Oddly, cooking barley porridge is not held in high esteem, all because many?not knowing how to cook, consider it tasteless and suitable only for feeding fish.In fact it is not, barley porridge is very tasty and healthy, its properties are already known in Russia, by the way, at the time it was very popular.
Useful properties
Pearl barley is produced from barley.Pearl barley - very tasty and nourishing porridge.Fiber contained in barley, has beneficial effects on the body and reduces inflammation that occur in the stomach and intestines.More barley contains elements such as polysaccharides and glucans, which reduce blood sugar.
Barley perfectly nourishes the body and is a dietary product which contains calcium, vitamin A, phosphorus, B vitamins and iodine, lysine, silicic acid, and many other elements that support our bodies in shape and give him the youth andfreshness.
cooking porridge
How to cook a delicious barley?Very simple.There are two ways.One - fast, while the second - a long, in both cases porridge turns out tasty and crumbly.
How to cook barley second way?To start the rump washed and soaked in cold water for 3 hours, it turns out you need to take a glass of cereal, for example, and fill it with water so that it covered the little rump.
Next you need to drain the water and rinse several times porridge.Put it in a pan with a thick bottom (the thicker the better) and pour cold water again, but the two times greater than the volume of cereal (for example, if you take a glass of pearl barley, add to it 2 cups of water).Then put the pan on high heat and wait for boiling, then add a bit of oil, salt, and do not forget to leave languish on low heat under the lid.
Now you know how to cook barley.After porridge pokipela little water, respectively and evaporated cereal needs additional liquid necessary to pour a quarter of the initial volume (in this case a quarter cup).Now
liquid should boil again, diminish the heat to medium and leave to languish for an hour.After the specified time passes, the porridge should be tasted, can dosolit and (if necessary) to leave be done to a turn.In general, if not pre-soaked grits, it can cook two hours.
Next, consider the option to cook pearl barley as a quick way, this method involves reducing the thermal treatment approximately doubled.
So, take the right amount of grains (in this case a glass) and fill it with double the volume of water to soak in this case is not necessary.Once the porridge boil over high heat, water should drain and add the net in the same amount.
Kasha new water should boil again, you can now enter the oil and salt and leave to languish until cooked.
This, indeed, is a quick way to prepare barley at home.
Naturally, the modern technical devices will save time when cooking barley, for example, you can use multivarka or microwave, but some like barley porridge is cooked in a saucepan, as a child.
