How to cook wheat grits to make a delicious porridge

Our grandmothers knew exactly how to cook wheat porridge so that it would become not an additional, but the main dish on the family's menu. Even today, Christians prepare unusually tasty kutya from whole wheat grains for Christmas, adding honey, ground poppy seeds and nuts to it. Crushed grains are used to prepare cereals with milk, meat, vegetables and frying. Wheat cereal is one of the main sources of fiber, B vitamins and carbohydrates so necessary for the body.

How to cook wheat porridge in crumbly water

There are several ways to cook delicious crumbly wheat cereal porridge in water. It all depends on the fraction of grinding wheat grains. In any case, the cereals must first be sorted out or washed in order to remove bran, small pebbles or husks.

Ingredients for porridge:

• a glass of coarse cereals;
• 3 tbsp. water;
• butter - 150 g;
• salt to taste.

To prepare porridge, a cauldron or a saucepan with a thick bottom is used.

Cooking method No. 1:

1. Pour the sorted and washed cereals into a cooking container. Pour 2 tbsp. water and cook over medium heat. Salt immediately to taste.
2. After boiling, stir the porridge, reduce heat and continue cooking under the lid until the water boils completely. No need to interfere.
3. At the next stage, add another glass of boiling water, mix thoroughly and cook again until all the water boils away.
4. Remove the container with porridge from the heat, add butter and cover with a lid. After 20 minutes, the porridge can be served.

The best way to cook crumbly wheat porridge is to install a flame divider.

Cooking method # 2:

1. Fry wheat groats in a dry frying pan for 5 minutes.
2. Boil water, salt and pour in the fried cereal. Stir immediately.
3. After boiling, reduce the heat and continue to cook the porridge until the water has completely evaporated. Stir occasionally.
4. Put butter in the prepared porridge and leave for 20 minutes.

The next method is best for preparing whole wheat or coarse grains. For cooking wheat, you need to take as much water as cereals by volume.

Cooking method No. 3:

1. Sort out the debris from the wheat grains and rinse well.
2. Cover with cold water and leave for 3 hours. Strain.
3. Boil water, salt, pour out the swollen groats, add butter.
4. Stir and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and place pan on a flame divider. Cook porridge for 20 minutes.
5. Put out the fire and let the porridge brew for another 20 minutes.

Cook wheat porridge with meat

For cooking porridge according to this recipe, almost any pitted and not very fatty meat is suitable.

A set of additional ingredients for a glass of cereal:

• 400 g of meat;
• water - 3 tbsp.;
• two cloves of garlic;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• alone carrot;
• 3 tbsp. l of vegetable oil;
• to taste black and allspice pepper, salt, bay leaf.

Steps for preparing porridge:

1. Sort out the cereals and wash. Drain the water as much as possible.
2. Wash the meat and dry it with a paper towel. Remove veins and cut into small cubes.
3. Peel carrots, garlic and onions. Crush the garlic with a knife, finely chop the onion, and grate the carrots.
4. Heat sunflower oil in a cauldron and fry vegetables, starting with onions. Add meat at the end.
5. Pour in hot water, add spices and simmer over medium heat for 25 minutes. Stir.
6. Remove bay leaf and crushed garlic.Pour cereals and mix well. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Cook until the cereals are fully cooked, stirring occasionally.
7. Remove the cauldron from the heat and wrap it with a towel for at least a quarter of an hour.

Wheat porridge with meat is best served with fresh or baked vegetables.

How to cook wheat porridge in milk for a child

Wheat porridge with milk is popular with both adults and children. For a delicious healthy breakfast, it is better to use fresh homemade milk. But if it is not possible to buy homemade products, then you can replace it with good quality milk without preservatives.

Ingredients for milk porridge:

• liter of milk;
• ½ tbsp. wheat groats;
• 20-30 g butter;
• a tablespoon of sugar;
• a pinch of salt.

Step-by-step cooking of porridge in milk:

1. Boil milk.
2. Pour the pre-washed cereals into boiling milk, stirring thoroughly. Salt.
3. Bring to a boil and reduce heat as low as possible. Cook the porridge for 40 minutes with the lid closed.
4. Remove the pan from the heat, add the oil. Mix well and let the porridge stand for 10 minutes.

Add sugar to porridge when serving. You can use honey instead of sugar.

For those who love sweets, but cannot consume sugar, it is better to use sweeteners. It can be sorbitol or stevia powder.

Cooking wheat porridge in a slow cooker

Cooked in multicooker wheat porridge turns out not only tasty and appetizing in appearance, but also preserves all the useful properties as much as possible. We recommend trying two versions of the porridge with different ingredients.

Wheat porridge with pumpkin

If analyzes have shown that you have an increased level of cholesterol in your blood, then it is necessary to urgently introduce pumpkin into your diet. Try boiling wheat cereal porridge with the addition of pumpkin.

When measuring ingredients, use a special glass from a multicooker.

Product set:

• 300 g peeled pumpkin;
• water and milk - 2 tbsp each;
• a glass of wheat cereal;
• sugar, butter and salt to taste.

Instead of fresh pumpkin, you can use frozen pumpkin.

Cooking steps:

1. Go through and wash the wheat grits well.

   Pour boiling water over and leave covered for 30 minutes.

2. Pumpkin can be grated or diced if desired.
3. First put pumpkin in the multicooker bowl, then wheat grits. Cover with water and milk
4. Season with salt, add sugar and butter.
5. Set the "Porridge" mode, close the lid and start the unit. Cook for 60 minutes.
6. After switching off, select the "Heating" mode and set the timer for 40 minutes.

Wheat porridge with raisins and meat

We highly recommend making wheat cereal porridge according to this recipe. The result will simply surprise you.

Ingredients for porridge:

• beef pulp - 400 g;
• wheat groats - 250 g;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l;
• orange peel - 25 g;
• raisins and almonds - 75 g each;
• spices - ground black pepper, salt, cinnamon;
• green onions.

Step by step cooking:

1. Rinse the raisins well and pour boiling water for 10 minutes. Drain and dry on a paper towel.
2. Dry the pre-washed beef and cut into small pieces.
3. Pour oil into a multicooker bowl and fry the beef, setting the “Fry” mode for 5 minutes. Stir the meat with a wooden spatula.
4. Pour the washed cereal into a bowl and mix well with the fried meat. Pour enough water into a bowl to cover the meat and cereals by 2 cm.
5. Set the "Porridge" mode, close the lid and run the unit for 20 minutes.
6. Pour the pre-grated orange zest, dried raisins, chopped almonds and spices into a bowl to the porridge. Select the "Porridge" mode again and continue cooking the porridge for another 40 minutes.

Serving the porridge to the table sprinkle with chopped green onions and chopped almonds.

Cooking delicious porridge from wheat groats - video