Semolina is a dish that is known to both adults and children.
But for some reason, not everyone loves him equally.
Perhaps someone just didn’t eat really tasty porridge.
Or he had a chance to try the food with a bunch of lumps, thick and sticky.
How and how much to cook semolina to make it tasty?
How to cook semolina - general principles
The main secret of good porridge is the correct consistency. If you pour more cereals than specified in the recipe, then the dish will turn out to be too steep and rubber. The same will happen if the porridge is cooked for a long time. Some housewives just bring the cereal to a boil and turn it off.
Boil porridge from semolina not only in milk. You can use water, broths, juices. For taste, add salt with sugar and butter to the dish. But this is only a classic set. If you want to cook an unusual porridge, then you can add nuts, chocolate, berries, dry and fresh fruits to it. It is tasty with coconut, candied fruit, marmalade. A huge number of options! And here it is described in detail how and how much to cook semolina.
How to cook semolina on the water
Why conceal, porridge on the water is not as tasty as on milk. But many are forced to cook just such an option. And the reasons for this can be very different. How and how much semolina is boiled on water and can it be cooked deliciously?
Ingredients
• 80 grams of semolina;
• 500 ml of water;
• 50 grams of oil;
• salt, sugar.
Cooking
1. Bring the water to a boil.
2. Add salt and sugar. Salt is put into porridge necessarily, otherwise the dish will be fresh and tasteless.
3. Start pouring cereal into boiling water. We do it a little bit, it is possible through a strainer and continuously stir. Otherwise, lumps will appear.
4. How much to cook semolina on the water? Let it boil for five minutes. Then add the prescription oil, stir and turn off.
5. Insist under the lid for five minutes. Before laying out the plates, stir well again so that the oil is evenly distributed.
How to cook semolina porridge in milk
The recipe for classic semolina porridge with milk, which is great not only for baby food, but also for breakfast for any adult. Milk of any fat content is used.
Ingredients
• 0.6 l of milk;
• 25 grams of sugar;
• 1/3 teaspoon salts;
• 60 grams of semolina;
• 30 grams of oil.
Cooking
1. We take a pan, rinse with cold water, pour milk and put on the stove. Some housewives prefer to dilute it with water, which is not prohibited.
2. Bring the milk to a boil, add salt and sugar, stir.
3. Take a spoon in one hand, and in the second cup with measured semolina. Do not pour it "by eye", you can easily go too far.
4. We start stirring the milk and pour the groats into a forming funnel with a thin stream.
5. Stir and let it boil. You can immediately add a piece of butter or put it on a plate when serving.
6. How much does semolina cook? Three to five minutes is enough. Then turn off the fire, cover the pan and let the porridge stand. It’s better not to make some porridge. She will reach in the plate. But the digested semolina turns out thick and tasteless.
How to cook semolina with pumpkin
Pumpkin semolina is a very healthy, bright and tasty dish. It can be cooked year-round, as the pumpkin is very easy to store. But how to cook semolina porridge and how much to pour cereals?
Ingredients
• 1 spoonful of semolina;
• 200 grams of milk;
• salt, sugar;
• 200 grams of pumpkin;
• a piece of oil.
Cooking
1. Dice the pumpkin, previously peeled and peeled. The recipe indicates the mass of pure product.
2. Put the pumpkin in a saucepan, add all the milk at once, plus 70 grams of water and set to cook for 15 minutes. During this time, the pieces will become very soft.
3. We take a potato crusher and slightly remember the pumpkin to get rid of large pieces.
4. Add salt and sugar, stir.
5. Pour semolina and mix.
6. Cook porridge with semolina for about ten minutes. But the fire is minimal. The dish must languish in order to become homogeneous.
7. At the end, put the butter, cover and turn off.
How to cook semolina "Bubert"
Bubert is a Latvian semolina sweet dish that can be used to change bored cereal for breakfast. At the same time, it is prepared from healthy products and can be given even to children. We use milk of any fat content.
Ingredients
• 500 ml of milk;
• 6 tsp Sahara;
• 4 eggs;
• 1 tsp lemon peel;
• a pinch of salt;
• 2/3 cup semolina;
• berry juice or syrup.
Cooking
1. Break the eggs and, along the way, divide the yolks and squirrels into different bowls. Grind the yolks with sugar. Squirrels simply beat until thick foam.
2. Boil milk in a saucepan, salt and gently introduce semolina. We make, as usual porridge, we try to prevent lumps. Cook for three minutes, then remove from heat.
3. Cover the pan with something warm and let stand for about fifteen minutes so that the cereal swells but does not cool.
4. Remove the blanket, open the cover and insert the yolks. Stir quickly so that they do not cook.
5. Now it’s the turn of proteins that also need to be stirred quickly, but not for long. Otherwise, the foam will settle. Add a slice of oil to taste. Lemon zest is also laid in a classic tuber.
6. Put the dish in plates, pour with berry juice or syrup.
How to cook semolina porridge in milk with yolk
Yolk is added to semolina not only to enrich the taste. It is often put in a dish for young children to make food useful. But it is important to introduce the product correctly so that it does not curl into pieces.
Ingredients
• 500 ml of milk;
• 60 grams of cereal;
• 1 yolk;
• 20 grams of oil;
• 3 tsp Sahara;
• 0.5 tsp salt.
