It's no secret that the main advantage of the multicooker is that it knows how to cook milk porridge for breakfast. But the fact that it is possible to cook a cereal dish in it for a garnish, few guess. It can be buckwheat, rice, millet and even peas. And how to cook porridge in a slow cooker in this case? Here you need to select the modes for each cereal individually.
Since
buckwheat porridge is often served on the side dish, for it in most multicookers a special mode is already provided. It is called "Buckwheat", less often "Krupa". For 4 servings you will need 2 multi-glasses of buckwheat, salt to taste and 4 multi-glasses of water. Put everything in a slow cooker and select the desired mode. After the signal, it remains only to arrange the buckwheat on plates and serve. Using this mode, you can cook and crumbly rice to a side dish, observing the same proportions.
Knowing how to cook buckwheat and rice porridge in a slow cooker, many decide to cook all the other cereals in the same way. However, you can cook a porridge with a mixed vegetable mixture in a completely different way using the "Pilaf" mode. For it, you will need 1 multi-glass of rice (it must be washed with clean water) and corn grits, a packet of frozen vegetable mix to taste, packaging of crab sticks, salt. Put half the cooked vegetables in the multicooker pan, then add the groats, chopped sticks and the remaining vegetables. Pour 4 multi-glasses of water and salt. Select the "Pilaf" mode. Serve porridge on a flat dish in the form of a layered cake.
But you can cook
millet porridge in a slow cooker on water using the "Milk porridge" mode. The main thing is to prepare millet correctly. Rinse it well under water, then pour boiling water for 3-4 minutes and drain the water. This is done in order to remove bitterness from cereals. Then pour millet into the crock-pot, add salt and 3 multi-glasses of water. Press the appropriate button, wait 1 hour and you can take a sample. Such porridge can optionally be supplemented with potatoes or pumpkin. Sometimes it is still cooked with dried fruits.
True, not everyone knows
how to cook pea porridge in a slow cooker. And this is due to the fact that peas boil very strongly in almost all modes. For him, only one option is suitable - it is "Extinguishing". First you need to soak 1 glass of peas overnight. In the morning, drain and rinse the cereal. Pour it along with 2 glasses of water into the crock pot. Set the cooking time to 2 hours ("Extinguishing" mode). 10 minutes before the signal add a little salt and butter. Mix. If the pea porridge turned out to be liquidish, leave it heated for 10-15 minutes until thickened.
Knowing how to cook porridge from different cereals in a slow cooker, you can experiment and cook, for example, rice porridge with garlic. Rinse the rice until clear water (a total of 2 multi-cups will be needed). Put in a pan, add 100 g of butter, salt and pour 4 multi-cups of cold water. Place the head of garlic in the center. Select the "Milk porridge" mode and wait for the signal. After that, discard the garlic and mix the rice porridge and serve.
There are many options for how to cook porridge in a slow cooker in water and milk, and you can use almost any mode for this. The main thing is not to be afraid to cook new dishes in a miracle saucepan.