How to cook pumpkin porridge ? Mistresses face this challenge when they have a ripe and healthy pumpkin at their disposal. There are many different ways to prepare this dish. Let's talk about some of them.
How to cook pumpkin porridge for a child
Children's menu must contain dairy products, and specifically porridge. If you add pumpkin to it, then the dish will become more healthy and tasty. To prepare pumpkin porridge you will need:
- millet (you can take rice) in an amount of 400 g;
- a few tablespoons of sugar (to taste - from 2 to 4);
- pumpkin pulp weighing 500 g;
- half a pack (about 100 g) of butter;
- a few spoons of (large) honey;
- cream in the amount of 1 package (about 200 ml);
- to taste and desire walnuts, dried apricots, prunes and raisins.
How to cook pumpkin porridge: cooking technology
Children like everything unusual, so you can cook porridge not in a simple pan, but in small portioned pots. To get started, sort out the millet, rinse it so that the water is clear. Then transfer to a container and fill with water (cold) for an hour. As time passes, bring to a boil 500 ml of water, put sugar and a little salt in it. Pour boiled millet with boiling water. Leave on for a few minutes. During this time, prepare pumpkin pulp. Cut the vegetable into small slices. Melt half of the total honey and butter in a skillet. Put the slices of pumpkin and lightly brown. Lay out the swollen millet in pots. Put the pumpkin slices and the remaining butter on top. Cover with foil and place in an oven preheated to 130 degrees. Bake porridge for half an hour. Then take out the pots, remove the sheets and pour in the cream (you need to preheat them). Put back into the oven for 10 minutes. Grind walnuts. Fry them in a pan (without oil), wash the dried fruits (prunes and dried apricots can be cut into smaller pieces). Put nuts, pieces of dried fruits in each pot, pour with melted honey. Serve the porridge to the table. You can put the dish in separate plates. Now you know how to cook pumpkin porridge in pots. Try to cook!
How to cook pumpkin porridge: the second recipe
For cooking, you will need about 500 grams of pumpkin pulp, from which all seeds and skin should be removed. Grate the prepared vegetable on a coarse grater. Take a saucepan with a thick bottom. Heat 3 tablespoons butter and about 100 ml of milk in it. Pour the grated pumpkin into the mass and simmer for 15 minutes. After that, add raisins (washed) to taste, a few tablespoons of honey and a little rice or millet (about 50 grams). Mix everything and cook until the cereal is ready. After that, put the saucepan in a preheated oven for 10-15 minutes. Delicious porridge is ready. This recipe is good for a slow cooker. In it, the dish will turn out stewed and especially aromatic. For cooking, you need to melt the butter in a multicooker bowl and mix it with milk. Put the grated pumpkin. In this case, set the “Extinguishing” function for 1 hour. Then carry out the same actions as described above. Serve the porridge hot. Now you know what to answer the question of how to cook pumpkin porridge. Enjoy your meal!