Crushed spelled porridge with milk. Spelled groats - a return to old Russian traditions

Spelled porridge is the leader among cereal crops in terms of the amount of nutrients. A dietary product that includes vegetable protein and many amino acids essential for the human body. Spelled porridge is not only healthy, but also tasty. You can prepare spelled porridge in different ways: with water, milk, in a slow cooker with the addition of meat, seafood, mushrooms, fruits and berries. Get to know the history of the origin of cereals, and also discover simple, step-by-step recipes for spelled porridge.

Easy to prepare

An ancient type of wheat with the unusual name “spelt” originated in the fifth millennium BC. e. This cereal gained particular popularity in Ancient Rome and Greece, where it was used to make bread for ritual sacrifices.

In Ancient Rus', spelled was known by the 10th-11th centuries. The peasants could not get enough of their happiness, because einkorn (previously called spelled) was unpretentious to the weather. Spelled hard scales, rich in fiber, could withstand severe winters and dry summers; this did not affect the yield in any way. But there was still a main drawback - the ears were poorly cleaned and produced little grain. It was necessary to work hard to grind them into flour.

Around the middle of the 19th century, a sharp decline in the volume of spelled crops began and the development of other softer grain crops began, so this unpretentious type of wheat was forgotten. But times change, “everything new is something old that was once forgotten.” And again, nutritionists put spelled porridge on a par with the healthiest foods.

Composition and beneficial properties

Spelled is wild wheat that contains a huge amount of protein - 37%, which saturates the human body, as a result of which the feeling of hunger does not make itself felt for a long time. Spelled has retained the natural set of chromosomes in its original form. All over the world, spelled cereal is considered an environmentally friendly product.

For people who are watching their weight, spelled porridge has proven to be simply irreplaceable, as it contains vitamin B6, which helps eliminate toxins and cholesterol. Porridge is often included in the diet of athletes and children. Spelled does not contain gluten, so it can be consumed by people suffering from gluten intolerance (celiac disease).

The spelled shell retains its beneficial properties even after grinding. Regular consumption of spelled porridge contributes to:

• improving the functioning of the digestive system;
• improvement of emotional state;
• normalization of the nervous, endocrine and cardiovascular systems;
• reducing the risk of developing cancer;
• strengthening the body's defenses.

There are no contraindications, but in rare cases individual intolerance is observed.

Calories and nutritional value

Selection and storage

Spelled cereals were undeservedly forgotten due to the difficulty of cleaning the grains from hard scales. But today pearl barley has found wide application and is gaining increasing popularity.

• Keep in mind that this cereal crop has many names - kamut, spelled, emmer, emmer.
• It is best to buy spelled in health food stores.
• Pay attention to the tightness of the packaging, as well as the expiration date label.
• You should not take instant spelled porridge. It has undergone heat treatment; it is better to give preference to regular coarse spelled.
• High-quality spelled grain should not contain unhusked grains and be golden in color.

The issue of storing cereals needs to be given special attention. In Rus', spelled cereal was kept in bags; today it is best to purchase airtight containers and place the container in the refrigerator.

• The maximum shelf life is 9 months. After this, the quality of spelled will decrease.
• Relative humidity - no more than 80%.
• Temperature - no higher than 20°C.
• Do not store spelled grain near strong-smelling foods, especially fish and cured meats.

Classic whole grain recipe

Spelled porridge with water was especially popular in Rus'.
It turns out tasty and satisfying (as in the photo).

You will need:

• spelled cereal - two glasses;
• four glasses of water;
• 350 g butter;
• sugar, salt.

Preparation

1. Place the spelled in a colander and rinse thoroughly.
2. Pour water into a small saucepan, bring it to a boil and gradually add spelled cereal.
3. Cook over low heat for half an hour. Add salt or sugar at the end.
4. Before serving, add a piece of butter to the spelled porridge. This way you will not only emphasize the unsurpassed nutty aroma, but also make the taste more rich.

