Pea porridge is a very useful and nutritious dish. It improves metabolism, increases immunity, is the source of many minerals, vitamins, macro- and microelements. It's not for nothing that its presence is mandatory in the menu of children's institutions, hospitals and sanatoria.
Prepare pea porridge will not be a big deal, any housewife will cope with it. And its taste can be varied, adding vegetables, meat products and smoked products when cooking.
How to cook pea porridge?
Ingredients:
- dry peas - 1 glass;
- purified water - 2 cups;
- butter - to taste;
- mixture of ground peppers - to taste;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
With the traditional preparation of pea porridge, it is necessary to rinse the peas properly, pour water and leave for ten to twelve hours for swelling. The longer it is soaked, the faster it will cook.
Swellen peas once again washed and poured with purified water for one part of pea cereals, two parts of the water. Heat to a boil, reduce the fire to the minimum and cook until the peas turn into mashed potatoes. Depending on the time of pre-soaking, this will take from twenty to fifty minutes.
At the end of cooking, season the porridge to taste with salt, butter and a mixture of ground peppers. Then properly rastolchhem it before serving to give more uniformity.
How to cook pea porridge in a multivark without soaking - a recipe with vegetables?
Ingredients:
- dry peas - 1 glass;
- purified water - 2 cups;
- carrots - 1-2 pieces;
- onion - 1-2 pcs .;
- sweet Bulgarian pepper - 1-2 pieces;
- vegetable oil - 35 ml;
- fresh greens of dill and parsley - to taste;
- mixture of ground peppers - to taste;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
Onions and carrots are cleaned and cut into cubes or straws. We brown in the oiled capacity of the multivark, setting the "Baking" or "Frying" mode. Add crushed sweet peppers and fry them too. Then lay the washed peas, pour in the water and switch the device to the "Quenching" program and cook for two hours. At the end of the cooking season the porridge with salt, ground with a mixture of peppers and throw fresh chopped greens.
You can also cook a pea porridge in a multivarquet in the "Kasha" mode for thirty minutes, but before that you should soak peas for at least eight hours.
How quickly to cook pea porridge with smoked products?
Ingredients:
- dry peas - 400 g;
- purified water - 1,3 l;
- smoked pork ribs - 1 kg;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- granulated sugar - 7 g;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- fresh greens of dill and parsley - to taste;
- mixture of ground peppers - to taste;
- spices - to taste;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
To reduce the time for soaking peas to a minimum, you can pour it with boiling water for twenty minutes or use warm water to add half a teaspoon of baking soda. After thirty minutes of this soaking, rinse peas well and pour for another ten minutes with warm water.
In the meantime, we will deal with smoked ribs. We cut them into pieces, separating one edge, and we send them to the warmed-up with vegetable oil cossacks or a deep saucepan with a thick bottom. Brief for about ten minutes, add semicircles onions, sugar, ground mixture of peppers and spices.
All the good mix, pour the prepared peas and pour water, pre-warmed to a boil. We prepare the porridge sixty-ninety minutes on low heat with the lid closed, periodically mixing to avoid burning.
At the end of cooking season with salt and fresh freshly chopped greens.