Do you want to cook a hearty and tasty meal? Then buy a beautiful pumpkin and some pearl barley. Pearl barley with pumpkin is an unusual combination, where unleavened cereal acquires an unusual taste. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Barley porridge is rightfully the queen of cereals. Inexpensive, dietary, tasty. It was she who enjoyed immense popularity in ancient times. It was stuffed with fish, served with game, and during the post it was the main product. Today we use it as a side dish. Barley can be a great main course, however. It is prepared with mushrooms, meat, vegetables and fruits. We will diversify the daily menu with a new, tasty, and at the same time not expensive dish. Let's prepare barley with pumpkin. Diet porridge with juicy and sweet pumpkin is a great combination. The ingenious combination of the available ingredients creates a delicious dish.
Pumpkin with pearl barley is a real little masterpiece. This is a wonderful side dish for homemade lunch and dinner. It can be submitted to the post, tk. it does not contain meat. If desired, porridge can be made sweet or salted. The recipe is a bit lengthy, because pearl barley must be prepared in advance, i.e. soak. But your labor costs are minimal here. It is because of the duration of cooking that many housewives do not like to cook barley. But there are no problems with cooking porridge. Everything here is simple and clear if you follow the step-by-step recipe with a photo.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 95 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 3 hours
Ingredients:
- Pearl barley - 100 g
- Pumpkin - 200 g
- Butter - 40 g
- Sugar - optional
- Salt - a pinch
Step by step cooking pumpkin with barley, recipe with photo:
1. Sort the pearl barley by removing the garbage. Pour it into a sieve and rinse under running water, rinsing off all dust well. Pour it into a plate and cover with water at room temperature. The amount of water should be twice the volume of the cereal. Leave the barley for 2 hours.
2. During this time, the cereal will increase in volume and absorb the liquid. Return it to the strainer and rinse again.
3. Transfer the barley to a cooking pot.
4. Add a pinch of salt, sugar if desired and cover with drinking water. Also take twice as much water as grains. Bring the porridge to a boil, reduce the temperature to the lowest setting, cover and cook for 1 hour until soft.
5. After an hour, taste the barley. If it is ready, then drain the rest of the liquid.
6. While the barley is cooking, prepare the pumpkin. Peel it of peels, seeds and fibers. Cut into pieces the size you want to see on your plate.
7. Melt the butter in a skillet.
8. Place pumpkin in a skillet with oil and fry until golden brown. The consistency of the pumpkin should be soft without decaying. She must keep her shape. Although, if desired, the finished pumpkin can be mashed and combined with porridge. This is already a matter of taste.
9. Arrange the prepared barley into portioned plates.
10. And in each serving add pieces of pumpkin. Stir the pumpkin with the pearl barley and serve the food to the table. If you wish, you can pour over the dish with honey, sprinkle with cinnamon, add cheese shavings, decorate with herbs and other flavors.
See also a video recipe on how to cook barley porridge with pumpkin and pork.