Original recipes in a slow cooker. How much and how to cook whole grain cereals

With beef

According to an old recipe at home, spelled porridge can be deliciously cooked in a slow cooker.

You will need:

• spelled cereal - 500 g;
• two glasses of spring water;
• one head of onion;
• one small carrot;
• 300 g beef pulp;
• butter - 200 g;
• salt, black pepper;
• parsley dill.

Preparation

1. Rinse the beef in cold water, then cut into small pieces, pepper and salt.
2. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater, cut the onions into rings.
3. Place butter on the bottom of the multicooker, beef, carrots, and onion rings on top. Turn on the “Frying” mode for 15 minutes.
4. Then add spelled cereal and two glasses of spring water into the resulting mass. Close the lid tightly. Turn on the “Extinguishing” mode for half an hour.

It is customary to serve spelled porridge according to an old recipe in a clay dish, sprinkled with finely chopped herbs on top.

To prevent spelled grains from sticking together and being crumbly, you must first soak them in cold water or milk for 5 hours before cooking. It is advisable to leave it overnight so that the grains can soak well.

With fruits

Spelled grain goes well with many fruits. Boiled crushed cereal can be quickly prepared for your child’s breakfast.

You will need:

• spelled cereal - 400 g;
• two glasses of milk;
• half a glass of blueberries, raspberries or currants;
• two bananas;
• one apple;
• a bag of vanilla sugar;
• mint.

Preparation

1. Pour warm milk into the bottom of the multicooker pan, gradually add spelled cereal.
2. Turn on the “Porridge” mode for 30 minutes. Sprinkle the finished warm spelled with vanilla sugar on top.
3. Cool and form a “slide” with a hole in the middle on a plate of spelled porridge.
4. Cut the apple into cubes and place in a blender. Add blueberries, raspberries and banana slices to the same mixture. Beat everything well.
5. Pour the resulting fruit mix into the prepared “slide” and garnish with a mint leaf on top.

With mushrooms

A tasty and simple dish - spelled porridge with mushrooms. An excellent side dish for fried meat.

You will need:

• spelled cereal - 500 g;
• walnuts - 200 g;
• champignons - 300 g;
• beef broth - 3 cups;
• one head of onion;
• medium sized carrots;
• butter - 100 g;
• salt, ground red pepper;
• basil.

Preparation

1. Cut the onions and champignons into cubes, grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Chop the walnuts.
2. Place 100 g of butter on the bottom of the multicooker. Layer onions, carrots, mushrooms and nuts. Sprinkle ground red pepper on top and turn on the “Fry” mode for 10 minutes.
3. Pour three glasses of beef broth over the fried mixture and add salt. Add spelled grain. Turn on the “Extinguishing” mode for half an hour.
4. Garnish the finished dish with finely chopped parsley, basil and coriander.

Now you know how to cook spelled porridge. The advantages can be listed for a long time, but the “grain” is that spelled porridge is not only easy to prepare, but also useful to introduce into your diet. Energy, excellent mood and a boost of vigor for the whole day are guaranteed!

