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Delicious and healthy porridge: buckwheat and oatmeal. Video
Russian cuisine is replete with porridge recipes. Indeed, in the old days, most people strictly observed religious canons, including numerous fasts. Then it was forbidden to use a number of products, and they were replaced by cereals. But even now, porridge is a welcome guest on our tables. And among this set, the most useful ones can be distinguished.
Delicious and healthy porridge
Buckwheat porridge: recipe
Buckwheat porridge is the record holder for the content of vitamins and microelements. It has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin and hair, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, makes them elastic. Therefore, many are sure that it is from buckwheat that the most useful porridge is obtained.
One of the most effective diets for losing weight is buckwheat. Only in buckwheat porridge neither salt, nor sugar, nor butter can be added.
It would seem that cooking it is very simple: boil water, add cereal and wait until the porridge is cooked. And then just salt to taste. However, the most useful buckwheat porridge is the one that was not cooked, but rotted. Try this recipe for porridge.
Required ingredients: – 1 glass of buckwheat; – 3 glasses of water; – salt to taste.
Pour water into a saucepan, put it on fire and bring to a boil. Pour in the buckwheat. After the water boils again strongly, cover the pan tightly with a lid, remove from heat. Immediately wrap the pot in a large bath towel and let it sweat for about half an hour. Then season the porridge with salt to taste. You can add a little butter if you like.
With such a gentle heat treatment, buckwheat porridge will turn out to be crumbly, and most importantly, it will retain almost all of its useful properties.
Oatmeal: recipe for cooking
In the dispute, which porridge is healthier, there are many supporters and oatmeal. After all, oatmeal, due to its mucous structure, envelops the walls of the stomach and intestines, and this is very important for people suffering from diseases of the digestive tract. Thanks to the same enveloping properties, oatmeal promotes the removal of harmful substances from the body. Regular consumption of oatmeal can reduce the development of skin conditions such as dermatitis.
The healthiest oatmeal is made from whole grains. It takes much longer to cook than cereal porridge, but it will turn out to be a very nutritious and healthy dish.
Required ingredients: – 1 glass of oats; – 400 ml of milk; – 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar; – salt; – butter to taste.
Soak the washed oats in water for 5 hours. Then rinse it again, fill it with 3 glasses of cold water, put it on fire. Bring to a boil and cook for about 40 minutes. Add milk, sugar and salt, stir and cook until the porridge is thick. Place the porridge in a warm oven and let it sit for another hour. When serving, you can add salt to taste and season with oil.