Pumpkin porridge is healthy and tasty, but despite this, few include this dish in their diet. But you can cook such porridge very quickly if you use a device convenient for most housewives - a slow cooker.
For good nutrition, cereals must be included in the diet. For their preparation, it is useful to use a variety of cereals: rice, buckwheat, millet, corn, peas, lentils. If desired, they can be supplemented with fruits, berries and even vegetables. For example, porridge cooked with pumpkin - a storehouse of vitamins and other useful substances - turns out to be very tasty. And the use of a multicooker for cooking them greatly facilitates the process of cooking.
Pumpkin porridge is cooked in water and milk. To understand which dish is most preferable to the household, it is worth trying several recipes. And take note of the ones you like most. Such porridge in a slow cooker will become a real lifesaver for housewives, because a "smart machine" is able to start cooking porridge while everyone is still sleeping.
Millet porridge with pumpkin
One of the successful and win-win options for porridge with pumpkin, made from cereals. For this dish you will need the following ingredients:
- 300-400 g pumpkin,
- 4-5 multi-glasses of milk,
- 1 multi-glass of millet groats,
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar
- 50-60 g butter
- 0.5 teaspoons of salt,
- on the tip of a knife - cinnamon or vanilla.
Prepare the required foods. Peel and seed the pumpkin, coarsely grate or cut into small cubes. Rinse the groats well, scald with boiling water so that the bitterness characteristic of millet is gone. Lubricate the sides of the bowl with butter, put cereals and pumpkin, pour over milk, add sugar, salt, cinnamon (or vanillin) and put the slow cooker on the "Milk porridge" mode. After the signal about the end of the mode sounds, it is necessary to let it "brew" for 30-40 minutes in the heating mode.
If desired, you can replace part of the milk with water in a 2: 1 or 1: 1 ratio. To make the porridge beautiful, before cooking it, you need to mix all the ingredients placed in the bowl.
Corn porridge with pumpkin
Porridge with pumpkin and corn turns out to be very tasty and healthy. To prepare it you will need:
- ½ cup cornmeal
- 100 g pumpkin
- 2 multi-glasses of water,
- 2 multi-glasses of milk,
- 1-1, 5 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 20-40 g butter
Cut the pumpkin into cubes or grate. You can lightly sprinkle with sugar. Lubricate the multicooker bowl with oil. Leave the rest of the oil in the bowl. Place in a bowl the cornmeal, pumpkin, salt, add sugar and pour in milk and water. Close the lid. Cook in the "Milk porridge" mode. After the multicooker signals the end of cooking, set the "Heating" mode for 10-20 minutes.
To make the porridge cook faster, you need to soak corn flour for 10-30 minutes. But this is not a prerequisite.
Wheat porridge (no milk) with pumpkin
- 1 multi-glass of wheat groats,
- 300 g pumpkin
- 30-50 g butter,
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar
- ½ teaspoon of salt,
- 4 multi-glasses of water.
Rinse the cereal thoroughly. It is better to use a sieve for convenience. Chop the pumpkin finely. Lubricate the multicooker bowl with oil. Transfer all the ingredients to it. Close the lid and set the "Buckwheat" mode. When the signal sounds about the end of work, put the porridge on the plates. Add more oils to taste. Garnish with fruit or berries if desired.
Rice porridge with pumpkin
Sweet pumpkin rice porridge can be a great breakfast. Prepare for her:
- 500-600 g pumpkin,
- 1-2 glasses of milk
- 1 multi-glass of rice (it is better to use round rice in this recipe),
- 30-50 g butter,
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar or honey,
- ¼ teaspoon of salt (or to taste).
Cut the raw pumpkin into small pieces, transfer to the multicooker bowl, cover with water, slightly covering the pumpkin, close the lid and set the "Stew" mode for 30 minutes. At this time, sort and rinse the rice. After the signal of the end of stewing, add rice, milk, butter, sugar or honey and salt to the bowl. Set the multicooker to the "Milk porridge" mode. If desired, after the end of cooking, you can put the porridge to "reach" for another 10-20 minutes in the "Heating" mode. Or immediately serve on the table, as you like.
In order for the porridge to cook faster, first stew the pumpkin in a slow cooker or on the stove - no difference.
Wheat porridge with pumpkin (milk)
Cut 300 g pumpkin into slices. Rinse 1 multi-glass of wheat grits. Transfer the pumpkin and cereal to a slow cooker. Add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar or honey, 0.5 teaspoons of salt. Pour in 4 multi-glasses of milk. Put to cook in the "Milk porridge" mode. After the signal to turn off the mode, set the "Heating" mode for another 10-20 minutes.
If you like dried fruits, before cooking, add them, previously washed, to the multicooker container. Dried apricots are best combined with pumpkin.
Buckwheat porridge with pumpkin (no milk)
Buckwheat porridge is a source of all essential vitamins and minerals. It is rich in iron, potassium, calcium and phosphorus. It also contains iodine, zinc, B vitamins (B1 - thiamine, B2 - riboflavin, B9 - folic acid), vitamin PP (nicotinic acid), fluorine, molybdenum, cobalt. Therefore, it is recommended to include it in the diet. Moreover, buckwheat porridge is not only healthy, but also very
delicious.
