Corn porridge has earned its place in the diet due to low calorie content and gluten-free. The latter property even allows the use of cereals as the first food. With proper preparation, corn dishes can become the most nutritious and delicious.

Milk porridge

Each country has its own recipe for corn porridge: in Romania and Moldova - the legendary mamaliga, in Spain and Italy - polenta, in Georgia - Gomi. Traditional Russian cuisine is no exception. Although corn porridge in milk does not have a sonorous name, the taste and nutrition from this do not get worse.

To taste healthy porridge, you need:

  • groats - 200 g;
  • water - 400 g;
  • milk - 400 g;
  • salt, sugar, butter - to taste.

To get not only healthy, but also tasty porridge, you need to perform a series of actions:

  1. A pot of water is placed on the stove and brought to a boil.
  2. In small portions with constant stirring, cereal is poured into the pan, and then cooked until the liquid has completely evaporated for about 10 minutes at minimum heat.
  3. After absorbing moisture, the cereal softens, and the turn of adding milk comes.
  4. Milk is poured gradually with stirring so that the cereal does not begin to clump.
  5. After boiling, porridge is cooked for about 10 minutes, while salt and sugar are added during the next stirring.
  6. After the cereal swells, the stove turns off, and the dish is infused for about ¼ hour.
  7. Served porridge with butter or cream.

Attention! When cooking corn porridge on the stove, it must be constantly monitored, otherwise it will stick to the bottom or even burn.

With pumpkin

The benefits of corn porridge are undeniable, but its combination with pumpkin doubles the positive effect on health with the regular presence of food in the human diet. To make pumpkin porridge from corn, it is enough to make a small addition to the basic recipe.

  1. 300 g of pumpkin is peeled and seeds peeled, cut into cubes, filled with sugar.
  2. After the appearance of juice, the pumpkin is placed on the stove and cooked until tender.
  3. Pumpkin cubes are mixed with porridge when it is insisted.

Recipe for cooking on the water

Porridge on the water is the simplest and fastest cooking side dish, which is also very nutritious. If there is 200 g of cereal, then it is enough to prepare a liter of water, salt, sugar and oil for dressing.

During:

  1. Water is poured into a pan with a thick bottom and brought to a boil.
  2. Well-washed cereal is added to boiling water, mixed and boiled for about half an hour.
  3. After the time has passed, the porridge salts, mixes and continues to cook until fully cooked for about half an hour at minimum heat.
  4. After removing from heat, porridge is flavored with butter or ghee for aroma.

Important! If you want to add honey, you can do this only after the cereal has cooled, so that it does not lose its useful properties.

How to cook in a slow cooker?

Corn porridge in a slow cooker is an excellent dish for people who have every minute worth their weight in gold: when cooking using this device, there is no need to constantly stand at the stove and monitor the dish. The washed cereal, salt and oil should be placed in a bowl and pour water in proportions from the basic recipe. Cook in the "Cereals" or "Milk porridge" mode, depending on the type, before the sound signal.

Advice! To thicken the porridge, you can stand for about half an hour in the "Heating" mode. It is convenient to install the program in the evening, and in the morning a ready breakfast will wait.

Dry cereal porridge

An original recipe for sweet cereal, which, when properly performed, becomes a favorite breakfast for the whole family.

For preparation, in addition to 200 g of cereal and ½ liter of water, it is necessary to purchase the following components:

  • raisins - 75 g;
  • other dried fruits (optional) - 150 g;
  • sugar - 50 g;
  • butter - 40 g;
  • salt to taste.

When cooking:

  1. Water with salt and sugar is brought to a boil, after which cereal is poured into it.
  2. After boiling again, the fire is reduced to a minimum, and the croup is cooked for about ¼ hour.
  3. Oil and prepared dried fruits are put in the porridge, after which the dish is infused for about 30 minutes.

Tasty and hearty meat dish

Despite the fact that porridge is perceived as a side dish, corn porridge with meat and vegetables can be an excellent independent dish.

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It will be required:

  • corn grits - 300 g;
  • meat - 300 g;
  • onion - 75 g;
  • carrots - 100 g;
  • tomatoes - 150 g;
  • sunflower oil - 50 ml;
  • water - ½ liter;
  • salt, spices - to taste.

During the cooking process:

  1. The meat is cut into pieces, the vegetables are chopped: onions and tomatoes are diced, the carrots are rubbed.
  2. The meat product is laid out on the heated oil and fried on all sides.
  3. After 7 minutes, onions and carrots are added to the stewpan, and after 5 minutes - tomatoes.
  4. Groats are poured into a pre-salted and seasoned vegetable mixture with meat.
  5. All contents are filled with water.
  6. After boiling, porridge is cooked on low heat for about half an hour, until the liquid evaporates.

Cheese Recipe

Of all the cereals, only corn is most harmoniously combined with cheese of any kind, including feta cheese.

To execute another extraordinary recipe, you will need:

  • corn grits - 300 g;
  • hard cheese - 100 g;
  • butter - 50 g;
  • water - 600 ml;
  • salt, spices - to taste.

When the products are prepared, you can start cooking:

  1. Well-washed cereals are poured into boiling salted water and cooked for half an hour on low heat.
  2. At this time, cheese is rubbed.
  3. When the porridge is almost ready, cheese and butter are added to the pan, after which all contents are mixed.

Advice! To add spicy notes to the taste, at the final stage you should sprinkle the dish with herbs.

Corn grits for children

The absence of gluten makes porridge the least allergenic.

This fact makes her popular among young mothers who want to diversify the menu of their long-awaited child.

To prepare one serving of 200 g you will need:

  • corn grits - 30-35 g;
  • milk - 100 ml;
  • water - 150 ml;
  • butter - 5 g;
  • salt, sugar or sweet syrup to taste.

When preparing products, grits are grinded in a coffee grinder to the consistency of semolina, which can significantly reduce the cooking time, after which:

  1. Water is optionally salted, sweetened and brought to a boil.
  2. Chopped groats with constant stirring are poured into boiling liquid and cooked for up to 10 minutes at minimum heat under a closed lid.
  3. In a separate container, milk is heated, which then spreads porridge.
  4. Milk porridge is boiled for another 10 minutes, after which it is removed from the heat and the same time is insisted.
  5. With the formation of a large number of lumps, due to the structure of the cereal, the porridge is rubbed through a sieve or broken in a blender.
  6. The finished dish is flavored with butter and syrup.

Important! For a child up to a year, cow's milk is replaced with breast milk, with breastfeeding, or with a mixture if the baby is on artificial.

Thus, preparing cereals from nutritious cereals is quite simple, the main thing to know: how much to cook corn porridge to the desired state. A few simple but original recipes will allow you to get great pleasure from ordinary food in combination with good.

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