“Shchi and porridge are our food” is a good Russian folk proverb. It’s porridge that I want to talk about today. Someone will say - what can I say about it, porridge and porridge, take a spoon and eat it. It's actually not that simple.
Millet is rich in protein, which means that you will remain full for a long time. Millet prevents fat deposition, so diet is not a reason to refuse millet porridge. Millet is rich in potassium, so it will be very useful for people with cardiovascular diseases. If you want strong teeth, put millet porridge on your plate; it contains phosphorus.
In our recipe we will diversify the taste of millet porridge with potatoes, and in order not to overload with animal fats, we will season the porridge with onions fried in vegetable oil.
Let's cook millet porridge with potatoes and fried onions and be healthy, slim and well-fed.
Ingredients:
- Millet - 100 grams;
- Potatoes - 2 pieces;
- Onion - 1 head;
- Vegetable oil for frying;
- Salt to taste.
How to cook millet porridge:
Step 1
Wash the millet, pour 3 glasses cold water and put it on fire. As soon as the water boils, add salt to the porridge to taste and cook for 10 minutes.
Step 2
At this time, peel the potatoes and cut them into thin small pieces.
Step 3
After 10 minutes, add potatoes to the millet and cook for another 10 minutes.
Step 4
Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. Fry in vegetable oil.
Step 5
Place the finished porridge in a colander with a fine strainer to remove excess moisture. Transfer the porridge back into the pan and season with fried onions.
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A delicious home-cooked dinner is what a working person needs in the evening in order to quickly and effectively restore the energy spent during the day. One of best options This dinner will be porridge with meat, and to make eating it not boring, you can prepare the porridge in a slightly unusual way. For example, add potatoes to the cereal, and put the meat in ready dish in the form of a juicy and tender roast….
Ingredients
- millet – 1 cup__NEWL__
- water or meat broth– 2.5 cups__NEWL__
- raw potatoes – 3-4 pcs.__NEWL__
- beef – 350 grams__NEWL__
- bulb – 1 pc.__NEWL__
- carrots – 1 pc.__NEWL__
- vegetable oil – 1-2 tablespoons__NEWL__
- salt and black pepper - to taste__NEWL__
- green onions – for serving__NEWL__
Description of the cooking process:
Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Peel the carrots and grate coarsely. Saute the vegetables in vegetable oil and transfer to a separate container and set aside for a while.
Rinse the beef and dry with a paper towel. Using a sharp knife, cut a whole piece of meat into wide slices, beat them lightly with a wooden mallet, and then carefully cut into thin strips. Fry them in the same oil that the vegetables were sauteed, not forgetting to sprinkle with salt and black pepper at the beginning of frying.
Add sauteed carrots and onions to the fried beef, and if necessary, a little more salt and pepper. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the meat and vegetables over low heat until fully cooked.
Advice: the liquid released from the meat and vegetables will allow them to stew in the water for the first time. own juice, but then you will still need to gradually add boiling water or broth into the pan.
While the beef and vegetables are stewing, rinse the millet under running water and mix it with peeled and cut into small pieces potatoes. Pour 2.5 cups of hot water or broth over the cereal, bring to a boil, add salt and cook under a closed lid until all liquid has completely evaporated.
Millet porridge with potatoes in a slow cooker is a somewhat unusual dish in composition, but quite interesting in taste. The combination of meat (it can be anything) and potatoes gives an unusual taste sensation. But it’s worth trying at least for a change. And if the spirit of experimentation lives in you, then this recipe for millet porridge will not go unnoticed by you.
Ingredients:
- 2 multi-cups millet;
- 2 small potato tubers (weighing ≈ 250 g);
- medium-sized onion (≈ 60 g);
- table salt - to taste (about a teaspoon);
- 4 multi-glasses of water;
- 350 gr. pork layer with a minimum amount of fat;
- a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- A good addition to this dish could be bell peppers, garlic, hot peppers (peppers, for example) and spicy seasonings(herbs).
- Yield: 6-7 servings.
- Cooking time – 70-80 minutes.
How to cook millet with potatoes in a slow cooker:
After washing the millet repeatedly under running water, pour boiling water over it, stir and set aside for at least a quarter of an hour. Peel the potatoes, cut into small cubes (about 1 cm thick) and place in a bowl, cover with cold water - let the excess starch come out of the vegetable. Chop the peeled onion finely (or coarsely – it’s up to you).
Wipe the thoroughly washed meat pulp dry and cut into thin (about 3 mm) small pieces.
Turn on the multicooker in the “Frying” mode, pour oil into the bowl, heat it up, throw in the chopped meat and fry (be sure to keep the lid of the device open) for about 20 minutes until nicely fried. If you want to speed up the cooking process of this dish, use instead raw meat a delicacy in the form of bacon or brisket (frying them will take no more than 5 minutes).
Add chopped onion and potatoes to the meat (it is advisable to wipe them after removing them from the water so that as little moisture as possible remains on the cubes), fry for another 5-6 minutes. Then throw salt and millet into a sieve into the multicooker bowl, stir. Pour in enough water to literally cover the food by half a centimeter - this amount of liquid will be enough to obtain a crumbly dish.
If you like dishes with a more delicate consistency, simply increase the volume of water.
Stir the contents of the multi-cooker bowl, turn on the “Pilaf” mode for 35 minutes or “Milk porridge” for 40 minutes - whichever is more convenient for you, the result will be the same. When the multicooker is finished, stir the prepared millet porridge with potato dressing and serve.
Today I will tell you how to prepare delicious millet porridge with potatoes in a slow cooker. Despite the fact that there is no meat in the recipe, the dish turns out to be quite satisfying and nutritious. In addition, instead of ordinary water, you can safely add meat or vegetable broth. In this case, there will be rich porridge, which can be served as a main dish.
Millet and potatoes harmonize perfectly, and the porridge acquires a very pleasant aroma and taste. I like thick millet porridge, it goes well with lunch as a second course, it can be supplemented meat cutlet or smoked meats.
Millet porridge with potatoes will be much tastier and more tender if, at the end of the cooking process, you add a mixture of raw chicken egg, garlic, spices, herbs. Of course, it is advisable to serve hot millet porridge with potatoes along with fresh vegetables, such as radishes or tomatoes.
Ingredients for preparing millet porridge with potatoes
- Potatoes – 4 pcs.
- Butter – 25 g.
- Millet – 1 cup
- Onions – 1 pc.
- Water – 3 glasses
- Chicken egg – 1 pc.
- Vegetable seasoning – 0.5 tsp.
- Garlic – 1 tooth.
- Parsley – 2 sprigs
- Salt - to taste.
How to cook millet porridge with potatoes in a slow cooker
Peel the potato tubers and rinse with water, then cut into medium cubes; the larger, the more noticeable the vegetable will be in the finished dish.
Peel the onion, then finely chop with a knife. 
Pour millet hot water for 3 minutes, then rinse under the tap with cold water. 
Pour the prepared ingredients into the multicooker container. 
Add the specified amount of hot water or broth, salt to your taste. Select the “Extinguishing” mode for 30 minutes. 
Break the egg into a separate bowl and whisk until smooth along with the vegetable seasoning. 
Rinse the parsley well under water, then finely chop the parsley and squeeze the peeled garlic clove through a garlic press, add to the egg and stir until smooth. 
Pour the egg mass into the millet porridge, stir quickly until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Put some butter, select the “Heating” mode for 5-10 minutes. If you serve millet with cutlets, you can also place them in a slow cooker to heat. 
Millet porridge with potatoes in a slow cooker is ready, it can be placed on plates or in deep bowls, and decorated with dill sprigs if desired. Bon appetit! 
