Many now do not understand what will be discussed in our article. First you need to find out what this word means. The meaning of the word “july” can be defined as juice from poppy seeds, hemp seeds, etc. seeds, which is used instead of butter, as well as dishes prepared on this basis.
According to another version, the name of this dish comes from the word Christmas Eve. You need to know that on this day guests are not invited, and the dish (in the evening) they themselves deliver to their loved ones and relatives.
At home, everyone should eat at least a little juicy before the main meal. According to legend, it brings well-being and health to the house for the whole year.
Kutia or Sochi - what to choose?
Kutia or kutya (it is called differently in different regions) is porridge made from wheat grains with the addition of raisins, poppy seeds, honey. There are many recipes for its preparation from rice, pearl barley, but classic Christmas kutia is always prepared only from whole grains of wheat. In addition, it is customary to prepare kutya on the eve of Epiphany and on the Old New Year.
What is the difference between kutya and sativa
In fact, only by the fact that kutya can be prepared according to many recipes that are used for different occasions (funerals, births), and sochivo is just one of the options that is designed specifically for Christmas Eve - the evening before Christmas. You can make it well from both wheat and barley, rice, adding nuts and honey to it.
How to cook oily
It’s not difficult to do this. But you need to know that the dish has its own subtleties that must be taken into account. The main secret in a special way of cooking cereals. It is somewhat different from the traditional one: pour a glass of rice (preferably steamed) with a glass of water and boil it over very low heat for twelve minutes. Remove the pan from the stove and let the cereal stand for ten minutes. Season the rice rice with steamed raisins and honey. You can add a handful of almonds, a handful of hazelnuts, a slice of lemon, a small orange, 50 grams of poppy seeds. It is advisable that the nuts are raw and fresh.
Soak from rice: recipe number 2
Rinse well a glass of rice with running water, draining muddy water several times . Transfer it to a small bucket or saucepan, fill it with water (cold) and bring to a boil. Then drain the water through a sieve and rinse the groats again. Return the cereal to the pan again. Now you should add more water. As soon as it begins to boil, salt to taste. Cook the rice until cooked, then discard the cereal on a sieve, but it is no longer worth rinsing the rice.
While the cereals are boiling, pour boiling water for ten minutes and let the handful of raisins infuse (you can put more, according to your taste). Grate 50-75 grams of almonds and hazelnuts on a fine grater. Put 50 grams of poppy seeds in a small container and pour it so that the water covers it with one finger. Put the dishes on the stove and boil them for twenty minutes, stirring constantly. Cool the poppy. Gradually adding liquid honey, using a wooden pestle, grind poppy seeds into a homogeneous mass.
Put ready and cooled rice in a large bowl and mix it thoroughly with honey poppy. Then add the crumbs and mix well again. Add steamed raisins. Then squeeze the juice from a slice of lemon and orange and mix again. On a dish or a large flat plate, install the cooking ring, fill it with the resulting mass, carefully remove the form and decorate with candied fruits and nuts on top. The dish is ready!
Sochiv: recipe for wheat
First you need to buy whole (not crushed!) Wheat grains. The fact is that
they are the basis of the original taste of this ritual dish. Preferably, the grains are pre-peeled and steamed. In this case, they boil faster. Sochi is being prepared, the recipe of which is quite simple, only on water. In no case do we add milk or cream: the dish is lean, and that’s it.
So, pour the grains of wheat with cold water and cook them under the lid until soft on low heat. Check if all the water has boiled, add boiling water if necessary. Before cooking, you should have a semi-liquid mass in the pan. In this case, we do not need crumbly porridge. You can remove the pan from the stove and add finely chopped dried apricots, prunes, and steamed raisins to the wheat. You can add raw fruits: apples, pears - it depends on your preference. Close the saucepan with a lid, let everything boil well together.
Add nuts
Without nuts, there is no such dish as juicy. The recipe for cooking involves the use of a variety of nuts, it depends on your taste. You can use wood, walnuts, cashews, almonds, peanuts, etc. Grind them into not too small crumbs and fry them a little in a pan. Do not add oil, and stir the nuts constantly.
How to make poppy seeds
Now is the time to make poppy seeds. Pour boiling water over it and let it stand under the closed lid for about thirty minutes. Then drain the water, add honey or sugar and rub it thoroughly so that white juice appears. Add poppy seeds and nuts to the finished wheat with dried fruits. Mix all the ingredients well, if necessary, add more honey. Now put everything beautifully on a plate, decorate with nuts.
How to make juices if wheat is not prepared in advance
Take a glass of wheat grains, shove them in a wooden mortar, pouring a little warm water to leave the shell from the grains. The core is separated from the husk, sifting and washing. Then boil the usual lean friable porridge, which add nuts, honey, poppy seeds.
Another recipe
Sort one full glass of wheat grains, rinse. For two to three hours
soak them in cold water. Then flip it over cheesecloth to glass the water and put the wheat in the bucket. Pour cold water in a ratio of 1: 3, salt a little, simmer for about two hours. You can put the container with the cereal in the oven preheated to 180 degrees and keep the grains soft. While the wheat is boiling, pour poppy seeds with boiling water and leave it for half an hour. Drain the broth from the wheat, but leave it a little to dilute the honey in it. Pour wheat with honey water, pound the swollen poppy until white juice appears, chop nuts. Mix all the ingredients and let the dish brew a little.
When to cook such a dish?
Fortunately, the recipe for which we have offered you is customary to cook on Christmas Eve on Christmas Eve. The Orthodox celebrate it on January 6th, Christians who live on the Gregorian calendar celebrate it on December 24th.
Holy evening - the so-called family dinner on Christmas Eve. This is the last, final day of fasting, which believers should spend only on water and in festive preparations and cares. The festive table is set in a special way: they put hay under the tablecloth, and the house is decorated with original substitutes for Christmas trees - didukhs. These are interconnected spikelets of wheat and straw. According to legend, they drive away evil spirits and bring prosperity and happiness to the house. That evening, there must be twelve fasting dishes on the table - according to the number of apostles. Dinner can begin after the first star rises in the sky. She will be a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem, which announced the birth of the Savior. After dinner, believers go to church to take part in the festive liturgy, after which you can chat - eat meat dishes.