Barley porridge - for health and longevity

For breakfast, lunch or dinner, with milk or meat - cook this wonderful porridge can be in a variety of situations, and the result will always have only positive side - tasty, healthy and nutritious. Cooking barley porridge.

Barley porridge - traditional Russian cuisine, prepared by our ancestors it from time immemorial, and for a long time, it was the product of "elite", which is why it was called the king. Even the name itself indicates the high status of this cereal in the old days: "pearl" - the word "pearl", which is called freshwater pearls in Kievan Rus. And such was the comparison resemblance polished barley groats and pearls - processed grains so resemble in color and shape of pearls, they did not notice it was impossible. Adored barley even Peter himself I, as he is known, was a man of active and intelligent, maybe it's his addiction to mess partly caused those of its features. The fact that the barley porridge is extremely useful - it is rich in protein, B vitamins, vitamins A, E, D, nutrients (iron, phosphorus, copper, iodine, calcium, protein, selenium, fiber, etc.), Including - amino acids. One of the amino acids - lysine, it has antiviral effect, including in the fight against colds and herpes virus infections, slows the aging process, is involved in the production of collagen. Japanese scientists have shown that regular consumption of barley with increased life expectancy, and recommend it to everyone to eat the elderly.

A list of useful properties of this cereal is so broad that list all the aspects of the beneficial effects of regular consumption it can be a very long time. In a nutshell: it helps the proper development and growth of the child's body, improves the complexion, skin and prevents aging, positive effect on the gastrointestinal tract, removes chemicals and toxins, improves the immune system, reduces the risk of allergic reactions, helps to recover from poisoning. Eat this mess is not only recommended when acidity of the stomach, and in general to eat barley in very large quantities should not be.

Arguments in favor of the introduction of barley porridge in the diet can result in a lot more, but will focus on its preparation. In Russia, Barley prepared a variety of dishes, but today it is often served in hospitals, and even then only in one form - boiled obscene. Meanwhile, in this form it is only useful for stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers, in all other cases it is better not to cook barley to the consistency of "gruel", and so that it can be chewed, it is not necessary to fill with enthusiasm barley sugar. Under these rules porridge, cooked from unpolished, rough grains will not only be very useful, but also delicious!

Proper cooking barley porridge involves pre-soaking grains within 10-12 hours. When soaking must be met strict proportions: 1 cup 200ml cereals must be taken exactly 1 liter of water. Soaked barley must be brought to a boil, then dovarit in a water bath for 5-6 hours - it will be the right way of cooking. Usually it is cooked like this: bring in water or milk to a boil and boil for 1-1.5 hours to the optimum for your taste softening.

Barley porridge is good and the fact that it can be combined with different foods - vegetables, poultry, meat. This gives a very tasty and delicious. Here are their recipes.

Recipe barley porridge with meat

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Need: 500-600 g pork, 3 cups water, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 cup pearl barley, 1 onion, pepper, salt.

How to cook barley porridge with meat. Onions cut into cubes and fry until transparent, put the sliced meat, salt the pepper, add the garlic, passed through the press, add pre-soaked for a few hours grits, pour water, cover and simmer over medium heat until tender.

By the way, to bring the barley porridge recipe can be cooked in a pressure cooker or Multivarki. You can cook the barley with meat in another way: it boil until cooked separately in a frying pan fry the onions and carrots, then add them finely chopped or dismantled for fiber ready boiled meat, a little put out, add a ready porridge, pour broth and stew about 5 minutes - a simple recipe with a delicious result.

Very often, barley porridge cooked with stewed meat, mushrooms, add to it just fried onions or boiled it in milk for breakfast, soup of spices and vegetables. Try to cook barley in its sole discretion with your favorite foods and home raduyte delicious and very useful porridge!

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