Pea porridge: cooking methods, features and properties

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

What is pea porridge? How to cook it? You will find answers to these and other questions in the article. Probably everyone loves pea porridge, regardless of culinary preferences. For centuries, this is one of the most desired dishes in Russia. Its benefits were appreciated by our ancestors. The pea was very fond of the princes and kings. Properly cooked porridge can enrich the body with minerals, useful substances and vitamins.

Calorie porridge

Peas are the most famous representative of legumes, a frequent guest on our tables. Its grains in their composition contain a large amount of carbohydrates, valuable protein, sugars, starch. The number of calories in food depends on the composition of the products from which it is made. So, pea porridge, cooked on water, has only 90 kcal / 100 g (6.2 g of protein, 16 g of carbohydrates, 0.6 g of fat). Much tastier is the porridge to which cow's butter was added. But shewill already have 135 kcal/100 g.

Despite the fact that the indicator is increased, this porridge is very useful. After all, oil helps to better assimilate the nutritious substances of peas. The calorie content of pea porridge with smoked meats or meat is already 200 kcal/100 g.

Composition

Not everyone knows how to cook pea porridge. This product contains a huge amount of vitamins. So, 100 g of porridge contains more than 32% of the daily norm of vitamin PP, and vitamins B5 and B1 - more than 50%. Porridge contains a lot of provitamin A, beta-carotene, alpha-tocopherol, choline, biotin, and other B vitamins.

Also there are all the basic macro- and microelements, rare minerals - selenium, chlorine, zirconium, tin, nickel, strontium, aluminum, cob alt, vanadium, fluorine. Pea protein is much better digested than meat proteins, so peas can be a great substitute for meat meals on the table.

What do scientists say?

Scientists say that the constant consumption of pea dishes helps prevent cancerous diseases of the entire gastrointestinal tract. Such food also has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system: it removes excess cholesterol from the blood, lowers blood pressure, and is the prevention of atherosclerosis.

Children after three years and teenagers are recommended to use pea porridge. After all, it promotes the absorption of calcium and the growth of muscle mass, maintaining the balance of phosphorus. This porridge is also important for women, as it prevents the appearance of wrinkles, rejuvenatesskin.

Benefits and harms

Pea porridge has a positive effect on the body:

• helps with rheumatism, has a positive effect on the joints;
• regulates metabolism, reduces blood sugar levels in diabetes;
• reduces feelings of fatigue, fights the effects of stress;
• increases immunity;
• improves eyesight.

Don't eat this dish if you are diagnosed with:

• kidney disease;
• pancreatitis;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• cholecystitis;
• diarrhea of any origin.

Elderly people, children under three years old should not abuse the pota. In large quantities, it promotes the formation of gases, causes bloating, and sometimes heartburn. This must be taken into account when compiling the menu.

How much to cook

The most useful is unshelled peas, but it is he who is cooked for too long. It must be soaked, preferably overnight. The product must be sorted out and discarded spoiled grains, rinsed well. It must be boiled in clean water. And the one in which it was soaked is better to drain. Soaking peas is not in vain - scales and enzymes that cause flatulence leave with water.

Split peas are usually boiled for 30-60 minutes, and whole grains - 1.5 hours. Peas will cook evenly if cooked in a heavy bottomed pot. Other cooking secrets:

• Respect the proportions of porridge and water, add boiling water if necessary.
• The dish should boil on mediumfire, then reduce it to minimum.
• Porridge is ready when mashed.
• To prevent the dish from turning gray, add some sugar to it.

How to cook?

How to quickly cook pea porridge? Take:

• 2 tbsp. peas;
• 2 liters of water;
• s alt;
• vegetable oil.

Put the soaked clean peas on the fire, boil until tender, stirring frequently. Then the dish needs to be topped, seasoned with oil and s alt. You can separately fry carrots and onions, add them to the mass. Pea porridge on the water goes well with cracklings and cream.

With meat

So, you already know how to cook pea porridge. Let's try to cook it with meat. To create this dish you need to have:

• 200g meat;
• 1 tbsp peas;
• 3 tbsp. water;
• carrots, onions (to taste).

Fry onions, carrots in vegetable oil, add chicken pieces or pork ribs. Put the pot with soaked peas on the fire, let it boil. Send the fried foods to the pan and simmer the dish for 1.5 hours. S alt, add spices.

Pea porridge will be very tasty if cooked with liver. The liver must be cleaned of films, cut into cubes and soaked in milk for an hour. Then roll it in flour and fry. Add to almost ready porridge, boil for a couple of minutes and you can serve.

Recipe without soaking

How is pea porridge prepared without soaking? Thisthe question is asked by those housewives who do not have time for long-term soaking of cereals. There are some cooking secrets:

• Pour the groats (chopped) with boiling water, leave for 10 minutes. Next, drain the boiling water and cook the dish as usual.
• Rinse the grits and cover with cold water. Add 1 tsp to the pan. soda after boiling.
• Add 1 tbsp. l. soda and pour it over the peas before cooking. Keep it on for 30 minutes. Then rinse the grits and boil.
• Do not add s alt when cooking cereals, as s alt prevents the kernels from boiling. This should be done when the porridge is ready.

If the cooking pot will have thick walls, and you buy small and fresh grits, it will cook faster. Soda in the form of an additive reduces the cooking time to 40 minutes. It is very important to stir the peas periodically, as they burn quickly. Add oil and spices only when the porridge is ready.

Using the Redmond multicooker

Do you want to cook pea porridge in the Redmond multicooker? We present you the following recipe. Use:

• 2 tbsp. peas;
• 3 tbsp. water;
• pepper, s alt (to taste);
• butter (to taste).

From the listed ingredients you can make porridge for 3-4 people.

Let's start cooking. So:

• Wash the peas to clear water and send them to the multicooker bowl.
• Pour peas with hot water so that it covers it by 3 cm.
• Add spices and s alt.
• Set the multicooker program to the "Extinguishing" mode for two hours and close the lid.
• Add butter to the finished porridge, mix and leave to infuse for 15 minutes. Then you can arrange it on plates.

To quickly cook pea porridge in a slow cooker, soak the groats in the evening. Then the cooking time will be reduced by one hour. Turn on the multicooker immediately after waking up and go about your business, and the smart machine will prepare a he althy and tasty breakfast by itself.

With stew

Everyone should know the secrets and methods of making pea porridge. The option with stew is very satisfying. To create it you need to have:

• 2 tbsp. dry peas;
• 1 can of meat stew;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 40g butter;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 4 tbsp. water;
• pepper, s alt.

This dish should be prepared like this:

• Put prepared peas in a saucepan and cover with water.
• Boil and cook until done over low heat under the lid.
• S alt and after the cereal is ready, add butter.
• Chop onions with carrots, fry in a pan in oil. Put the stew to the vegetables, mix and heat.
• Meat dressing combine with porridge.

After cooking, the dish must be tasted. Usually the stew contains spices, but if there are not enough of them, add paprika, ground pepper to the pan.

With Adyghe cheese

To create this dish you need to have:

• 1 tbsp peas (split);
• 2 pcs bow;
• 100 g Adyghe cheese;
• olive oil;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• s alt;
• pink pepper.

So, rinse the peas and soak in water overnight. Before cooking, change the water to fresh, boil, s alt, reduce heat and cook until tender. Next, chop the onion, cut the Adyghe cheese into small cubes. Fry chopped food in a pan in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Next, put porridge on a plate, and around it - cheese and onions. Sprinkle pink pepper on top, garnish with herbs and start eating. Bon appetit!