Photo of spelled with vegetables

Surely many thought: “Spelled?!! It seems something familiar.” Familiar from Pushkin's fairy tale "About the priest and his worker Balda." But probably only a few have tried it. And I myself just recently learned about such a wonderful cereal - amazing wild wheat! My husband just saw it in the supermarket, bought it, brought it and cooked it. I fell in love with this nutty taste immediately. Now spelled is on my healthy menu weekly, because thanks to its balanced combination of nutrients, spelled quickly saturates the body, gives vigor and energy for a long time!
If you allow me, a small ode of praise to this SUPERFOOD: SPELLED is the ancestor of wheat, the most ancient cereal with a set of chromosomes that has remained unchanged for centuries. It was forgotten for many years, since its harvest is very difficult to harvest: the ear is very fragile and the combine cannot cope with processing this grain, it crushes it into pieces and turns it into dust, so it is cut off with a scythe and ground out with threshers, and this is a long and expensive process . But, fortunately for us, spelled has recently experienced a new surge in its popularity and entered the top of the healthiest products in the world. And no wonder: this genetically pure cereal, unlike wheat, has a higher bioavailability for humans, so all the vital substances from this grain can be quickly absorbed into the body, and spelled grains are protected from harmful and toxic substances by a super-dense shell , which can protect grain from almost any type of contaminant. It contains more protein, fat and crude fiber than wheat, and also has large amounts of vitamin B17 (which has anti-cancer effects), as well as significant levels of iron, copper, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, selenium, niacin, thiamine, vitamin B6 and folic acid. Spelled proteins contain all nine essential amino acids needed by the human body, which are not produced in our bodies and can only be obtained from food. As you can see, it’s not for nothing that it’s called black caviar among grains!!!
So, finally, what can spelled do: improve digestion, reduce excess weight, reduce bad cholesterol, increase hemoglobin, regulate blood sugar levels, regulate hormone levels in the body, improve the condition of the skeletal system, increase immunity and endurance of the body.
You can find cereals in the cereal or diet food departments of large supermarkets (it costs the same as buckwheat), or in stores and on health food websites (but they are usually more expensive there).

Spelled with vegetables recipe ingredients

• 200 g spelled
• small zucchini
• 2 tomatoes
• bell pepper (I didn't have any)
• carrot
• greenery
• 1-2 tbsp. l. butter (can be melted or vegetable)
• salt, pepper to taste

Ecology of consumption. Food and recipes: Spelled sprouts well. It only takes a couple of hours for it to get wet. It can be eaten separately, with vegetables, fruits, and herbs. You can make porridge. The less we cook spelled, the more useful it is

Spelled sprouts well. It only takes a couple of hours for it to get wet. It can be eaten separately, with vegetables, fruits, and herbs. You can make porridge. The less we cook spelled, the more useful it is.For those for whom this is not enough, here are spelled recipes:

Spelled soup :

Ingredients:

• Whole spelled 100 gr
• Vegetable meat 1 liter
• Cream 35% 50 g
• Onion 1 piece
• Butter 2 tbsp
• Green onion (chopped) 30 g
• Salt to taste.
• Spices: nutmeg, ground black pepper.

Preparation:

Peel the onion and chop it finely. In a saucepan, lightly fry the onions in melted butter. Add spelled to the pan and fry until light brown, stirring continuously. Then pour the vegetable broth into the pan, mix everything, add salt, after boiling, reduce the heat and simmer over low heat for 10-15 minutes. At the end, add ground black pepper, nutmeg and finely chopped green onions. Pour the cream into the pan and beat the soup with a mixer, bring to a boil. Pour the finished soup into serving bowls and sprinkle with green onions. Serve with croutons and rye crackers.

Sohapur (Armenian cuisine).

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

• Leek 200 g
• Whole spelled 80 g
• Wheat flour 12 g
• Ghee 40 g
• Potatoes 400 g
• Salt to taste
• Spices: black allspice, parsley.

Preparation:

Sort the leeks, rinse in water, chop. Fry leeks in a saucepan with melted butter. Then add water and simmer over low heat. Add spelled, chopped potatoes, salt and cook until tender. Fry the flour, dilute with onion broth, add to the soup. Bring the soup to a boil. Serve in deep cups, sprinkle thickly with finely chopped parsley and add black allspice.

Spelled mushroom soup.

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

• Whole spelled 1 cup
• White mushrooms (dried) 100 g
• Fresh champignons (chopped) 250 g
• Butter 35 g
• Onion 1 piece
• Garlic 2 cloves
• Celery stalk 2 pcs
• Potatoes 5 pcs
• Mushroom broth 1 l
• Cream 35% 1 cup

Preparation:

Rinse the spelled, add water and leave to swell for 30 minutes. Rinse dried mushrooms and cover with water for 20 minutes. Boil the spelled for 30-40 minutes over low heat, then drain the water. Boil the mushrooms until tender, strain the mushroom broth.

Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the garlic cloves, removing them as they fry. Immediately add chopped champignons and boiled porcini mushrooms. Then add finely chopped onions to the pan.

Boil a stalk of celery with chopped potatoes in a small amount of water for 10-15 minutes. Add thyme. Cool slightly and blend with a blender until pureed.

In a saucepan, combine mashed potatoes with celery, fried mushrooms with onions, spelled, add mushroom broth, add salt, heat and pour in cream. Heat the soup until thickened, without bringing to a boil.

Serve with fried bread and rye crackers.

Spelled salad with fried vegetables.

Ingredients:

• Boiled spelled 2 cups
• Eggplant 1 piece
• Zucchini 2 pcs
• Red pepper 1 piece
• Red onion 1 piece
• Cherry tomatoes 8 pcs
• Basil 1 bunch
• Capers 3 tbsp
• Seasoning
• Olive oil 3 tbsp
• Balsamic vinegar 1/3 cup
• Parsley 1 bunch
• Salt, black allspice - to taste

Preparation:

Soak the spelled for 30 minutes, rinse, add water in a ratio of 1/1.3 parts and boil in salted water for 20 minutes until the liquid boils away. Place in a large bowl.

Cut vegetables: remove seeds from peppers and cut into large pieces. Peel the onion and cut lengthwise into half rings. Wash the zucchini, do not peel the small ones, peel the large ones. Cut the zucchini into pieces 2 cm thick. Cut the eggplants, without peeling, into 3 cm pieces.

Then quickly fry the vegetables in olive oil, stirring gently. So that they don't lose their shape. Cool.

Place the fried vegetables in a bowl with spelled, add chopped basil and parsley, capers without brine, cherry tomatoes cut in half.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Pour in a seasoning mixture of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Gently mix the salad from top to bottom and garnish with basil.

Cauliflower casserole with spelled.

Ingredients:

• Crushed spelled 200 g
• Vegetable broth 1 l
• Cauliflower 1 kg
• Egg 2 pcs
• Cottage cheese 250 g
• Milk 4 tbsp
• Green onion 1 bunch

Spices: grated nutmeg, juice from half a lemon, sea salt, allspice - to taste.

Preparation:

Rinse the crushed spelled several times in water, add vegetable broth and cook until tender.

Disassemble the cauliflower into inflorescences, rinse in water, sprinkle with lemon juice and boil for 10 minutes with the addition of salt.

After boiling, cool the cabbage and let the water drain. Then chop not very finely and place in a greased baking dish.

Wash and dry green onions. Cut finely.

Beat eggs with milk, add spices and salt, mix with cottage cheese and green onions. Pour the prepared mixture over the cauliflower, spreading evenly in the baking dish without stirring.

Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.

Serve with sour cream, sprinkled with green onions.

Spelled pilaf with mushrooms.

Ingredients:

• Whole spelled 2 cups
• Champignons 1 kg
• Onions 2 pcs
• Ghee 4 tbsp
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Melt the butter in a deep saucepan, frying pan or cauldron. Lightly fry the spelled in melted butter, pour in 5 cups of water, add salt, close with a lid and simmer until cooked until all the water has gone.

Boil the mushrooms; large ones can be cut.

Cut the onion into half rings and fry in oil. Add boiled mushrooms to the onions, after draining the water. Lightly fry mushrooms with onions.

Add mushrooms fried with onions to the already prepared spelt, mix gently, heat through, add allspice.Serve hot.

Spelled with turmeric.

