How to cook corn porridge

Corn porridge Many people love it, and those who do not love it simply do not know how to cook it correctly. Don't believe me? Try to follow the recommendations, take into account the secrets of delicious porridge in practice, and you will see that corn porridge is not only very healthy, but also very tasty.

How to cook corn porridge in milk

Corn porridge popular for its low calorie content, which is only 86 kcal per hundred grams of product. For this reason, corn grits are desirable in the diet. Another big plus of cereals is that there is no gluten in it, so people whose body is sensitive to this substance can eat without fear of corn porridge. It is quietly introduced into the diet of babies whose age has reached six months.

Before cooking corn porridge, regardless of whether it will be on milk or on water, you should know some principles of working with it, and these are:

• Be sure to rinse the cereal before cooking to remove dust and debris. It is better to do this not in a saucepan, but in a sieve to avoid excess moisture during cooking.
• To make the porridge tasty, it is better to cook it over low heat.
• For cooking porridge, it is advisable to use dishes with a thick bottom. Thus, the finished dish will be tasty and will not burn on the pan.
• Unlike most cereals, which are placed in cold water, corn grits should be immersed in boiling water, after salting and sugaring the liquid.
• If porridge is prepared as a side dish, then during cooking it is worth using proportions of 3 to 1 (water: cereal), but if milk porridge is being cooked, then the proportions should be increased to 4 to 1 (milk: cereal).

You can cook corn grits not only in a saucepan, but also in the microwave and in the oven. In the first option, you need to use glassware with a lid, turn on the device at maximum power and set the timer for seven minutes first, then stir and set for another five minutes. It is convenient to cook porridge in the oven as a second course with vegetables in clay pots. Cooking time at 180 ° C is about an hour.

Corn porridge with milk is one of the tasty and healthy treats for kids and adults too. If the dish is prepared for the smallest, then the fat content of milk should not exceed 1%. If you could not find this in the store, then take the usual 3.2% and dilute it with boiled water.

Preparing corn porridge in milk as follows:

1. Pour 150 ml of milk and half a glass of water into a saucepan with a thick bottom, dissolve a small spoonful of sugar and a pinch of salt.
2. Add two large heaping spoons of corn porridge after boiling and stir.
3. Continue to cook the porridge over low heat for a quarter of an hour, then add a piece of butter, cover and leave to simmer for another quarter of an hour. Turn off the stove, remove the pan, stir the porridge.

How to cook corn porridge in water

Corn porridge, boiled in water, is ideal as a side dish for both meat and fish, and cooking it is as easy as shelling pears:

1. Pour three glasses of water into a saucepan with a thick bottom and bring to a boil.
2. After boiling, add a pinch of salt and one glass of corn grits.
3. Boil the porridge, stirring often, for half an hour.

Such porridge should be boiled just before serving and offered while still hot, otherwise it can become very thick.

How much to cook corn porridge

It is necessary to determine the cooking time of corn grits based on what grinding of the grits. On average, it is half an hour. But if a second course or soup is prepared from porridge, then the cooking time can be adjusted by the recipe itself, pay attention to the recommendations of the author of the recipe. By the way, if you grind the porridge in a coffee grinder, then the cooking time can be reduced from half an hour to 15 minutes.