How to cook wheat porridge with milk in a slow cooker?

In modern kitchen there are many devices that can turn an ordinary everyday dish into a culinary masterpiece.Classic cereals are becoming a royal breakfast, and all thanks to the help of a slow cooker. This device not only makes the taste of dishes special, but also preserves the beneficial substances of each product. The cooking process itself has become simple, quick and very interesting, especially for children.

Spring wheat is considered the most useful for the human body. That it contains a complete list of useful vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, this product is not always possible to find in stores, especially with the onset of autumn. During this period, the ripened harvest is just beginning to be harvested, and the wheat of the past harvest has already lost its useful qualities.

The shelf life of the packaged product should not be more than 13-14 months. For wheat, the optimal storage time should not be more than 8 months. An important aspect when choosing wheat is the flowability of cereals. It should not stick together in the hands and turn into lumps.

Today, the most popular types of wheat porridge are "Artek" and "Poltava". The ground product is marked with numbers from 1 to 4, in accordance with the size of the grinding. The larger the grain of wheat, the lower the marking number. In addition to cereals, on the shelves of shops there are instant wheat flakes.

Thoroughly know the features of wheat is not necessary It is important to remember that the maximum of useful substances is located in the shredded groats. And wheat flakes are a worthless product.

Choosing cereal, you must do its preliminary preparation. For example, "Poltava" wheat must be washed under running water before cooking. Fine shredded in this case can be ignored. But many housewives washed any kind of wheat, arguing that this factor has a positive effect on the quality of porridge.

Each home appliance manufacturing company develops and programs distinctive features for a particular appliance. The same applies to multivarks. Almost every multicooker has a “Kashi” cooking mode, only in the program of each model the cooking time is different, depending on the heating capacity of the multicooker system. On average, the mode “Porridge” is set to 15 minutes, if necessary, you can reduce the time or, on the contrary, increase it.

In the matter of proportions, you should use a measuring cup of the multicooker. The ratio of wheat cereal and milk is 1: 2 for the classical method of preparation. To get a jelly-like consistency, you should apply the formula 1: 6. For a crumbly cereal, the ideal ratio ratio is 1: 3.

Not everyone knows that wheat cereal in Russia was one of the important treats at any event. It was from this dish that the festival began. All the guests wanted to eat wheat porridge, and those who did not get it, did not despair. The next morning after the holiday, they boiled a fresh bowl of wheat and recalled with pleasure the last evening.

For starters, you should consider the classic recipe for milk wheat cereal, cooked in a slow cooker. The proportions in the recipe are presented for porridge with an average thickness. To change it, just pour a little more or less dairy product.

Would need:

• milk - 0.9 ml;
• wheat - 1 cup;
• sugar - 1 tbsp. l .;
• butter - 50 g;
• salt - 1 pinch.

The cooking process is as follows.

• Wheat groats should be washed under running water. According to the standard of the classic recipe, grain is required to be filled with water for a few minutes, but in reality one should only rinse them from dusty deposits.
• Washed wheat is placed in a multicooker container. Next, add milk, sugar, a pinch of salt and a half of the prepared amount of oil.
• The lid closes, and the porridge program is selected on the control panel. The automatically set timer should be changed and set to 60 minutes.
• After the multicooker has notified about the readiness of the dish, do not immediately open the lid. We must give the dish to insist. And even better would be to connect the mode "heating" with a timer for 20 minutes. During this time, porridge will reach final readiness, and it can be served by adding the remaining half of the oil.

Unfortunately, not every adult person likes to use wheat cereal with milk in the classic version of the recipe, so the housewives have figured out how to add variety and give the dish a more savory taste due to honey and nuts.

It is necessary to take:

• wheat - 1 cup;
• milk - 2 cups;
• water - 2 cups;
• salt - 1 pinch;
• butter - 1 tsp;
• honey - at the discretion of the discretion;
• any nuts - at the discretion of the discretion.