Ingredients:

• Whole spelled 400 g
• Green onions 2 bunches
• Onion 1 piece
• Vegetable broth 1 l
• Turmeric 2 tbsp
• Balsamic vinegar 1 coffee spoon
• Olive oil 3 tbsp
• Soy sauce 1 tbsp
• Cilantro 1 bunch
• Parsley 1 bunch
• Ground pepper to taste

Preparation:

Prepare vegetable broth with a bunch of parsley.Rinse whole spelled and pre-soak in water for 1 hour.

Fry the onions in a large cast iron frying pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and half the turmeric.

When the onion is fried until golden brown, add half the broth and bring to a boil. Add the washed spelt to the boiling broth, after draining the water in which it was soaked. Then add the rest of the turmeric, pepper and leave to simmer under the lid until the spelled is ready.

When cooking, add broth as it is absorbed. Do not stir the spelled.

At the end add chopped onion. Mix the remaining olive oil, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar and add before finishing cooking.

Serve hot, generously sprinkled with chopped cilantro.

Spelled with beets and horseradish

Ingredients:

• Whole spelled 250 g
• Beetroot 1 piece
• Grated horseradish 2 tbsp
• Chicken broth 400 ml
• Onion (red) 1 pc.
• Parmesan cheese 100 g
• Sugar 50 g
• Sour cream 100 g
• White wine vinegar 50 ml
• Fennel 1 piece
• Beetroot juice 200 ml
• Olive oil 20 ml
• Sunflower oil 50 ml
• Sherry 100 ml
• Butter 50 g
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Soak whole spelled overnight in a small amount of water. Then drain the water, rinse the spelled, add salted water in a 1:1 ratio and boil over low heat for 30 minutes.

Cut the beets (raw) into thin strips or grate them on a coarse grater. Mix salt, vinegar, sugar and marinate the beets for 40 minutes.

Slice the fennel as thin as possible, add salt and pepper and mix with olive oil.

Mix grated horseradish with sour cream, add salt and pepper to taste.

Put all this in the refrigerator.

Mix chicken broth with sherry and beet juice, heat well over low heat without boiling.

In a saucepan, fry finely chopped onion in sunflower oil, then chopped garlic. Add spelled there and fry everything together, stirring, for 3-5 minutes. Gradually add the broth mixture with beetroot juice and sherry. Heat everything in a frying pan, stirring, until it reaches the consistency of resotto.

Remove from heat, stir in grated Parmesan and butter. Serve with pickled beets and fennel. Use horseradish with sour cream as a sauce.

Tolma (Armenian cuisine)

Ingredients:

• Lentils 160 g
• Whole spelled 350 g
• Beans 120 g
• Onion 1 piece
• Dried apricots without seeds 100 g
• Raisins 80 g
• Vegetable oil 200 g
• Grape leaves 800 g
• Greens - cilantro, parsley
• Salt, ground red pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Soak the spelled in water overnight. Then drain the water, rinse the spelled and boil in salted water until tender.

Boil lentils and beans.Cut the onion into cubes and sauté in vegetable oil.Soak dried apricots, raisins and rinse.Scald the grape leaves with boiling water.

Mix spelt, lentils, beans with fried onions, raisins, and chopped herbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Wrap the resulting filling in grape leaves in the form of an envelope and place in rows in a thick-bottomed pan or cauldron. Sprinkle with dried apricots. Drizzle with vegetable oil, add water and cook over low heat until cooked.

Serve with plenty of chopped herbs.

Classic spelled porridge.

Ingredients:

• Whole spelled 1 cup
• Curdled milk 0.5 cups
• Cold water 1.5 cups
• Milk 0.5 cups
• Butter, salt, to taste

Preparation:

Soak the spelled for 6 hours in a mixture of 0.5 cups of yogurt and 1 cup of water.

Then rinse the spelled and put it in a saucepan, add 0.5 cups of water and 0.5 cups of milk.

Mix everything and put on low heat. Cook until the liquid boils away. Then add salt, sugar and butter to the finished porridge to taste. Let stand covered, or better yet, covered, to evaporate for an hour.