Cooking
1. Separate the yolk from the egg and beat with 100 ml of milk until set aside.
2. Separately, boil the remaining milk, immediately salt and sweeten.
3. Add semolina and boil for three minutes.
4. Introduce a trickle of yolk, whipped with milk. Stir well and warm, but do not cook. That is, bring to a slight boil and immediately remove from heat.
5. Cover and let the porridge brew for about ten minutes.
6. Pour into plates, season with butter.
How and how much to cook semolina with juice
Juice decoy is an unusual but very tasty treat. It will help to take a fresh look at the familiar and even unloved porridge. Juice can be used any fruit or berry. If it is sweet, then reduce the amount of sugar or just do not add.
Ingredients
• 500 ml of juice;
• 0.5 cups of semolina;
• 0.25 cups of sugar.
Cooking
1. We put a saucepan on the stove with juice, bring to a boil.
2. Combine semolina with sugar, pour a thin stream into boiling juice.
3. Cook the dish, continuously stirring, for exactly three minutes. To taste, you can pour a pinch of vanilla into it, throw a little zest, add cinnamon or cloves. But you need to consider from which juice a delicacy is prepared so that the tastes do not contradict.
4. Remove the porridge from the heat and keep it under the lid for a quarter of an hour.
5. Now the dish is laid out in silicone molds and cool well.
6. Spread from the molds on a plate, decorate with berries, pour jam, syrup and serve as dessert.
How to cook semolina with raisins
You can simply add washed raisins to any semolina. But it is not very tasty. Try to cook it. And then the dish will reveal an unusual aroma. How and how much semolina is cooked with raisins?
Ingredients
• 3 tablespoons of semolina;
• 2 tablespoons of raisins;
• 2 glasses of milk;
• 1 tablespoon of oil;
• 1 tablespoon of sugar;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Rinse and sort out the raisins, remove all the branches. Fill with hot water, almost boiling water and cool to a warm state. We shift the berries on a napkin.
2. Put the milk on the stove, salt. Bring to a boil.
3. Pour semolina, mixed with sugar, boil for a minute.
4. Add the swollen raisins, let it boil and turn it off.
5. Wrap porridge in a blanket and leave to brew for about twenty minutes.
6. When serving, add oil to the plate.
How to cook semolina porridge in milk with chocolate
Chocolate semolina is what can make a child gobble up a previously unloved dish on both cheeks. You can cook with cocoa powder or a bar of chocolate. The taste is different.
Ingredients
• 400 ml of milk;
• 1 tablespoon of sugar;
• 40 grams of chocolate;
• 2 tablespoons of semolina;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 pinch of vanilla;
• 20 grams of oil.
Cooking
1. Put the milk on the stove, salt and sweet, bring to a boil.
2. Pour semolina and brew in the usual way. We boil for three minutes, add vanillin for the aroma.
3. Cut the chocolate into small pieces and send it to the porridge, stir, throw the butter and turn it off immediately. Let the chocolate bar melt under the lid.
4. Put the porridge in plates; for decoration, garnish with grated chocolate.
How and how much to cook semolina with carrots
Another version of cereal from the category of useful recipes. Who knows, maybe this particular dish will become your favorite breakfast in your family. For cooking, we use bright and juicy carrots to make the dish beautiful and tasty.
Ingredients
• 1 carrot;
• 230 ml of milk;
• 2 tablespoons of semolina;
• 1 tablespoon butter;
• sugar, salt.
Cooking
1. Peel the carrots and rub finely.
2. In a saucepan, melt the butter, put the carrots, cover and simmer until tender.
3. Add milk, cook for another five minutes after boiling, salt and sweeten.
4. Pour semolina, cook porridge for another four minutes.
5. Turn off and you can serve! Just remember to mix well before placing them in plates.
How to cook semolina porridge with meat
For some reason, it is customary to cook sweet semolina. But in fact, meat porridge turns out to be no less tasty and fragrant, especially with chicken. Similarly, you can use turkey, rabbit, beef.
Ingredients
• 0.15 kg of chicken;
• 600 grams of water;
• 3 tablespoons of semolina;
• 1 onion;
• salt pepper;
• 20 grams of oil.
Cooking
1. Boil the chicken in water until tender, take out. The broth should remain 0.3 liters.
2. Cut the onion into cubes and fry in a pan. At the end, put the chopped chicken, warm it together, season with pepper.
3. Salt the broth, let it boil and add semolina. Cook for five minutes.
4. Add onion with chicken from the pan, boil for another minute.
5. Turn off, insist for half an hour under the covers and you can take a sample!
Cook semolina - useful tips and tricks
• As you cool and insist, semolina becomes thicker. And this must be considered when cooking. If you plan to have breakfast in an hour, then it is advisable to reduce the amount of cereal. And after cooking, wrap the pan in a warm blanket.
• Has semolina left and froze? It can be used for sweet meatballs, add to casseroles, pancakes, cheesecakes.
• There is no ordinary milk for semolina porridge? Use milk powder, season the porridge with cream. Can be cooked on diluted condensed milk. Or ennoble semolina on the water with different ingredients: berries, nuts, honey, fruits, marmalade.
• To prevent semolina from catching in lumps when it comes into contact with liquid, you can mix it with sugar and pour it all together.