To prepare it, take:
- 200-300 g pumpkin,
- 1 multi-glass buckwheat,
- 4 multi-glasses of water,
- to taste of sugar and salt,
- 50 g butter.
Cut the pumpkin into slices, sort and rinse the buckwheat. Transfer all the components of the porridge into a slow cooker, close the lid and set the "Buckwheat" mode. After this mode stops working, leave the dish to sweat. To do this, turn on the "Heating" mode for 10-20 minutes.
Porridge with pumpkin and dried fruits are delicious. To do this, pre-steam the dried fruits, cut them into small pieces (this can be done before steaming) and place in the multicooker bowl along with all the ingredients on the "Stew" mode for one hour. Serve hot with honey and butter.
With pumpkin, you can cook not only sweet, but also meat porridge.
Barley porridge with pumpkin and meat
Ingredients:
- 300-400 g pumpkin,
- 200 g of pearl barley,
- 300 g pork
- 1 onion
- 200 g of mushrooms
- 2 medium cloves of garlic
- 2 glasses of water
- salt and pepper to taste
- you can add a set of spices for the meat.
- 2-3 st. tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Soak the pearl barley in advance (preferably overnight). Cut the pork pulp into small pieces. Chop the onion. Chop up the mushrooms (champignons are the best). Cut the pumpkin into cubes or small slices. Pour some oil into a bowl and heat it for a few minutes using the Bake or Fry setting. Then transfer the meat to the hot oil and fry it for 10-15 minutes. When the meat is slightly cooked, add mushrooms, pumpkin and onions to it, salt and pepper. Set the multicooker to the "Stew" mode for 20-25 minutes. At this time, rinse the barley, peel the garlic. When the vegetables are stewed, transfer the barley and garlic cloves to them. Stir the porridge. Set the mode to "Pilaf". At the end of cooking porridge, let it brew a little. It is best to use the heating mode for this.
For ease of cooking porridge, you can combine meat, mushrooms and onions previously fried in a pan in a multicooker. Then add cereals to them and cook in the "Pilaf" mode.
Original pumpkin porridge with beer
To prepare it you will need:
- half a liter of dark beer,
- 500 g of beef pulp,
- 400-500 g pumpkin,
- 1 carrot,
- 30-50 g butter,
- 2 medium onions
- 3-4 small cloves of garlic
- to taste - salt, ground black pepper,
- 2-3 bay leaves,
- a pinch of cinnamon.
Cooking porridge with beer is not difficult. First, cut the meat into small pieces. Then, in the "Baking" mode, heat the oil, add meat, pepper, salt to it and fry until a light brown crust is obtained. Cut the onion into half rings. Add it to the meat. Cut the garlic into slices. Transfer it to a bowl. Top up with beer. Stir and set the Stew mode for two hours. After the meat is cooked, add the grated or diced carrots to it, and simmer for another 20 minutes. Then place the diced pumpkin in a multicooker. In the "Stew" mode, cook the porridge for 30-40 minutes.
In this recipe, beef can be replaced with pork or chicken. In this case, it takes an hour to stew the meat. If desired, you can add a handful of any cereal to the meat (buckwheat, barley, rice). The dish will benefit from this, it will become more satisfying. Feel free to experiment. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.
Tricks of delicious porridge with pumpkin in a slow cooker
- When cooking pumpkin porridge in a slow cooker, follow a few general recommendations that are suitable for any recipe.
- When cooking porridge, choose pumpkin of butternut varieties. Such fruits are tastier, more aromatic and rich in common varieties.
- A pinch of sugar will help add the taste of ordinary pumpkin pulp.
- Before cooking, try to bake the pumpkin in the oven first: this will make it softer and acquire a bright, rich, without herbaceous flavor.
- To make the pumpkin in porridge cook faster, finely chop the raw pulp or grate.
- Before preparing millet porridge, millet must first be rinsed in several waters, and then doused with boiling water. This technique will help remove the characteristic bitter taste of the cereal.
- To prevent milk from escaping through the multicooker valve, grease the bowl with butter before cooking.
- Not all multicooker is equipped with the Milk Porridge mode. In its absence, depending on the cereal, you can use the modes "Rice", "Buckwheat", "Groats". But it should be remembered that in this mode, almost all the liquid is evaporated, so the milk must be added at the end of cooking. In this case, only hot milk should be poured. Then the porridge needs to be boiled a little more and brought to readiness in the "Heating" mode.
- In most multicooker recipes, the volume of cereal or liquid is indicated in multi-glasses. If such a multi-glass did not come with the multicooker, use a regular glass, but keep in mind that one multi-glass equals 160-170 ml.
- For porridge, choose a bright, evenly orange pumpkin. Prefer sweet varieties. The sweeter and brighter the pumpkin, the tastier and more beautiful the porridge will turn out.
- Pumpkin goes well with many cereals. Most often, millet and rice are used to make porridge from it. But other cereals in porridge with pumpkin show themselves just as well. Replace the usual cereals with semolina, corn flour, wheat, pearl barley, barley, bulgur and get a new original dish.