Spelled and orange muesli.

Ingredients:

• Spelled 50 g
• Milk 200 ml
• Kefir 250 ml
• Orange 2 pcs
• Hazelnuts 50 g
• Honey 2 tbsp
• Salt sugar to taste

Preparation:

Heat milk in a small saucepan, add spelt, add salt and sugar to taste and cook for 10 minutes. Then, after cooling, add kefir, honey, mix and leave to swell for 10 minutes. Peel the orange and cut into small pieces, lightly fry the nuts. Add nuts and chopped orange to the swollen muesli.

Spelled muesli

Ingredients:

• Whole spelled 100 g
• Creamy yoghurt 300 g
• Honey 3 tablespoons
• Banana 1 piece
• Raisins 2 tbsp

Preparation:

Pour the spelled into a saucepan, add a small amount of water and leave to swell for 8 hours or overnight.

Then boil the swollen spelled over low heat under the lid for 25-30 minutes. Place on a sieve and cool.

Rinse the raisins and soak in hot water for 10 minutes. Then drain the water.

Peel the banana, cut into slices.

Add honey to yogurt and stir.

Serve by mixing spelled, yoghurt with honey, raisins and chopped banana in a serving bowl.

Porridge made from spelled, apples and pumpkin.

Ingredients:

• Spelled 200 g
• Pumpkin 200 g
• Apple 1 piece
• Milk 500 ml
• Curdled milk 400 ml
• water 100 ml
• Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste.

Preparation:

Mix yogurt and water, add spelt to this mixture and leave for 6 hours. After this, rinse the spelled in cold water.

Peel and cut the pumpkin into small pieces, pour it into a hot frying pan and lightly fry in a small amount of vegetable oil (two minutes).

Pour milk into a saucepan, heat, add spelled and cook over low heat until tender (20 minutes). Halfway through cooking, add the fried pumpkin pieces and stir.

Cut the apple into cubes and add before the end of cooking. We also add cinnamon, salt, sugar. Mix everything thoroughly.

Add butter before serving. Leave, wrapped, for 10 minutes.

Spelled with dried fruits.

Ingredients:

• Spelled 400 g
• Dried pear 150 g
• Prunes 150 g
• Dates 150 g
• Raisins 100 g
• Dried apricots 100 g
• Honey 100 g
• Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

Cook the spelled with salt until tender. Add cinnamon to the cooked spelled.

Wash dried fruits and pour boiling water until they swell. Remove pits from dates and chop large fruits. Add dried fruits to the cooked spelled, heat over low heat, add honey.

Spelled porridge with berries.

Ingredients:

• Spelled 250 g
• Curdled milk or kefir 300 ml
• Fresh berries - according to the season (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants. Blackberries or mixed berries)
• Water 100 ml
• Honey 100 g
• Butter 50 g
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

Soak the spelled in a mixture of curdled milk and water overnight. Then rinse, add water, add salt and cook until tender.

Season the prepared spelled porridge with butter and honey.

Garnish with fresh berries without stirring so that the berries remain intact.

Airy pie made from spelled flour with spices.

Ingredients:

• Spelled flour 2.25 cups
• Sugar 1.5 cups
• Vegetable oil 1 cup
• Egg 4 pcs
• Milk 0.25 cups
• Baking powder (baking powder) 1 teaspoon
• Baking soda 1 teaspoon
• Coffee seasoning (Arabic blend) 1 teaspoon

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to medium temperature (170 C). Grease 2 baking sheets with oil

Beat eggs with butter, sugar and milk. Add whole spelled flour, baking powder, baking soda and seasonings. Mix until a homogeneous mass is formed.

Transfer the mixture onto two baking sheets so that the dough does not reach the edges of the rim.

Bake until done, checking doneness with a match or wooden stick.

approximately 40 min.

Spelled buns with oat flakes.

