How to cook garbage porridge - the secrets of choosing a pumpkin and 4 recipes

The concept of "watermelon" and its useful properties

An unfamiliar word in the recipe sometimes confuses the housewives, however, “watermelon” is just the popular name for a pumpkin. Often, watermelon is not popular in the kitchen, giving way to more exotic products - but in vain. A vegetable rich in carotene, B, C, PP vitamins and fiber saturates the human body with useful substances and has a cleansing effect, freeing cells from toxins and toxins. And the rare vitamin T present in watermelon speeds up metabolism, so this simple and affordable vegetable is often introduced into weight loss diets.

The calorie content of raw watermelon is only 26 kcal. Cooked pumpkin without sugar and even less - 20 kcal. Calorie content of wheat porridge from tavern and milk reaches 122 kcal.

Preparing pumpkin for cooking

How to choose

• Get a ripe but not overripe pumpkin. Otherwise, the flesh of the vegetable will become rough and tasteless.
• Choose a watermelon weighing no more than 5 kg. Hard fibers have not yet appeared in it.
• Pay attention to the stalk. A twisted and dried pumpkin stalk indicates that the watermelon is fully ripe and no longer needs nutrients from the soil.
• Rate the quality of the skin. An excessively “wooden” peel without a glossy shine warns of a high shelf life of the vegetable.
• Nutmeg pumpkin - the best grade for porridge and desserts. Its rich orange flesh is rich in carotenoids and so sweet that it may not need to be added sugar. Nevertheless, it is worth remembering that nutmeg squash does not last longer than December without losing its taste.

How to clean

The hard peel of the watermelon often causes unpopularity of the pumpkin on the table, however, a few tricks will make the cleaning process simple and quick.

1. Wash the pumpkin under running water and dry with a towel.
2. Make several cuts in the peel with a thin knife.
3. Put the watermelon in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. If the vegetable does not fit whole, cut it into several parts.
4. After the peel of the watermelon is slightly softened, you can proceed to clean it with an average knife or peeler. It is better to cut the peel as thick as possible - the pumpkin directly under the peel is usually hard and tasteless.

After peeling, cut the flesh of the watermelon into cubes or sticks 1-2 cm wide. Most recipes for watermelon porridge suggest using pumpkin cut into slices - this way the vegetable cooks faster and the dish looks more appetizing.

Classic recipes

Kabakova porridge with milk and millet is considered a classic recipe for pumpkin porridge, the ingredients of which combine well with each other. However, a traditional dish is not forbidden to supplement with raisins, vanilla, nuts and pumpkin seeds.

With millet

You will need:

• diced pumpkin pulp - 800 g;
• millet groats - 1 glass;
• milk - 3 glasses;
• salt, sugar, butter - to taste.

Cooking

1. Pour half a glass of water into the pan so that it covers the bottom, bring to a boil. This must be done so that the milk does not burn.
2. Pour the pulp of the pumpkin into the pan and pour milk. Cook over medium heat until the milk boils.
3. Reduce the heat and, stirring, bring the pumpkin to a half-ready.
4. Rinse millet under running water and add to the pan. Cook porridge, not forgetting to stir, for another 25-30 minutes.
5. After the cereals are fully cooked, turn off the stove, add salt, sugar, butter - to taste. Close the pan tightly and simmer the porridge for another 10 minutes.

With semolina

The recipe for garbage ginger porridge with semolina is nourishing and nutritious, so this delicate dish is often used in children's kitchens. How to cook watermelon porridge for a child?

You will need:

• diced pumpkin pulp - 200 g;
• semolina - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• milk - 1 cup;
• salt, sugar, butter - to taste.

Cooking

1. Pour the pulp into the pan, pour water (so that the water slightly covers the pumpkin). Bring to a boil and cook the pumpkin for another 20 minutes - until it is softened.
2. Pour a glass of milk into the pan, wait for it to boil.
3. Pour semolina into the milk in a thin stream to avoid lumps.
4. Constantly stirring, cook porridge until the semolina is fully cooked. Useful and delicious watermelon porridge is ready!

For feeding babies under the age of 2 years, it is advisable to grind the ready-made garbage porridge with a blender to turn the dish with pumpkin cubes into a homogeneous mass.

Recipe in a slow cooker with rice

It is believed that the ideal way to cook pumpkin porridge is to languish in the oven or oven. However, garbage porridge in a slow cooker, if cooked correctly, turns out to be no less aromatic and tasty. As a result of slow languishing in a slow cooker - by analogy with the Russian oven - the cereal is well-digested and retains vitamin value.

You will need:

• sliced ​​watermelon flesh - 350 g;
• milk - 3 multi-cups;
• round rice - 1 multi-glass;
• water - 1 multi-glass;
• salt, sugar, butter - to taste.

Cooking

1. Put the flesh of the watermelon on the bottom of the multicooker. To prevent milk from escaping, lubricate its inside with butter.
2. Fill the contents with water and cook the vegetable for 20 minutes in the "Baking" mode.
3. Add thoroughly washed rice, milk to the multicooker bowl and let stand in this mode for another 10 minutes.
4. Then add salt, sugar, butter - to taste and mix thoroughly.
5. Set the mode "Extinguishing" and simmer the dish for 60 minutes. After the multicooker signal, the garbage porridge is ready.

Squash porridge in a slow cooker

Squash porridge is considered the simplest and most useful dish for children and diet, enriching the body with vitamins, organic acids, and also having a therapeutic effect on the gastrointestinal tract. Redmond squash in the slow cooker is cooked according to the following recipe.

You will need:

• young zucchini - 1 pc.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• round rice - 1 multi-glass;
• milk - 1 multi-glass;
• water - 1 multi-glass;
• salt, sugar, butter - to taste.

Cooking

1. Put the zucchini and carrots cut into small cubes (1-1.5 cm) into the bottom of the crock-pot, pour the washed rice.
2. Pour the contents of milk and water.
3. Add salt, sugar, butter to the bowl - to taste and mix.
4. Set the "Milk Porridge" mode and wait for the multicooker signal. Done!

Porridge recipes from zucchini and watermelon have their own characteristics, but each of them is unusually tasty and, due to its high nutritional properties, is indispensable as a morning meal. See for yourself!

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