Pumpkin porridge with milk is very useful, especially for people who suffer from cardiac abnormalities and anemia.
Besides the fact that this porridge is healthy, it is also incredibly tasty.
Pumpkin porridge with milk - the basic principles of preparation
To prepare a delicious pumpkin porridge with milk, you will need pumpkin, sugar, milk and salt. Peel the pumpkin, rinse and cut into small cubes. Bring the milk to a boil and put the chopped pumpkin in it. Season with sugar and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally so that the porridge does not burn.
Readiness of the dishes is determined by pumpkin. It should fall apart into fibers.
Pumpkin porridge is also prepared with cereals: rice, oatmeal, corn, wheat, etc.
To make the porridge fragrant, you can add vanillin, cinnamon or citrus zest to it.
Pieces of fresh fruit or berries can also be added to pumpkin porridge.
The dish can be cooked not only on the stove, but also in the oven or slow cooker.
Recipe 1. Pumpkin porridge with milk and rice
Ingredients
sugar - 30 g;
rice - half a glass;
pumpkin - 250 g;
salt;
a glass of milk;
boiled water.
Cooking method
1. Peel the pumpkin, wash it, and chop it into small pieces.
2. Place the chopped pumpkin in a pan, fill it with water so that the vegetable is completely covered with liquid. We send to the fire, covering with a lid.
3. When the water boils, reduce the heat and cook the pumpkin until half ready.
4. I wash rice in several waters, until it is transparent. Add the cereal to the pan with pumpkin. Mix. If necessary, add boiled water. Increase the heat a little and cook until the rice is soft.
5. When most of the water boils, and the rice becomes soft, pour the milk. Salt and add sugar. Keep on fire, constantly stirring until milk boils. Then reduce the heat to a minimum and cook porridge for another five minutes. We spread the porridge on plates and serve, putting in each piece of butter.
Recipe 2. Pumpkin porridge with milk in a slow cooker
Ingredients
300 ml of milk;
table salt;
300 g pumpkin;
60 g of sugar;
millet - 200 g;
half a packet of butter;
200 ml of boiled water.
Cooking method
1. We sort out millet and rinse well until the water is clear. Dry slightly.
2. Pour the cereal into the capacity of the device. We activate the function of "frying" and fry millet, constantly stirring, for five minutes.
3. Salt, pour boiling water, close the lid and leave so that the water is absorbed into the cereal. Then pour millet with boiling milk. We lower the lid and run the program "porridge" for half an hour.
4. Peel the pumpkin. Cut it into small pieces. Spread in a deep plate and sprinkle with sugar. Mix.
5. After half an hour, open the lid of the device. Put the pumpkin in the porridge, add the butter, mix and close the lid. We continue to cook on the same program for another half hour. We put ready porridge on plates. You can sprinkle ground cinnamon on top.
Recipe 3. Pumpkin porridge with milk, semolina and oranges
Ingredients
table salt;
milk - half a liter;
pumpkin - 300 g;
sugar;
manka - half a glass;
butter - 100 g;
zest of orange.
Cooking method
1. Rinse a large orange, wipe with a towel and remove the zest with the smallest grater.
2. Wash the pumpkin, peel the peel with a sharp knife and rub the vegetable into large chips.
3. Put the grated pumpkin in a cauldron, add the zest of orange to it. Season with salt and sugar. Stew the pumpkin, stirring, over low heat until soft.
4. Transfer the stewed pumpkin into a saucepan, pour in the milk and put on fire. Boil the contents.
5. Gradually pour semolina, cook porridge until thickened and remove from heat. Arrange on plates and add to each piece of oil.
Recipe 4. Pumpkin porridge with milk in a pot
Ingredients
a little more than a glass of millet;
butter - a quarter of a pack;
milk - liter;
90 g of honey;
pumpkin - 300 g
Cooking method
1. Rinse millet in warm water until clear. Then pour millet with boiling water and cook literally a couple of minutes. Drain the broth. This will get rid of the characteristic bitterness of cereals.
2. Peel the pumpkin and chop it into small cubes.
3. Pour milk into a thick-walled pan and set on fire. Once it boils, reduce the heat and pour in the millet. Cook for ten minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Add the pumpkin cubes to the pan, mix, and cook for another five minutes.
