Unusual dishes of pearl porridge

Pearl cereal - processed barley. Experts believe that it should be included in your menu, because due to the high content of fiber, minerals and vitamins, the cheapest cereal took a place in the list of the most useful.





Another little-known, but very important for women, pearl cereal owes lysine - an amino acid that stands guard over our beauty, actively participating in the production of collagen, making the skin smooth and elastic, and at the same time preventing the appearance of wrinkles.





Despite this, many housewives continue to persistently deprive pearl croup of their attention. And completely in vain, because for a little money from it you can get a number of tasty, hearty, rich in valuable substances and very useful dishes.

The most obvious drawback of “pearl” cereals is that for cooking dishes based on it you have to spend too much scarce time.





Modern manufacturers have figured out how to make life easier for housewives, cereals are most often sold already steamed, therefore, the time for its preparation takes less - from 40 minutes to 1.5 hours, and the time for pre-soaking was reduced to 3 hours.





However, real foodies believe that this is not enough. In order to really cook barleyThey recommend soaking it in cold water (or even better in yogurt) for 10-12 hours.

Pearl porridge with mushrooms



The ingredients

• 2 tbsp
• 4 tables of water (directly for cooking)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 500g champignon
• 1 bulb
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• salt, pepper to taste

Preparation

1. Sprinkle the cereal in a fine-mesh sieve and wash thoroughly several times. In a pot suitable in diameter to the sieve, boil some water. Place a barley sieve on top, cover the lid and leave on medium heat to steam for 20 minutes.
2. In a thick-walled pan boil 4 tbsp of water, add a pinch of salt and 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Sprinkle steamed barley, bring to a boil, turn down the fire and cook for 20 minutes.
3. While the cereal is cooked, wash the mushrooms and cut them into quarters. Boil mushrooms in a small amount of water, throw it on the cord, and the mushroom broth strain.
4. Peeled bulb finely cut, passseru in 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, add mushrooms and fry 5-7 minutes.
5. Bring the mushroom broth to a boil again, pour soy sauce into it.
6. During cooking, the water in the pot with cereal should boil. Put mushrooms toasted with onions, mix and pour the mushroom broth. Then the dish under the lid on a very low heat for another 40 minutes. This, by the way, can be done in the oven.

Pearl porridge with dried fruit



The ingredients

• 200g pearl cereal
• 10–12 dried apricots (apricots)
• 10–12 dried fig fruits
• 1 apple
• butter, berries and honey to taste

Preparation

1. Boil water in the pan, add pearl cereal to boiling water and boil until soft.
2. Then drain the water, pour the barley with boiling water to remove the bitter taste, and drain the water.
3. Rinse the dried fruit and cut it with straw. Peel and cut the apple with small cubes.
4. Put the barley, dried fruit and apple in the pan. Pour a glass of boiling water and 20 minutes tome porridge on a small fire, stirring periodically.
5. Remove the porridge from the fire and let it brew for 10-15 minutes.
6. When serving, fill each serving with butter. If desired, you can add honey, raisins, favorite berries.
7. Bon appetit!

Pumpkin barley



The ingredients

• 300g pearl cereal
• 500g pumpkin
• 2 red bulbs
• 1 head of garlic
• 150g parmesan
• 30g fennel seeds
• 2 bay leaves
• 50ml olive oil
• 2l broth
• salt and pepper

Preparation

1. Peel the pumpkin off the peel and cut the dice.
2. Cut the red onion finely.
3. Peel and chop the garlic.
4. In a frying pan with thick walls, warm up the olive oil.
5. Add fennel seeds and stir for a minute.
6. Put bay leaf, garlic and onions in the pan. Roast it to a golden color.
7. Add pumpkin to the pan, salty, peppery and roast over an average heat of 2 minutes. After that, add a dry barley and roast for another 1 minute.
8. Pour 1 liter of heated broth and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
9. Reduce the fire, cover the lid and cook for another 10 minutes.
10. When the cereal has absorbed all the liquid, add a little leftover broth. Do this until the barley is soft. This usually takes 30-40 minutes.
11. Add the spices, grated parmesan and serve on the table. Bon appetit!

Pot with canned fish



Budget recipe, loved by many since Soviet times and invariably surprising bright taste contrast of ingredients.

The ingredients

• 1 can of canned fish
• 3 pickles
• 80g pearl cereal
• 600g potatoes
• 1 carrot
• 1 bulb
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1.5 liters of water
• vegetable-oil
• bay leaf and greens to taste

Preparation

1. Steam pearl cereal in water at night or boil for 15 minutes.
2. Peel off the peel and finely chop the pickles. Put them in a pot of water and cook for 20 minutes. Do not pour water after that, it will be useful.
3. Put pearl cereal in another pan, pour water and bring to a boil.
4. Add the sliced potatoes, cook for another 10 minutes.
5. Sliced onions and grated carrots roast in vegetable oil.
6. Pour the roast into the soup along with the cucumbers and the water in which they were boiled. Cook for another 10 minutes.
7. Add canned fish, a tablespoon of salt, bay leaf, greens to taste. Cook for another five minutes.
8. Bon appetit!

Chicken soup with barley



The ingredients

• 300g chicken meat
• 2 carrots
• 1 bulb
• 2 potatoes
• celery
• 100g pearl cereal
• 3 cloves of garlic
• parsley and dill
• bay leaf, pea pepper and salt
• 20g butter or vegetable oil

Preparation

1. Wash the meat and put in a deep pan, pour 3 liters of cold water, add pepper peas and bay leaves.
2. Boil the chicken until ready and strain the broth. Separate the meat from the bones and cut it into pieces.
3. In dishes with a thick bottom, paint butter and slightly roast finely chopped vegetables: onions, carrots, celery and garlic.
4. After the vegetables become soft, put in a pan pre-soaked for 2-3 hours cereals and sliced with medium pieces of potatoes.
5. Pour the strained broth and bring it to a boil.
6. Add the sliced meat and continue cooking pearl soup over a slow heat for another 1 hour.
7. After that, add the crushed greens and season with spices to your taste.
8. Bon appetit!

To pearl porridge there was a rather ambiguous attitude. Someone likes it, and someone does not tolerate it. Meanwhile, it is one of the few cereals that combine a very democratic price and a long list of valuable properties.

Deliciously cooked porridge is the best and most useful breakfast. The energy charge and satiety before lunch are certainly provided. But it is not always possible to cook a truly perfect porridge: either in lumps or dry. We tell you how to make delicious porridge from your favorite cereals.

Even foods that are considered useful can be harmful. For example, if you make them too unbalanced diet. How it can be and what foods you need to eat for weight loss, said dietitian Alexei Kovalkov.