Among the variety of dishes there are those to which the expression "food of the poor" can be applied. "Zatiruha" just belongs to the category of such dishes.
What is Zatiruha?
"Zatiruha" is a liquid porridge from brewed flour, more reminiscent of the consistency of soup. This dish belongs to the peasant cuisine, prepared by the poorest segments of the population. It is simple in the method of preparation and the number of ingredients, but so tasty that it is firmly entrenched in the cuisine of many peoples. In Russia it is called "Zatirukha", in Belarus it is known as "Zatsirka", in Ukraine - "Zatirka", in the countries of the East - "Umach ashi". To prepare such a grout, wheat, buckwheat, pea and oat flour can be used .
There is an interesting legend related to the origin of this dish. One woman who served as a cook with rich people, after kneading dough while baking bread, her owners never washed her hands. And all the dough that was stuck on them, already at home, she rubbed into crumbs and cooked bread for her children. "Zatirukha", the recipe of which first appeared in the 15th century, at one time saved many peasants from starvation. Today it is cooked in milk, but can be boiled in water and in broth.
Milk porridge "Zatirukha": a recipe from childhood
Many of us remember this dish from childhood. This is the most budget option for making milk porridge. Some cooked it at home, others tried a dish with the colorful name "Zatirukha" in kindergarten.
Porridge according to this recipe is prepared in milk with the addition of a grout prepared from flour (0.5-1 cup), eggs, salt, sugar and butter (to taste). The ingredients are the simplest that are available in every home. Depending on the desired consistency, you can take 0.5-1 liter of milk. Porridge with a lot of the mentioned product resembles a
thick soup. But his name is the same - "Zatirukha".
How to cook grout? Take the flour, pour it on the table with a slide, add a pinch of salt, make a depression in the center and drive an egg into it. It is good to rub the resulting mass with your hands. After that, sift the mixture through a sieve, resulting in small flour grains. After grouting, large flour flakes are often formed. They can be warmed up (dried) in a dry frying pan, and then rub again with your hands and sift.
To cook porridge, you need to boil milk in a pan, then pour the grout into it. Add sugar to taste (2-3 tablespoons). Cook, stirring constantly, 7-10 minutes. When the porridge is ready, add butter to it to taste.
"Milk birch": a recipe for children
So that the grout for the soup is soft and tender, the dough for it is kneaded on kefir. To do this, beat 80 ml of kefir, egg and salt in a small bowl. Then, gradually add the flour to the resulting mass with a fork, as if rubbing it. After a few minutes, the dough will break into small pieces. They need to be sieved through a sieve. This is grout.
Now you need to boil the milk. Its volume depends on what you want to cook: milk soup or porridge. Pour zatiruha into boiling milk and cook, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes. At the end of cooking, add sugar to taste.
"Zatiruha", the recipe of which is offered above, turns out to be tender and sweet. Such a dish will surely be appreciated by children, and adults will not remain indifferent.
Milk soup "Zatirukha" with potatoes
In the Russian village "Zatirukha" is a dish that is loved and cooked in every family. Here it is cooked in water with the addition of milk, grout and potatoes. It turns out a delicious and nutritious soup, which is served hot.
The recipe "Zatiruhi" in milk is implemented in several stages:
- Boil 1 liter of water in a saucepan, add diced potatoes (2 pcs.), Add salt to taste.
- Prepare a grout of two eggs, 1-2 glasses of flour and a pinch of salt. Sift through a sieve.
- Add milk (1 l) to the pan with water and potatoes, and pour the grout after boiling it.
- Cook soup 10 minutes after boiling. Serve with herbs and finely chopped garlic (add to taste).
"Zatiruha", the recipe of which is presented above, can be prepared in the
form of soup or porridge. When choosing the latter option, the amount of water and milk must be halved.
"Zatiruha" in milk with green onions
To prepare the grout for this milk soup, you can use any of the recipes above. Tasty grout is obtained on kefir, soft and tender.
Put milk on the stove, let it boil, add salt. Pour the grout into the pan. Cook milk soup for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the stove, add black pepper to taste and a large bunch of chopped green onions.
"Zatiruha", the recipe of which may seem unusual, actually turns out to be very tasty. This dish will be appreciated even by gourmets.
How to cook peasant soup
Peasant dishes can also be delicious. Direct evidence of this is Zatirukha, the recipe of which has not lost its popularity even after six centuries.
You can cook soup on water, vegetable or meat broth. First, potatoes are added to the liquid, and when it is cooked - frying onions and carrots in vegetable oil. But for grouting, you can use the following cooking method.
Cook three plates. Break the egg into one and shake it with a fork. Pour flour into another, and leave the third for ready grout. First, dip your hands in an egg, then in salted flour, and above the third plate you need to rub them together. And so it will grout. The egg remaining in the plate can be added to the soup along with the crumbs. Before serving, sprinkle the finished dish with herbs.