Semolina is a favorite for many since childhood. And how delicious it is with strawberry jam or any other, and with a slice of butter, for breakfast! Beauty! Let's please our children with such porridge and prepare it so that it does not have lumps. Cook the semolina in the slow cooker? You are welcome!
What is semolina
Semolina is produced by grinding soft or hard wheat grains. It is of three types:
- Brand “M” - marking indicates that it is a cereal made from soft (summer) wheat. It is used for cooking porridge. Also, pancakes, casseroles, puddings are prepared from it.
- Brand "T" - durum wheat. It is used to add to various minced meat, meat, meatballs, as well as for the preparation of dumplings, dumplings, and other dishes.
- Mixture MT is both soft and hard cereals.
Calorie content of cereals is different and depends on its type: from 310 to 370 kcal per 100 g of cereal. Semolina with the marking "M" is more caloric, and with the marking "T" - less. People who follow the figure can be guided by these facts when choosing semolina in the store and navigate by its marking.
Useful decoy or harmful
About semolina now goes a lot of different information. Someone believes that it can not be eaten, but there is an opinion that the opposite. Consider the pros and cons of semolina, and draw your own conclusions. Positive sides:
- Semolina contains many vitamins and minerals. It contains potassium and magnesium, which are important for good heart function.
- Tocopherol and vitamin E have a positive effect on the body. So, Vitamin E is an excellent antioxidant and protects us from premature aging.
- People with anemia are recommended to use semolina, as it contains iron.
- Semka contains zinc, which positively affects the sexual function of both men and women. Zinc is also a protector of our liver.
- B vitamins included in the cereal are responsible for the normalization of the functions of the nervous system.
- The semolina contains a lot of calcium, which is so necessary for our body. Pregnant women are recommended to consume semolina more often, because the baby needs to get a lot of calcium while it is forming.
- Manka envelops the stomach in the same way as oatmeal. Therefore, it is extremely useful for problems in the gastrointestinal tract, it is also useful in the prevention of oncology.
- There is no cholesterol in semolina, so it is recommended for those who experience pressure surges.
Harm from decoy:
- There are a lot of carbohydrates in cereals, and it is not recommended for children under 1 year old to give it, because a child’s body may not digest porridge.
- The semolina contains gluten, and for many adults with metabolic problems, it is difficult to consume this porridge. For certain problems with the gastrointestinal tract, it is not advisable to include it in the diet.
- Excessive consumption of this porridge can provoke obesity.
Semolina porridge in a slow cooker: how to cook correctly
Slow cookers have entered our life and made it easier. They became helpers in the kitchen and perform many functions: cooking, frying, baking and many others.
In milk, in a slow cooker, it’s easy to cook semolina porridge. So, almost every of these electrical appliances has the “Milk Porridge” function. And knowing the clear ratio of ingredients and the features of your model, you can make prescription semolina porridge in a slow cooker. Now we will deal more specifically with all the nuances.
Recipe for the device "Redmond"
REDMOND crock-pots are popular, and many housewives purchase them because of their great functionality, low price and appearance. Now new models can be controlled even with a mobile phone.
So, we are preparing semolina porridge, and the slow cooker helps us with this. We need:
- semolina - 45 g;
- milk - 550 ml;
- butter - 20 g;
- sugar and salt.
We add all products to the bowl and stir with a silicone whisk so as not to scratch the bowl, or with a silicone spatula. Sugar and salt are added to suit your preferences. Close and run the program "Milk porridge". We set the time to 10 minutes. After its expiration, stir well once again. Semolina in the slow cooker turned out perfectly!
Multicooker Panasonic
The main secret of delicious semolina in the Panasonic cooker is dilution of milk with water. By the way, housewives who don’t do so complain later that the porridge came out like a cake, and not the porridge without lumps that every mother wanted to cook for her family. Therefore, it is better to cook it by diluting milk with water.
Let's look at a recipe for a multicooker - semolina porridge in milk. Essential Ingredients:
- semolina - 0.5 tbsp .;
- water - 380 ml;
- milk - 750 ml;
- sugar - 2 tsp;
- salt - a pinch;
- butter
Place all the ingredients in the bowl, stir everything with a special spoon for the multicooker and launch the “Milk Porridge” function. At the end of cooking, mix everything again. Semolina cooked in a slow cooker is served for breakfast. Enjoy your meal!
How to cook semolina porridge in a Polaris slow cooker
Almost all “multi”, as the mistresses of their assistants affectionately call, are similar in functionality, but there are also differences. And now we will analyze the recipe for semolina in a multicooker with milk, in the case when there is no program "Milk porridge".
In the Polaris multicooker, the named program is absent, but there is a mode due to which it is possible to cook our porridge - this is Multipovar. There are models on which there is no "Multipovar", but there is a "Stewing" program, then porridge can be prepared using this mode.
Recipe for semolina porridge in a slow cooker:
- Manka is taken at the rate of 1: 8. And if you like porridge thinner, then take it at the rate of 1: 7.
- It is advisable to dilute the milk with water, then the porridge does not run away, and does not burn. A plus will be lower calorie than semolina on whole milk. But if you don’t worry about the figure, or vice versa want to gain weight, then milk decoy is what you need!
So, we take:
- cereals - 1/2 cup;
- milk - 500 ml;
- water - 350 ml;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. l .;
- butter - a small piece;
- a pinch of salt
We put all the products in the saucepan of the multicooker, mix with a silicone spatula, pour the milk, mix again and then add the oil. Turn on "Multipovar", before closing the lid.
In Polaris, in this mode, the cooking temperature is 90 ° C. We set the timer for a quarter of an hour. Semolina porridge on milk in the multicooker turned out excellent. Enjoy your meal!