5. Transfer the porridge into pots, put a piece of butter in each. Cover and place in the oven for forty minutes. Cook porridge at 150 C. Take out the prepared porridge, cool to a warm state and pour with honey.
Recipe 5. Pumpkin porridge with milk and apricots
Ingredients
pumpkin - 250 g;
table salt;
milk - half a glass;
white sugar;
ten apricots.
Cooking method
1. Wash the pumpkin and cut into small pieces.
2. Pour milk into a thick-walled pan and set it on fire. When the contents of the pan boil, add the chopped pumpkin, mix and cook for ten minutes.
3. Wash the apricots, dry them with napkins, break them in half and remove the seeds. Cut the pulp of fruit into slices and add to pumpkin milk.
4. Season the porridge with sugar and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for another five minutes. When serving, put butter.
Recipe 6. Pumpkin porridge with milk and oatmeal in a slow cooker
Ingredients
a piece of butter;
a glass of oatmeal;
150 g pumpkin;
half a liter of milk;
honey;
drinking water - 200 ml;
salt and white sugar to taste.
Cooking method
1. Cut the peeled pumpkin into slices. Place in a steaming container. Pour half a liter of water into the device. Close the cover. Put the valve in the "Closed" mode. Steam the vegetable until soft.
2. Transfer the finished pumpkin to a plate and mash with a nibbler to a puree state.
3. Drain the water from the container, wipe it with a towel and oil it. Add oatmeal and add sugar and salt to it. Send pumpkin puree here.
4. Pour milk into everything and add a little boiled water. Lower the lid and start the multi-cook function. Cooking time is 25 minutes. Set the temperature to 100 C.
5. Cool the porridge to a warm state, place on plates and pour with honey.
Recipe 7. Pumpkin porridge with milk and dumplings
Ingredients
one pumpkin;
filtered water;
liter of milk;
flour;
white sugar.
Cooking method
1. Wash the pumpkin under the tap, wipe it with a napkin and cut off the peel. Cut the peeled vegetable into small pieces.
2. Place the chopped pumpkin in a saucepan and fill it with filtered water. Cover and set on fire. When the contents begin to boil, make a slow fire and cook the pumpkin until it boils completely.
3. Pour milk into the pan and mix. Knead dough out of water and flour. Then we tear small pieces from it and put in porridge.
4. Cook over low heat, stirring for about 15 minutes. At the end, add sugar, mix and serve with butter.
Recipe 8. Pumpkin porridge with milk, rice and corn grits in a slow cooker
Ingredients
800 g pumpkin;
80 g of raisins;
a quarter packet of butter;
two glasses of drinking water;
a glass of corn grits;
liter of milk;
a glass of rice;
100 g of sugar;
cinnamon stick;
salt;
honey;
pumpkin seeds.
Cooking method
1. Cut the peel from the pumpkin with a sharp knife, clean the inner flesh and seeds. Cut the hard part of the pumpkin in arbitrary pieces. Place the pumpkin in the appliance bowl. Lay on top slices of butter and sprinkle with sugar. Lower the lid and turn on the baking mode. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring a couple of times.
2. Rinse rice and corn grits until the water becomes clear.
3. Put raisins in a cup, pour boiling water and steam for five minutes. Put a cinnamon stick.
4. Remove the pumpkin container from the appliance. Mash the vegetable with a crush to a puree state. Pour rice and corn grits. Pour the contents of the container with diluted milk. Salt the porridge and add sugar. Shuffle and activate the milk porridge program. Cook for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Ten minutes before cooking, add steamed raisins to the porridge. Leave the porridge for another half hour in the heating mode. Put the porridge on the plates. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds on top.
Pumpkin porridge with milk - tips and tricks
For the preparation of porridge, it is better to use the pumpkin variety. From it porridge will be tasty and hot, and cold.
To improve the taste of porridge, add honey, nuts or dried fruits to the finished dish.
Porridge can be prepared only from pumpkin, or with the addition of different cereals.
The pumpkin in the porridge should be completely boiled, only in this case the porridge will turn out delicious.
