Wheat cereal on water: composition, benefit and harm, cooking recipes
Wheat for centuries was considered a useful product. Many dishes are prepared from it, it is actively used in cosmetology. In this article we will discuss wheat porridge, as a rational and healthy diet. There will be presented tips on the choice of cereals and recipes for the proper preparation of tasty dishes, and it will also be told what benefits and harms this product has on the human body.
Composition, calorie and nutritional value
Porridge is the source of all vital elements for the body. If you periodically use this product for breakfast, you can stay full and full of energy for a long time. This product is very high in calories, about 350 kcal. So many calories in the product in its raw form.
If you cook porridge, then the caloric content decreases significantly (plus in the "piggy bank" losing weight).
Although this cereal is inferior in utility to oatmeal and buckwheat groats, it still contains fiber and proteins, fats and trace elements. It is also very rich in carbohydrates and amino acids. For example, choline has a beneficial effect on human health, cleansing the body of toxins. You can forget about cholesterol, because choline prevents its reproduction.
Among other useful ingredients:
- Vitamin B5 has a beneficial effect on the mental abilities of the body, improves the functioning of the intellect.
- B2 is a vitamin that prevents the deterioration of the visual process.
- Thiamine is responsible for the proper functioning of the body's metabolic processes.
- Vitamin E strengthens the immune system and protects against early aging.
- Retinol improves vision and is responsible for the youth of the skin.
- Vitamin PP is responsible for the energy that is always necessary for man.
In addition to all the above vitamins, wheat groats contain a lot of copper, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. These trace elements are also important for a person, because they have a positive effect on his health.
What is useful wheat cereal?
As already noted, wheat cereal is one of the richest sources of fiber. The content of this element helps the body to work properly: digestion is normalized, the intestines are cleaned, which affects the body's youth. It is very useful for colds, as it has a high nutritional value. Also, with this grain it is simply impossible to get fat, your weight will always be normal. It is impossible to ignore the fact that wheat porridge improves heart function.
For pregnant
Such an element as tocopherol contained in the composition of this product has a beneficial effect on the condition of future mothers and fetus. That is why most doctors advise you to add this dish to your mom's diet. In the process of pregnancy, the nails in women break, split off and fall out hair. Vitamins of group B, contained in wheat cereal will help to avoid these troubles, and also improve mood.
Cellulose will relieve constipation that many pregnant women suffer from. This miraculous food helps to get rid of muscle fatigue, saturates the body with everything necessary for the full development of the fetus and excellent well-being of both women and children. During lactation, this product is simply necessary, as it contributes to the rapid arrival of milk.
For kids
Energy always and everywhere drives children. For its complete replenishment it will just ideally help the pap. Wheat cereal improves immunity, good effect on the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. Pediatricians and other experts recommend this dish mainly to children suffering from obesity.
Assign it to kids from one and a half years and little by little, so that a growing body can digest this product.After all, it contains gluten, which not every organism is capable of assimilating, but it is generally contraindicated to someone. Eat porridge every day is not worth it, it is better to do it once or twice a week.
Slimming
If you want to lose weight, you probably will use foods with lower calorie content. Wheat is recommended by many nutritionists as the main food for people who are overweight. Due to the presence of useful properties, many doctors recommend it to their patients.
Wheat groats contain a minimum of calories, if we talk about boiled in water.
It is also easy enough for her to get enough and stay full of energy throughout the day. Responsible for metabolism and normalization of the chair, which is quite favorable for those who want to lose weight. It improves digestion, removes toxins from the body, because of what weight is reduced, but it does not harm health.
There are a number of recommendations for people who are losing weight and are prone to obesity:
- wheat cereal is best to try for breakfast;
- it is necessary to carry out a fasting day strictly on only one cereal (maximum 200 grams of dry product - per day!);
- It will be effective and useful if you include non-calorie vegetables, low-fat cottage cheese in the ration of porridge;
- you should try to eat the cooked product immediately, as it is more healthy and tasty.
No less important is the fact that wheat cereal is more useful in whole grains. If you are trying to lose weight, then in your diet along with porridge should be a large use of water, at least two liters per day. It is necessary to cook porridge on water, without adding sugar, salt and oils, which will significantly improve the result. Complement to it will serve low-fat products of fermented milk origin and herbal teas. All this in combination will lead to the desired result - weight loss.
Contraindications
There are no pluses without cons. So, consider the cons of this product.
The main and most significant disadvantage is that wheat groats are contraindicated for people suffering from celiac disease. Celiac disease is the human body's non-digestibility of gluten. Of course, such people are banned all the various cereal dishes.
It is also advised to abandon the pleasant pleasure and people with gastritis, flatulence, and undergoing various kinds of surgical operations. If there are any kind of allergic reactions, it is better not to include this product in the diet.
Selection and preparation of cereals
Not everyone will think about how to choose the right quality cereals. Most often, people just come to the store and take the first available package, which is fundamentally wrong.
The production of this variety is a time consuming process. The grains of selected hard grades are processed, cleaned, polished and then crushed into small pieces.
