The ancient Slavs called the collective, the community "porridge". To "cook porridge" meant not only to cook a dish, but also to do an important thing together. Echoes of this meaning have survived to this day: "classmate", "you can't cook porridge with him." Delicious, crumbly porridge was considered an indicator of strong and friendly relations in the family. One of the main cereals was millet.
It is necessary
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- For the recipe "Millet porridge with pumpkin
- honey and dried apricots ":
- 1/2 cup millet groats;
- 100 g pumpkin without peel and seeds;
- 100 g dried apricots;
- 100 ml of milk;
- 250 ml of water;
- honey to taste;
- butter to taste.
- For the recipe "Millet porridge with apples":
- 1 glass of millet;
- 2 glasses of water;
- 1 apple;
- 50 g butter;
- salt to taste;
- sugar to taste.
- For the recipe "Lean porridge with coconut milk":
- 1/2 cup millet;
- 1 1/5 cups coconut milk
- 1 banana;
- 4 pieces of dried apricots;
- salt to taste;
- sugar to taste.
Instructions
Step 1
To make the millet porridge crumbly, rinse the cereals thoroughly before cooking. Rinsing will rid the millet of small particles that impart stickiness to the porridge. It is better to underfill water during cooking than to pour it over. if necessary, it will be possible to additionally dilute the porridge with boiling water, but you can't do anything with an excess. The liquid should be about three times more than the cereal.
Step 2
The porridge will turn out to be more crumbly if you add a little butter during the cooking process. The presence of oil will prevent grain particles from sticking together. Each grain will be in a thin film of fat. In addition, it is recommended to choose dark millet for crumbly porridge.
Step 3
Millet porridge with pumpkin, honey and dried apricots Wash dried apricots under water, put in a saucepan. Put washed millet and diced pumpkin with dried apricots. Fill with water, put on fire. Close with a lid, cook over low heat until the water boils completely.
Step 4
Add milk, butter, honey. Bring to a boil and simmer covered over low heat for 10 minutes. Let it brew for 15 minutes.
Step 5
Millet porridge with apples Peel the apples and cut into small cubes. Rinse the millet thoroughly. Boil water in a saucepan, put millet, apples, salt, sugar in it, cook for 15 minutes. Add oil and wrap the porridge with a towel. Insist 45 minutes.
Step 6
Lean porridge with coconut milk Rinse the millet until the water is clear. Boil coconut milk, add millet to it. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
Step 7
Soak dried apricots in hot water for 15 minutes, chop finely. Grate or chop the banana. Add dried apricots, banana, salt and sugar to the finished porridge. Stir, serve, garnish with mint leaves.
