk to grain in proportions of 1: 1.5: 2, respectively.
• Sprinkle with sugar and salt, put on gas.
• After boiling, boil on a small fire under the lid for another half hour, stirring occasionally.
• After cooking, leave the porridge under the lid for 20 minutes.

• Carefully wash the whole grain.
• Fill the cereal with boiling water and bring to a boil.
• Put salt to taste and cook on low heat for 20 minutes.
• We take ½ cup of broth from the pan, drain the rest of the water.

• A glass of walnuts dry on a heated frying pan.
• Grind the nuts in a blender.
• Prepare the fruit: let's sort the pomegranate into grains, divide the orange and tangerine into slices, chop the prunes.
• 3 tablespoons of honey dissolved in the broth from the cereal.
• Add the dissolved honey, nuts and lemon zest to the cereal and mix.
• We spread the dish in layers, alternating spelled and fruit.

• Fry chopped onion and garlic in a pan in oil.
• Add the champignons in the pan, fry until cooked.
• Boil washed spelled. After boiling, keep on low heat for about 20 minutes.
• Mix porridge with mushrooms.
• Served as a side dish for meat or poultry.

• Washed spelled pour in the bowl with water in a ratio of 1: 3.
• We put in a multicooker in the mode "Krupa-Rice".
• Boil for half an hour.
• Salt the finished porridge to taste and decorate with greens.

To cook porridge delicious, you need to do it right. In addition to the above tips, use the following recommendations when cooking the spelled, which will make the dish not only tasty, but also as useful as possible.

• In order for the porridge to be soft, it must be soaked in advance, especially in the case of hard grain varieties.
• Usually, the spelled requires boiling longer than indicated in the instructions on the package, since porridge in the state of al dente is not the best option.
• To enhance the taste, it is allowed to soak the cereal in kefir or yogurt.

• If spelled is prepared as a side dish, it is allowed to fry in a pan, for example, with onions and carrots.
• It is important to correctly calculate the amount of raw cereals: for 2-3 servings, 1/2 of a 300-gram cup will suffice.

Most reviews of boiled spelled are positive, more often they relate to the taste and benefits of porridge. Many appreciated the opportunity to buy the product in the bags for cooking - it is convenient. It is easy to find cereal - it is offered in large hypermarkets of any city for about 150 rubles per 400 grams. According to some consumers, you can eat spelled even without salt, sugar and butter - its taste is already saturated.

People accustomed to a soft consistency were not impressed by the elastic porridge, which is difficult to chew. For the same reason, it is impossible to feed half a baby porridge to the child - small gourmets refuse to include the product in their menu.

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