Orange-colored dishes can cheer you up even in the most inclement weather. Delicious and healthy millet porridge with pumpkin is a vivid confirmation of this. The day with her will instantly be filled with the sun and positive!
A little about the benefits
Porridge is a truly unique product in all respects. From the very morning they will fill you with vigor and energy for the whole next day. What's most interesting is that a healthy breakfast has a long-lasting effect. That is, having tasted porridge early in the morning, you will feel pleasant satiety for a long time. This is due to the complex carbohydrates that make up it. They do not show their nutritional properties immediately, but after some time. If you want to pamper your family and friends with a delicious treat, try cooking pumpkin porridge.
Why pumpkin? But because a bright orange vegetable is just a storehouse of vitamins. It is rich in vitamin C, pectins, carotene. It contains almost the entire periodic table. It removes bad cholesterol, has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin and various body systems, and accelerates metabolism. A natural pharmacy in your kitchen. Porridge with pumpkin will be especially good during autumn colds, when the body needs help. The only thing, if you decide to cook pumpkin porridge in the oven, keep in mind that it will take a lot of time to cook it. Therefore, it is better to conjure over healthy dishes on a weekend, or in the evening.
Classic recipe
In order to bring this classic recipe to life, you will need the following set of products:
- 300 grams of pumpkin;
- 2 glasses of millet;
- 0.5 liters of milk;
- 50 grams of butter.
1. In this recipe, a whole pumpkin is not needed, just a small piece of it. First, wash the vegetable thoroughly. Peel it and cut into small cubes. Or grate on a coarse grater. Place in a baking dish or ceramic pot. And leave to wait for your "finest hour". In the meantime, switch to millet.
2. Rinse the cereals from the heart several times, pour boiling water over and simmer for 2 minutes. This is done so that the porridge does not taste bitter in the future.
3. After the manipulations, pour the scalded millet into the bowl with the pumpkin. Then add milk and sugar inside. Although the porridge will turn out to be pretty sweet anyway. When adding milk, it is important to leave a few centimeters from the edges of the mold so that the contents do not break out during baking.
5. You can proceed to the final part. In case you are preparing an orange breakfast in a pot, just cover it with a lid. And if you have a regular tub, pull the foil on top.
6. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and send the future delicacy there. After an hour, the delicious treat will be ready. Take it out, stir and add butter. Do not spare the oil. Remember the golden rule? Just about … The porridge will turn out to be crumbly soft pliable and incredibly tasty. Invite your family and serve it to the table. Eat with great pleasure.
With honey, nuts and cream
If millet porridge with pumpkin suits your taste and soul, you can try other options for its execution. To make your breakfast as healthy as possible, add even more valuable items to your breakfast. Then at the exit you get a "vitamin bomb". To make it you will need:
- 0.5 liters of water;
- 400 grams of pumpkin;
- 300 grams of millet;
- 300 grams of cream;
- 100 grams of walnuts;
- 100 grams of butter;
- three tablespoons of honey;
- half a teaspoon of salt.
1. First, mindful of Cinderella, thoroughly sort out the millet. Put it in a shallow saucepan, fill it with water and give it an hour, "to get to mind."
2. While the cereal is infused, put a pot of water on the fire. Put salt and sugar in there, bring to a boil. When the millet is completely swollen, pour it into boiling water and simmer over the fire for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the pumpkin into neat slices.
3. Put butter, honey and pumpkin slices in a hot skillet. And fry until the vegetable sides are golden brown.
4. Put the millet ready for baking in pots, top them with pumpkin slices and slices of butter. And send it to the oven preheated to 150 degrees for half an hour.
5. In the meantime, the dish will be baked, do the cream. Heat them in a water bath or microwave them for a couple of minutes. After half an hour, take out the pots of porridge, put hot cream in them and send back to the oven for another 10 minutes.
6. The home stretch. Hold well-chopped walnuts in a skillet without oil. It is best to do this over a high heat so that they do not have time to fry, but only dry out a little.
7. When the most delicious of all existing cereals arrives in time, take it out of the oven. Decorate with nuts, mint sprigs and invite the whole family to the tasting. The dish will turn out to be delicious ruddy and incredibly healthy. You can cook it every day. In the cold season, it will confidently guard your health.
Millet porridge in pumpkin
There is another recipe that is striking in its originality. It will suit daring chefs who want to surprise their guests. If the family is having a dinner party, be sure to take this successful method into service. The dish will turn out beyond all praise. It will smell like summer, sun … To create a culinary masterpiece, you need the following ingredients:
- medium sized pumpkin;
- 300 grams of millet;
- 30 grams of oil;
- 30 grams of sugar;
- 1 tablespoon honey
- a pinch of cinnamon;
- salt - on the tip of a knife;
- a teaspoon of orange peel;
- a handful of pine nuts for decoration.
1. First, prepare the pumpkin. Carefully cut off the top and set it aside. Scrape the seeds and the core with a knife, leaving only 3-5 cm at the edges. You can make delicious homemade puree from the pulp or add it to any side dish.
2. When the sunny vegetable passes the preparatory stage with distinction, go to millet. Sort it thoroughly, rinse it several times and pour it into a prepared pumpkin pot.
3. Add the remaining ingredients there: cinnamon, orange peel, salt and sugar. Mix everything thoroughly and season the porridge with pieces of butter.
4. Then pour in the milk. Make sure that it covers all the food inside to the top.
5. Next, cover the pumpkin with an impromptu lid and send to the oven. Pour a little water on a baking sheet first so that the treat does not stick to the bottom.
6. Bake at 160 degrees for an hour and a half. When the vegetable pot is ready, take it out, pour it over with honey, sprinkle it with pine nuts on top and send it to the festive table. The porridge will turn out to be very fragrant and delicious.
With apples and dried fruits
Unlike the previous recipe, this one, on the contrary, captivates with its simplicity and speed of preparation. You can call it "lazy air outlet". But in spite of everything, the porridge turns out to be simply delicious!
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of pumpkin;
- 200 grams of millet;
- 2 apples;
- 30 grams of butter;
- a pinch of salt;
- a handful of raisins, dried apricots and prunes;
- 3 tablespoons of liquid honey.
1. Cut the pumpkin and apples into small cubes.
2. Sort the millet, add boiling water to it and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat. When the cereals are tender, put vegetable and fruit slices in a saucepan and leave to simmer for another 20 minutes.
3. After the allotted time, turn off the gas, add honey to the porridge and put it on plates. Decorate a bright dish with dried fruits and indulge in gastronomic delight.
Choose any recipe you like and start the culinary magic. And hurry up … otherwise the pumpkin will inadvertently turn into a carriage!
