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Pearl barley for pickle: how to quickly cook pearl barley? Video
Barley is a specially processed barley grain. It contains many beneficial trace elements, vitamins, fiber and improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. It can be used to make pearl barley porridge or a traditional soup of Russian cuisine – rassolnik. Barley has only one significant drawback: it takes a long time to cook. However, there are ways to prepare it quickly.
How to quickly cook barley
How to cook barley with pre-soaking
To cook a delicious pickle, you first need to prepare all the ingredients, the most important is barley. Many housewives are interested in how much pearl barley needs to be cooked for pickle. Depending on the size of the grains and the method of preparation, it can cook from a few minutes to an hour and a half. To speed up the cooking of barley, there are various ways – for example, pre-soaking the cereal for several hours.
To cook barley, you will need:
- 1 liter of water
- 1 cup pearl barley
Go through the pearl barley and rinse it thoroughly. Then transfer the barley to a bowl, cover it with cold water and leave to soak for 5-6 or 10-12 hours (ideally overnight). Drain the excess liquid, pour the cereal into a saucepan, fill it with fresh water and cook. After the water boils, drain it and rinse the barley with cold water. Then pour boiling water over the cereal and cook for 20-30 minutes. As a result, the pearl barley will turn out to be crumbly, and its grains will not stick together. In the soup, the finished barley is not cooked for long. Add it to the pickle 5 minutes before the end of its cooking.
How to quickly cook barley without soaking
To cook barley quickly and without presoaking, sort out the grits, then rinse them thoroughly. Place a pot of water on a fire. When the water boils, pour the cereal into it and cook over high heat for 2-3 minutes. Then drain the liquid and fill the barley with cold water. Put it on fire again. When the water boils, reduce heat to low and cook until tender.
It is better to boil pearl barley for pickle separately, adding it to an almost ready-made soup. Otherwise, the pickle will turn out to be too cloudy, slimy and not so tasty.
You can also quickly cook barley in the microwave. On the shelves of grocery stores, you can find pearl barley packaged in sachets. It costs a little more, but it takes much less time and effort to prepare it. Take a bag of cereal, put it in a glass container, then fill it with cold water and put it in the microwave oven for 10-15 minutes, turned on at maximum power. After this time, reduce the power and leave the cereal until fully cooked.
Alternatively, use a pressure cooker to quickly cook pearl barley. Pour water into a container, put the pearl barley in a cooking bowl, and then turn on the steamer. As a rule, the cooking time is indicated in the instructions for this household appliance.