Recipes for making spelled porridge in a slow cooker
Spelled is a relative of wheat, only its grain is protected by hard scales.Although it can rarely be seen on the table as a dish, there are many recipes for how to cook a tasty porridge in a slow cooker.
Difference from other cereals
Grains of spelled much larger than wheat, it has a nutty flavor, and this attracts chefs. This is the only croup that has not been genetically altered, it is immune to chemicals, and even after the Chernobyl disaster, the spelled remained safe because it did not receive radiation.
For a short period of time, it was forgotten, because it is not so easy to clean the upper husk, but today the cereal is returned to the table thanks to the benefits it brings to the body. It is especially necessary for children, it contains easily digestible protein, which is split by the action of gastric juice into 18 amino acids. In addition, the composition of spelled is phosphorus, zinc, iron and magnesium.
How to cook?
The classic recipe can even be used for cooking in a slow cooker, where it will cook best, since there its grains are boiled soft but do not lose their benefit. To prepare a classic dish you need a glass of spelled, one onion, a carrot, a few tablespoons of sunflower oil and three glasses of water. Salt is added to taste.
The process of cooking simple and appetizing dishes consists of several steps. First you need to prepare the vegetables, for this they are cleaned, cut and passer in sunflower oil, using the "Frying" mode.
Then, the spelled is laid in the tank, which before that must be rinsed well under running water. Groats poured water in the ratio of 1/3. For cooking spelled activated specially designed for this mode. The slow cooker automatically sets the timer to forty minutes. While the grains are preparing, you can not open the lid.
As soon as the timer announces the end of the cooking process, greens are added to the porridge to taste, salt and pepper.
You can use seasonings, but at the end of cooking, and not cook with them.
With milk
Sweet porridge is usually cooked with milk, in which sugar can be replaced with honey or dried fruits can be added at will. Excellent prunes, dried apricots and raisins.
Before you start cooking any porridge, Wash the polba with good rinsing to remove dust. The slow cooker is set to the “Kasha” cooking mode, the cereal is poured into the container and the milk is added in the same proportion as in the previous recipe. In forty minutes, the croup will be completely boiled soft and will have the required consistency.
Honey is added after the timer sounds, because it loses its beneficial properties if left to boil. You can put a piece of butter and pour dried fruit, which are pre-cut into small pieces. All ingredients are mixed, and the porridge is left with the lid closed to infuse.
Pilaf from cereals
Few people know that this wheat is a wonderful and healthy pilaf. It can be cooked with meat, mushrooms, vegetables, it all depends on the personal preferences of the hostess.
Very tasty dish is obtained with pork. For two glasses of cereal you will need 400 grams of meat, two carrots, the same number of onion heads. The head of garlic, seasonings and tomato paste gives the good flavor to the pilaf. For roasting meat and vegetables, you can use lard or vegetable oil. As an addition, use fresh greens.
Begin cooking with the processing of pork. It is washed, films and tendons are removed, cut into small pieces. Meat is roasted right in a slow cooker until the state until golden brown appears.
It is better not to rub the carrot, because then it boils soft and becomes almost imperceptible in the dish. The meat can be taken out and in the same fat, fry carrots cut into strips and onion half rings, but it is better to leave. After seven minutes, add a few spoons of tomato paste, salt, spices
When the tomato gives a pleasant aroma, four glasses of water are added to it, which must boil, and only then pour the cereal, put the slow cooker into the “Pilaf” or “Quenching” mode. The timer will give a signal after 50 minutes, but you should not immediately open the dish, because it needs to be drawn. Ten minutes later, open the lid, add fresh herbs, chopped garlic, mix and close again for a couple of minutes. This pilaf is perfectly combined with a salad of fresh vegetables.
Special recipe
This special recipe for preparing half a meal can not help but appeal to children and adults. For its preparation you will need:
- two glasses of cereal;
- five glasses of compote boiled from dried fruits;
- one glass of pastry poppy;
- sugar;
- a few tablespoons of honey;
- raisins, dried apricots and prunes one hundred grams;
- one hundred grams of halva;
- a glass of walnuts.
At the very beginning it is necessary to cook the compote of prepared dried fruits. It is filtered and poured into a multicooker bowl, where it is brought to a boil.
Groats are washed under running water, like prunes, raisins and dried apricots. Dried fruits should be finely chopped and set aside for the time being.
When the compote boiled, pour the cereal and dried fruits, set to the "Cooking" mode, setting the timer for half an hour.
While the porridge is cooked, wash the confectionery poppy and grind it with sugar. After a few minutes, pour it into the porridge, open the lid and wait until the timer sounds.
Fry the walnuts in a frying pan until the shells come off. Honey and halvah mix and grind. When the crushed spelled is ready, open the lid, add nuts and honey with halvah, mix and leave with the lid closed, so that the dish is infused. This delicacy is served when it cools completely.
To learn how to cook porridge from spelled in a slow cooker, see the following video.
