Peas porridge - the secrets and methods of preparation

Peas porridge is one of those dishes that many people know from childhood. Useful and very tasty, for many children it is one of my favorite cereals, however, and adults eat her kotku, especially if you add a tasty additions.

Peas are very useful: it contains a lot of vitamins - a, b and C, minerals (calcium, iron, and other), easily digestible proteins, antioxidants and amino acids. No wonder our ancestors peas was one of the most important products, and prepared him not only cereals, but also soups, jellies, and even pies. Today, unfortunately, peas not so popular, but all who are watching their figure and want to be healthy, be sure to add dishes of peas into your weekly diet.

Peas is recommended to eat with heartburn, constipation, increased sugar in the blood and various digestive problems.

Peas porridge is delicious, hearty, rich dish that is almost impossible to mess up. However, to make this porridge was a really healthy and tasty at the time of its preparation, you should follow some subtleties. So, let's look at what stages of the preparation of this pea porridge.

Preparation of pea

First of all, is to say what the pea is better to choose the most useful for cooking porridge. The most valuable from the point of view of the content of various vitamins and minerals is Aluminy peas, however, the pea must pre-soak in water.

To start the peas should consider removing member and the poor peas, then rinse under running water several times and pour into a pan (better to use a pan made of cast iron or Teflon), add water at the rate of 1 part of peas to 4 parts water and leave for 5-7 hours or overnight. Soak peas in water provides quick flash, i.e. due to this porridge will puree.

Here, in General and all the details of the preliminary stage, then proceed to the most interesting for cooking porridge.

The secrets of healthy cooking pea porridge

Put to boil the peas on the stove need in the same water in which he was immersed. Ware, in which to boil the porridge must be Tolstoganova and thick - then the peas will provaryatsya evenly.

Put the pan on medium or low heat and bring to a boil, once boiling porridge, you can add salt, stir, and heat plates should be reduced and continue to cook porridge is not less than half an hour on a slow fire.

• When cooking garesnica do not forget to stir the peas are very easy to burn.
• If the water has boiled away, pour hot boiled water as needed.
• While cooking porridge depends on how many were immersed peas - better than he was bloated when you soak it, the less it will need to cook. Normally this time can range from 30 to 60 minutes.
• Pea porridge is ready, when whole peas seethe, and the contents of the pan has acquired a puree consistency.
• If you want your clover was more like mashed potatoes - use basic pestle till for potatoes: just mash the peas it to the desired consistency. After the mess has acquired the desired consistency, you can add additional ingredients.

Something you can add pea porridge

In different cuisines of the world have their own recipes "refining" pea porridge. The easiest way is to fill it with butter and fried onions. Another option is passaged onions and carrots. Also in this wonderful porridge, you can add fried bacon, chopped greens, fried mushrooms, fried or boiled meat, peppers and much more.

Simply fabulous taste has pea porridge, seasoned when applying cream 20-22% fat, however, this option is also very high in calories, so not suitable for everyone.

At the end of cooking to make the taste of the porridge more saturated, it is possible to pour a little beef or chicken broth, if you want to add to porridge mushrooms, you can pour and mushroom soup, and fans of vegetables can give the clover a brighter flavor, adding vegetable broth.

Options additional ingredients really a lot - it all depends on your preferences and wishes. If calories are not afraid of you - refill porridge with meat or cream, if you want bright flavor without extra calories is perfect as a dressing, sauteed onions, vegetable broth, mushrooms or peppers. Preparing pea porridge, it can be made to suit any taste - so that she will enjoy and meat eaters and dieters and vegetarians.

Of course, in this beautiful clover can and does nothing to add - its taste is always bright and without additional ingredients!

Peas porridge: a few more secrets

What if you decided to cook garesnica, but the time for soaking the peas you have? It's very simple: wash the peas, cover with cold water (the same proportions 1 part of peas into 4 parts water) and place on high heat, bring to boil, make a moderate fire, cook porridge for about an hour to the cooking peas, removing the resulting foam. If the water is hard, add a little baking soda (about ? tsp.) - then the peas seethe faster. Salt this porridge is only at the end of cooking, after boiling the peas should be crushed by tokusou, then give the resulting slightly watery puree the time that it sagastao.

When cooked pea porridge can be made even more fragrant, adding not only salt, but also a little sugar, Bay leaf and black pepper.

Fill the finished porridge can sunflower or olive oil.

Fit garesnica with chops and cutlets, pickled cucumbers and cabbage.

Because porridge is very rich, it is better to starve, than to overeat.

The remaining pea porridge can be used as a filling for pies.

Do not attempt to cook delicious garesnica in a double boiler - something good out of this is unlikely to succeed.

Recipe for pea porridge with vegetables and cream

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You will need: ? Cup peas, 1 small carrot,? bell peppers and onions, 50 g cream, herbs, salt.

How to cook pea porridge with vegetables. Soak the peas overnight, before washing it several times and the Bay water in the ratio 1:2, boil for about 40 minutes in the same water, stirring occasionally. Add to porridge cream and stretch her pestle till. Carrots, peppers and finely chop the onion, put in a small amount of water. Fill porridge and vegetable sauce, stir, adding the chopped parsley and serve.

Recipe for pea porridge with meat

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You will need: beef/pork/chicken/pork ribs, peas, water, onions, salt, oil.

How to cook pea porridge with meat. Bay any selected meat with water, boil it until tender, optionally adding the broth, seasonings and spices. When cooked remove the foam. Ready meat to get, finely chop, and the remaining broth and pour over the pre-soaked in water the peas. Be prepared from pea porridge, boil it for about an hour on moderate fire. In the finished porridge add the pieces of meat and fried onions in butter, stir and let stand at least 20 minutes

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