How to cook semolina without lumps
In today's article I will tell you how to cook semolina without lumps. Many novice cooks want to learn how to cook semolina with a uniform consistency, but their attempts most often end in failure.
Everyone at least once in my life tried semolina. As a child, mom constantly cooked this dish, and without lumps. When I became an adult and began to master cooking, at first I did not manage to cook semolina porridge well. Thanks to my mom for helping her with some useful tips.
A secret step-by-step recipe without lumps
I will share a secret cooking technology that involves pre-soaking semolina. During the “water treatment”, the particles absorb moisture. As a result, lumps do not form.
IngredientsServings: - + 4- milk 1 cup
- semolina 3 tbsp. l
- butter 10 g
- salt to taste
- sugar to taste
- jam or jam to taste
- Pour a glass of cold milk into the pan. I recommend making semolina in a small pan with a long handle. It will allow you to control the capacity when the semolina begins to rise.
- Add sugar and salt to milk. The amount of ingredients depends on your preference. If you intend to use jam, fresh berries or preserves, do not add sugar to milk.
- The next step in making semolina without lumps is extremely important.
- To make the finished dish a homogeneous consistency and without lumps, add cereal to cold milk. As a result, semolina absorbs liquid and swells, and the grains do not stick together.
- Put the pan with milk and semolina on a small fire. During the cooking process, mix the contents constantly. If this is not done, the grains will stick to the bottom of the pan.
- After boiling milk, reduce the fire to a minimum, and put the pan on the edge of the burner. After about two minutes, the semolina will thicken and can be removed from the stove.
- It remains to pour the porridge into a plate, add a little butter and mix slightly.
You can improve the taste of the dish by adding fresh berries or jam.
You just learned how to cook semolina without lumps. The ingredients provided for in the recipe are enough for making semolina porridge intended for the child. If you want to please an adult with a dish, I recommend proportionally increasing the number of products by about one and a half times.
How to make semolina porridge in milk
Semolina porridge is a simple, tasty and nutritious dish. Not every hostess dares to cook it, because it is not always possible to cook good semolina.
There are many ways to cook. However, semolina has the best taste, for the preparation of which fresh milk is used.
I will give a recipe for semolina porridge in milk, so that you cook an impeccable dish. Observe the proportions provided for in the recipe and the sequence of stages of preparation.
Ingredients:- Milk - 1 cup.
- Water - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
- Groats - 4 tsp.
- Sugar and butter.
- To prepare semolina in milk, take dishes with a thick bottom. Depends on the thickness of the bottom whether the semolina burns. Moreover, burning can be avoided by adding a small amount of water.
- Pour water into the prepared dishes and turn on a small fire. Immediately add cool milk to the pan and wait until it begins to rise. Then reduce the heat and pour semolina in a thin stream. Stir the contents of the pan all the time. The result is a homogeneous porridge without lumps.
- Cook for three minutes, stirring constantly.
- Turn off the stove, add a little sugar and mix. Cover the dishes and leave for a quarter of an hour. After this time, semolina will absorb milk. The result is a thick mess.
You can make a real treat out of the dish if you add a little butter and some jam to the semolina before serving. I add quince jam. Get a real culinary masterpiece.
Cooking semolina porridge on the water
Culinary fashion welcomes the preparation of diet and low-calorie dishes. In order to keep up to date and not recede from the trends, I propose to talk about how to cook semolina porridge in water.
Semka is a unique cereal, for the production of which soft grades of wheat are used. It is rich in phosphorus, calcium and nutrients for the human body.
Semolina is a dietary product, especially if cooked without the addition of milk and sugar. It will get a freshish porridge, so add some raisins. The recipe for water is extremely simple. Just remember, semolina has the ability to stray into lumps. Therefore, stir constantly during cooking.
The most crucial step in the recipe is mixing cereals with water. To prevent the appearance of lumps, decoy often and quickly.
Ingredients:- Groats - 3 tbsp. spoons.
- Butter - 2 tbsp. spoons.
- Raisins - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
- Sugar and salt.
The ingredients are indicated per serving of semolina porridge. If you are afraid to gain weight or use sugar is contraindicated, exclude this ingredient. If there are no restrictions, the use of sugar is mandatory.
Cooking:- Pour the cereal into the pan and evenly distribute along the bottom. This is a must. Semka is constantly knocked into lumps, and in the case of water, their number is much larger.
- Add water to the pan and mix. I recommend using warm water. Constantly stirring, bring semolina to a boil.
- After boiling water in a pan add a little sugar. Salt to taste.
- Boil semolina porridge in the water for at least five minutes, stirring all the time. Do not digest, otherwise the cereal will fall apart.
- Add butter. It is not necessary to remove the dish from the stove. Together with the oil, send a little raisins to the pan and mix thoroughly.
Now you thoroughly know how to cook semolina porridge on the water. If you like butter, put as much as you like, do not spoil the porridge with butter.
How to cook semolina in a slow cooker
Many housewives cook milk porridge and soups. Each of them knows well that in the process of cooking these dishes must be carefully monitored. Otherwise, the milk will just “run away”. Modern kitchen appliances help to avoid this problem, if you know the recipe for semolina in a slow cooker.
Semolina is perhaps the only dish that accompanies a person throughout his life.
Ingredients:- Groats - 0.5 cups.
- Water - 1.5 cups.
- Milk - 2 cups.
- Sugar and butter.
- Semolina is famous for its ability to absorb liquid. For this reason, the ratio of semolina to liquid should be at least 1 to 7.
- Pour semolina into the container of the multicooker with a small amount of sugar and mix. As a result, lumps do not form during cooking.
- Pour milk into a slow cooker and put a piece of butter. If you want to cook for a child, dilute the milk with water. For adults, cereal in one milk is excellent.
- Activate the "Multi-cook" mode. At a temperature of 90 degrees, semolina is cooked for about a third of an hour.
- After the specified time, the semolina is ready. Perhaps, after opening the lid, the porridge will seem a little liquid, then just mix the semolina carefully.
Not all children like this dish. If you cook it in a slow cooker, they will be satisfied. I have tested this in practice many times.
Semka cooked semolina has a pleasant texture and delicate taste. If you spice it up with a few tablespoons of honey, you get a real masterpiece that no one will refuse.
The benefits and harms of semolina porridge
In the final part of the article, we consider the benefits and harms of semolina porridge.
Semolina contains a small amount of magnesium, calcium and phosphorus, since useful substances are concentrated in the shell of wheat grain, which is removed during manufacture. At the same time, each grain contains a lot of potassium and vitamins.
Children's doctors recommend giving decoy to babies after a year. There is no fiber in the porridge. Consequently, the baby’s stomach easily copes with these products. Up to one year, children should not be given semolina. It contains a lot of gluten, which in babies causes an allergic disorder. There is a lot of phytin in semolina that interferes with the absorption of calcium. That is why berries or fruits are added to the porridge that neutralize this substance.
Manka helps cleanse the body of mucus and remove fat. It acts as a source of energy and has a beneficial effect on the muscles and bones of a person. Doctors recommend semolina for people suffering from exhaustion, bowel ailments, after operations on the intestines or stomach, and people with poor digestion. Even a special diet designed based on milk and semolina has been developed.
In some cases, decoy is harmful. You can not give children up to one year of age, it is contraindicated in people with calcium deficiency and an allergy to glutin.