When you wanted something useful and at the same time satisfying, rice pumpkin porridge will help us out. The people know many different ways of cooking this dish. Someone loves kazha with lots of pumpkins. Someone prefer rice pumpkin porridge, in which pumpkin occupies a minimal share of the entire finished dish.
In water or milk?
It all depends not only on the personal preferences of the eater. Choose a dish prepared on the water, it is advisable for medicinal purposes. Milk - for those who want to taste more aromatic and more satisfying porridge with pumpkin. Resourceful housewives prefer to regale their favorite tasters with rice and pumpkin porridge in milk diluted with water. The balance of taste and benefit is maintained. What cooking option do you choose? We offer to try several recipes for rice and pumpkin porridge.
What kind of pumpkin to take for porridge
Do not chase the size. Choose a pumpkin of medium diameter. Always remember that a mature specimen necessarily has a dry tail.
The peel of the pumpkin should be dense and without soft dents.
Bright red flesh is what is necessary in order for the porridge to be not only tasty but also to please its appearance in a plate, causing an appetite.
Store pumpkin for rice pumpkin porridge in a dark and dry place. Grate the sliced vegetable and freeze until the right time. As soon as you want porridge - pumpkin is almost ready.
Milk pumpkin and rice porridge
Let's start with the classic recipe. Here, and milk, and rice, and pumpkin. Porridge is good for children and adults who do not have digestive problems. You will need such products for cooking:
- Pumpkin - 800 grams. This is a mass of peeled pulp, completely ready for further use.
- Rice - 300 grams.
- Milk - 800 milliliters.
- Water is half a liter.
- Sugar - 2-5 tablespoons.
- Salt - 1 teaspoon.
- Butter - 50 grams. Not replaced by margarine.
Technological process
Turn the pulp of pumpkin into cubes of medium size. We put a pot of milk on the stove. Do not use enameled dishes for this recipe. More suitable aluminum or non-stick coating.
Put the whole pumpkin in the boiled milk. Reduce the heat so that the milk does not run out of the pan. On a very moderate fire, cook the pumpkin until it softens. It usually takes 15-25 minutes.
We sort the rice, remove inedible inclusions, if they are caught in a mass of grains. We rinse the cereal several times in cool water until the water becomes clear.
In a separate bowl, cook the rice until tender in water. Do not forget to salt the rice porridge.
Pumpkin is cooked and now is the time to chop it. We use a blender or a usual pusher, with which we will crush pumpkin cubes. The resulting milk and pumpkin mass is again returned to the stove. Add sugar and, if necessary, slightly salt the pumpkin with milk. Shuffle. If the pumpkin base seemed thick, it can be diluted. Add 100 milliliters of hot boiled water.
Add ready rice or pumpkin mixture and pour into a bowl of rice. Mix. On low heat, simmer porridge for another 5-7 minutes. Do not forget to periodically mix the contents of the pan.
Turning off the stove, tightly cover the lid. You can put a clean thick towel on the pan - so that the porridge is steamed well. After 5-10 minutes, you can serve rice pumpkin porridge. Be sure to add a piece of butter.
Pumpkin rice porridge in a slow cooker
The recipe for cooking with the help of a smart assistant has its own nuances. But in general, cooking porridge is not difficult. Make sure that you have the necessary components:
- pumpkin (pulp) - 300 grams;
- rice - 1, 5 multi-glasses;
- milk - take three multi-glasses;
- water - two multi-glasses;
- sugar - 1-3 tablespoons;
- butter - to taste;
- vanilla sugar - optional;
- salt is a quarter teaspoon.
Step cooking
Prepare a slow cooker. Lubricate the sides of the bowl with butter - make sure that the milk does not run away. Cut the pumpkin into small plates. We spread it to the bottom of the bowl. Add water - 4-5 tablespoons will be enough. For ten minutes we set the program "Extinguishing". Cover and wait for the right time. The pumpkin softened. We take it out of the bowl and knead.
Having returned the vegetable to the slow cooker, we will take up rice. Wash it to clear water and pour it on pumpkin puree.
We also send here the entire norm of salt, sugar and, if desired, vanilla sugar. Add all the water indicated in the recipe. Water must be hot. We mix the products directly in the bowl of the apparatus. Add milk. Mix again and cover, set the mode "Porridge" for 1 hour. Usually after 40 minutes you can try the dish. If you are satisfied with the degree of its readiness - turn off the device. Add the oil and cover it, wait another 10 minutes.
Lean porridge
And here is a healthy diet dish - rice and pumpkin porridge on the water. By the way, it can be used during fasting. The set of products is quite simple:
- 1 glass of rice (dry);
- sugar to taste;
- salt to taste;
- pumpkin - 200-300 grams.
Cook on the water
Cut the pulp of an orange pumpkin into medium cubes. Rice groats are thoroughly washed in several waters.
Put pumpkin cubes and washed rice in a saucepan. Fill it with water so that the liquid covers the contents of the pan by 2-3 centimeters. Add salt to taste.
Cook porridge at a moderate temperature until rice is cooked. Usually it is 25-35 minutes. At the end of cooking, five minutes before cooking, sugar can be added if desired. When the porridge is cooked, mix it and cover it with a lid, wait another 10 minutes.
With the addition of cheese and vegetables
An interesting dish that conquers even the most ardent opponents of pumpkin. This recipe for rice and pumpkin porridge does not contain sugar at all. But then in it the aroma of garlic and bay leaf is clearly felt. Grocery list:
- pumpkin pulp - half a kilogram;
- large onion - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 1-2 teeth;
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
- rice - 150 grams;
- chicken broth - 500 milliliters;
- 1 large bay leaf;
- cheese - 50 grams;
- butter - 70 grams;
- salt, herbs and pepper - to taste.
How to cook
We sort and wash the rice. We clean the pumpkin and chop the pulp into cubes. To speed up the process, you can grate the pumpkin on a coarse grater.
Peel the onion and garlic. In a pan, heat the vegetable oil. Chop the onion as you like and fry, adding chopped cloves of garlic. After three minutes, stop frying vegetables. We spread pumpkin pulp and washed rice to them. Following the rice we pour a third of the hot broth. After stirring, simmer the contents of the pan for 10 minutes.
Add salt, pepper, bay leaf. Pour with half the remaining broth. Leave to cook under the lid for 20-25 minutes on low heat.
From time to time, add the remaining chicken stock.
Three grated cheese. We take out the bay leaf from the dishes with porridge. Instead, we spread cheese chips and butter. Mix the components. Sprinkle the dish with herbs, turn off the stove. Cover the porridge for five minutes. The dish is ready.