Of course, the choice will be huge, as there are many varieties. All species differ in the color of the grains:
- the bright yellow grains of the product signal that it is spring grain;
- grayish tint characteristic of cereals from grain crops.
In addition to the variety, there is also a difference in grinding. The most nutritious and containing more of the required properties and elements is coarse grind.
So, when choosing cereals should be guided by the following mandatory rules:
- The first thing to look for is that there is no excessive content of litter, lumps - this is an indicator of mold;
- choose a product of a uniform color only;
- consider shelf life and storage.
If the product is purchased but not consumed, then it is better to store it in a closed package or container, without violating the integrity, in a dry place, and for a year from the date of manufacture.
The correct proportions and cooking time
Like any other, wheat grits should be washed before cooking.
And to make the dish crumbly, you need 1 cup of the product and 3 glasses of water. Accordingly, everything is poured and prepared according to the instructions.
Lovers of thick porridge will need grains for one glass more. The dry product is placed in already boiling water, salt is filled in there too.Cooked over low heat. Cooking time is 40 minutes. After the oil is added, mixed, and the food is ready to eat. For lovers of sweets, you can add honey to the porridge, but children can add fruit to the dish well.
If you want to treat yourself to delicious porridge, then for this you should remember a few simple rules for its preparation.
- It is necessary to choose the right dishes for cooking wheat porridge - it is best to use thick-walled, cauldrons, dishes made of heat-resistant ceramics.
- Before cooking, the croup is washed and soaked. These tricks allow her taste to remain normal.
- This porridge should be simmered for a long time.
- Cooked dishes are best enjoyed almost immediately after cooking, after 15 minutes.
It should be emphasized that on many product packages there is already information about the cooking time. But sometimes in practice it looks a little different, and does not correspond to what is stated on the label.
Each recipe must take into account its proportions.
If the croup was pre-soaked for several hours, then it will be cooked over low heat for a minimum amount of time, approximately 20 minutes. After that, the porridge is covered with a lid and infused. Butter is added and the dish is ready to eat.
Recipes
There are so many ways to cook wheat porridge. Here, standard recipes for cooking wheat on water are reviewed and described step by step - this dish is most useful.
Porridge in the pan (thick)
Amount of dry product (1 cup) wash. Pour 2.5 cups of water and bring to a boil, pre-salted. After the water boils, reduce the heat and cook for another 15 minutes. After time, remove the porridge from the stove, wrap the pan with a warm blanket and let it stand for another 20 minutes.
In the slow cooker
Pre-washed and dried cereal (1 cup) pour into the bowl of the multicooker, pour 2 cups of water (multicooker), add salt to taste. Select the cooking mode "Krupa". The time will be set automatically. Then add butter or vegetable oil and put on the “Heated” mode. Continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
Porridge on the water with dried fruit in a slow cooker
The grits are washed before cooking. A mixture - 1 cup of cereals and 2.5 cups of water is poured into a special multicooker container; salt is added to taste, sugar, and dried fruit. All carefully mixed. Selects the mode "Porridge". Cooking time - 20 minutes. If after the time the dish is not prepared, you can extend the cooking, increasing the time by 15 minutes. When cooking this dish, you should carefully follow the liquid in the bowl. If necessary, the volume can be filled by adding boiling water to the bowl.
This dish can be cooked with pumpkin. The main thing is to comply with the ratio of all ingredients.
Crumbly porridge in the pan
For the preparation of this dish, nothing but cereal and water is needed. Groats - 1 cup, water - 2 glasses, salt is added to taste. A heated glass of cereal is poured onto a heated frying pan without adding oil and becomes heated to form a smell similar to hazelnut aroma. At the same time it is worth gently stir the cereal to avoid burning. Then the grits are added to boiling water, they reduce the heat and bring to readiness. The total cooking time of the entire dish takes about 20 minutes.
The recipe for losing weight
Do you want to be in shape or lose weight without compromising your health? Then this recipe is for you. In the evening, a glass of cereal is poured with three glasses of boiling water. The container with the finished food is closed and wrapped with a blanket, a jersey (as our grandmothers did). And it remains in this state until the morning. In the morning, the porridge is already steamed, and you can enjoy its taste in full.
In a double boiler
Wheat groats should be pre-soaked overnight based on the following proportions: 1 cup of cereals and 2 cups of water. Before you start cooking, you should drain all the water and re-add boiling water.Cooking time of this dish is set according to the instructions attached to the double boiler, but not less than 45 minutes.
Porridge on the water with the addition of mushrooms
In salted water, cook mushrooms - 200 grams. Then they should be filtered. Mushroom broth is not worth pouring, since it will be cooked on this dish. Next, chopped onion - a pair of heads, add mushrooms, cereal - 1 cup, and decoction - 2 cups. It is brought to a boil, the temperature is reduced, covered with a lid. The cooking process continues for an hour.
Garnish for meat (wheat pilaf)
Wheat can be very tasty cooked pilaf. To do this, a glass of washed coarse grits is reclined and fried in a frying pan for 2 minutes with the addition of butter. After that salt is added to taste and poured with two cups of hot water. It is covered with a lid and continues to languish for half an hour over medium heat.
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