The method of cooking wheat porridge in milk with useful ingredients in a slow cooker:

• the capacity of the multicooker must be coated with a thin layer of oil;
• rinse the wheat with running water, then place it in the prepared bowl and immediately salt it;
• wheat grains are poured with milk and water in the same quantity and thoroughly mixed;
• on the multicooker panel, you need to select the program “Porridge”, the timer is set for half an hour;
• while the cereal is boiled, you need to deal with the nuts: peel and chop them;
• after the end of the work of the multicooker, a handful of nuts and honey are added to the porridge.

In terms of food, children are the most picky ones. Each child has its own list of what they like to use and what they refuse from. And as always, unloved dishes are the most useful for the children's body. Therefore, many mothers go to the trick and turn ordinary milk porridge from wheat into a special dish.

Ingredients Required:

• wheat - 1 cup;
• milk - 1.5 cups;
• salt - 1 tsp;
• granulated sugar - 1 tsp;
• crushed crackers (homemade) - 3 tbsp. l .;
• butter - 50 g;
• vegetable oil - 30 ml;
• candied fruit - 30 g;
• raisin - 30 g

Preparing a special wheat porridge on milk in a slow cooker as follows.

• Wheat is washed in running water and poured into the multicooker tank.
• Next, add milk, salt, sugar and butter. After adding these products, it is necessary to turn on the slow cooker and set the Krupa mode, set the timer to half an hour. It should be noted that the consistency with the presented amount of products is thick, so it is often necessary to stir the variable mass so that it does not stick to the walls and bottom.
• After the end of the multicooking program, it is necessary to wait a while until the cooked mixture cools down.
• Next, the bits are made. A small lump of cooked porridge is taken, raisins and candied fruits are laid out in the middle, the surface is rolled in breadcrumbs. The shape of each bit should be slightly flattened.
• The multicooker bowl is washed after cooking porridge and lubricated with vegetable oil. After that, the prepared bits are laid out in it. The program "Frying" is selected, the time is set to 10 minutes.

After the end of time, it is required to turn the roasted “patties” on the opposite side and restart the ten-minute frying process.

This unusual porridge, cooked in milk, served on the table hot. Eat bits can be with sour cream. The main thing is that all the important trace elements of wheat transferred to the baby in full.

Feature of the multicooker is in the process of cooking. By the principle of work, she does not boil porridge, but torments her. Everything comes at the expense of steam, which affects the products from all sides.This fact insures the owners of the multicooker against burning.

The main thing in the cooking process is to use the tips of famous chefs.

• When purchasing wheat in a store, you should give your preference to cereals in a sealed package, preferably in cellophane. Strong wrapper protects cereals from the adverse effects of the environment. A regular carton made of cardboard cannot protect the product, due to which wheat can become bitter.
• In addition, when choosing should pay attention to the color of the product. High-quality grits have a light brown tint. Darker color indicates a poor quality of wheat. Studying the color of the product, it is necessary to check the presence of small litter in the form of pebbles and cake in the package. Good croup will not contain such garbage.
• On the shelves of stores quite common common types of wheat - "Artek" and "Poltava". Small grains of "Artek" are ideal for children's porridge. It is easily infused into the child's diet, freely perceived by the child's body and enriches it with useful substances. "Poltava" is sold in the form of whole grains of medium and large sizes. The average size is suitable for the porridge of an adult, and from large grains you can prepare the dressing for the soup.

• The quality of the cooked porridge is fully influenced by the multicooker itself and the program incorporated in it. In some cases, you can deviate from the existing recipe and make some improvisation, adding, for example, not three glasses of milk, but two and a half.
• To obtain a richer and more refined taste of wheat porridge, you can make an ingredient substitution. Of the amount of milk put, replace some of the cream.
• For the preparation of high-quality porridge should use homemade cow's milk. It contains no harmful substances and chemical additives.

• To make wheat porridge with milk special, you can add a variety to the recipe and add additional ingredients, such as honey, pumpkin or raisins. This small contribution to the dish will allow you to feel the taste, familiar since childhood.
• The introduction in the diet of wheat porridge for children should be done with extreme caution. This is especially true of the first feeding. Many features of wheat cereal can adversely affect the baby's digestive system.

The recipe for cooking wheat porridge in a slow cooker is shown in the following video.