Ingredients:

• Whole spelled flour 500 g
• Wheat flour 500 g
• Leaven
• Salt 20 g
• Milk 300 ml
• Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
• Honey 3 tbsp
• Eggs 2 pcs
• Oat flakes No. 2 100 g

Preparation:

Combine spelled flour, wheat flour and remaining dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make a depression in the center.

In a small bowl, combine milk, honey, olive oil and eggs, whisk until smooth and pour into the well in the flour. Knead the dough. Cover it with a damp towel and leave it in a warm place.

Line three baking trays with baking paper. Knead the dough briefly, form it into 25 balls of approximately 100 g each, place on baking sheets and leave to rise for an hour. Cover the baking sheets with a damp cloth so that the dough does not dry out when rising.

Heat the oven to 210 degrees,

Place a fireproof container with water, about 2 cups, on the bottom.

Beat an egg with a tablespoon of milk. Using a pastry brush, brush the buns and sprinkle oatmeal on top.

Place the tray with buns in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 170 degrees and bake for another 15-20 minutes.

Cook with love!

How is spelled porridge prepared? The recipe for this dish will be presented in the materials of this article. You will also learn about what the mentioned cereal is.

General Product Information

What is spelt? from this cereal are known to few housewives. Moreover, not all chefs know about its existence.

According to experienced chefs, spelt, or spelled wheat, is a group of species of the genus Wheat with filmy grains, as well as brittle ears.

The mentioned plant includes such wild species as einkorn wheat, single-awned einkorn, double-awned einkorn and Urart wheat. There are also cultivated types: einkorn, spelled, makha wheat and Timofeev's wheat. Of the listed species that are directly related to emmer, emmer is the most commonly cultivated.

Spelled is distinguished by grains with non-threshing films. This crop is also characterized by brittle ears, brick-red color, unpretentiousness and early ripening. It should also be said that it is extremely resistant to various fungal diseases.

Spelled porridge: step-by-step recipe

There are many options on how to make such a tasty and nutritious dish. Most people cook spelled porridge using milk. However, some cooks prefer to make it using ordinary drinking water. Of course, in this case the dish turns out to be less calorie and tasty. But for dietary nutrition it is best suited.

So how is spelled porridge prepared? The recipe, implemented on water, requires the use of:

• spelled - about one glass;
• beet sugar - use to taste (you need about one large spoon);
• olive oil - about one dessert spoon per adult serving.

Cooking process

Diet spelled porridge, the recipe for which we are considering, is prepared quite simply. First, the grains are carefully sorted and washed several times in cool water. Next, it is placed in a deep pan in which it is planned to cook the dish. After filling the spelled with one and a half glasses of water, place it on low heat. After the liquid boils, the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Cook the porridge for about five minutes. Then you again need to pour in drinking water in the amount of two glasses. If you want a less thick dish, you can use a little more liquid.

At the same time, sugar and salt are added to the spelled (to your taste). After mixing the ingredients, cover them with a lid. In this form, the dish is cooked on the lowest heat for about forty minutes. At the same time, periodically stir the porridge with a spoon so that it does not stick to the bottom of the dish.

20 minutes after the start of cooking, the spelled should swell noticeably. At the end of the heat treatment, the cereal will completely absorb water and become soft and coarse. In this case, the porridge itself will turn out to be either viscous or crumbly (depending on the amount of water added).

Once the dish is cooked, it is tightly closed with a lid, removed from the stove and wrapped in a thick blanket. This is allowed to rest for ¼ hour.

How to serve porridge for lunch?

Now you know how spelled porridge is prepared. The recipe for this delicious dish was presented above. It is served only hot. After placing the porridge on a plate, season it with olive oil (you can add butter if desired).

It should immediately be noted that spelled porridge with milk is prepared in the same way. In this case, use 1.5 glasses of water and 2-2.5 glasses of milk.

Spelled porridge: Armenian recipe

In Armenia, the dish in question is usually prepared using mushrooms and meat. We will describe exactly how this culinary process is carried out right now.

So what needs to be prepared to make a very tasty Armenian spelled porridge? The recipe, implemented in a slow cooker, requires the use of:

• spelled - about one glass;
• regular drinking water - 3.5 glasses;
• table salt - add to your taste;
• olive oil - optional;
• fresh champignons - 4 pcs.;
• butter - as desired;
• onions, carrots - 2 pcs.;
• poultry breast - 300 grams.

Component Processing

How is spelled processed? This cereal turns out to be very tasty) always require thorough washing of the product using a sieve. As soon as the water flowing from the spelled becomes clear, shake it vigorously and begin processing other ingredients.

Fresh champignons and chicken breast are thoroughly washed and then chopped into cubes. Fresh vegetables are also peeled and chopped in the same way.

Frying process

To make Armenian spelled porridge tasty, meat, mushrooms and vegetables should be pre-fried. To do this, place them in a multicooker bowl, add olive oil and turn on the baking mode. Stirring the ingredients periodically, fry them for fifteen minutes. After this, the products are salted to taste and filled with water.

Closing the multicooker with a lid, set the stewing program. In this mode, the ingredients are cooked for another 10 minutes. Next, the previously processed spelled is laid out on top of them. Without stirring the components, cover them again with a lid and continue to simmer for a whole hour. During this time, the cereal will absorb all the broth and swell well. As for the remaining ingredients, they will be completely cooked.

After the multicooker signals the end of the program, add a small amount of butter to the porridge. Next, mix it thoroughly so that the chicken breasts are evenly distributed throughout the spelled. After closing the lid of the kitchen device, the dish is kept heated for another five to seven minutes.

How to serve?

Like regular spelled porridge with water or milk, the Armenian dish should be served for lunch only hot. It is laid out on plates and placed immediately. If you wish, you can sprinkle this porridge with fresh chopped herbs.

Let's sum it up

There are many recipes based on grains such as spelled. In our country, porridge from this product is not prepared very often. Many housewives believe that in order to completely soften the cereal in question they will need a lot of free time. And indeed, spelled, unlike buckwheat or rice, takes quite a long time to cook. To significantly shorten this process, many cooks recommend soaking the product in cold water in advance and keeping it in this way for about half a day. During this time, the spelled will absorb some of the liquid and become softer and looser.

For morning porridges, spelled can be cooked with the addition of sugar and fruit additives. For greater nutritional value, you can cook spelled porridge with milk. To enhance the taste, spelled can be soaked not in water, but in kefir or yogurt.

As a side dish, spelled after cooking can be fried with onions, carrots, seasonal vegetables, and mushrooms.

The price of spelled is from 150 rubles/400 grams. (Moscow average as of November 2018), cereals can be found in large hypermarkets. Despite the price and the fact that spelled is considered a rather rare grain, be prepared for the fact that the grain may end up with pebbles and plant husks - you need to select the pebbles and remove the husks by washing the grain.

Other cereals, which, along with spelled, are produced from wheat - semolina, Poltava cereal, bulgur, couscous. The taste of boiled spelled is very reminiscent of semolina and “asks” to be supplemented with butter.

The calorie content of spelled is 337 kcal/100 grams.

Spelled is very boiled - from 170 grams of dry cereal you get 780 grams of side dish.

Fkusnofacts

Spelled is mentioned by Pushkin in “The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda.” According to the plot of the fairy tale, Balda agrees to harsh working conditions in exchange for 3 schelbans and food in the form of boiled spelt. It must be said that Balda’s calculation was pragmatic: spelled is indeed considered very nutritious and healthy, it can saturate and give strength for a long time. Homer mentions spelled in the Odyssey and is mentioned in the Bible.

The benefits are considered more beneficial than wheat.

Other names for the cereal are spelled, kamut, and einkorn.

Store spelled in a dry, dark place for up to 2 years.