Product description. Caloric content of spelled and chemical composition. Useful and harmful properties. Recipes and interesting facts about her. Thanks to the stabilization of the general condition, the risk of neuroses and depressive conditions decreases.
It is necessary to mention another useful property of spelled: there is not a large amount of gluten in the composition, which means that it can, albeit with restrictions, be included in the diet of people suffering from celiac disease (gluten intolerance) from any age. This significantly expands the diet of such patients. Spelled is digested slowly, the feeling of satiety persists for a long time, which is very important for people who have to constantly control their own weight. Acceleration of peristalsis reduces the absorption of fats.
Contraindications and harm of spelled
There are no contraindications to the use of spelled, with the exception of an allergic reaction to this type of cereal. However, it is necessary to take into account the individual reactions of the body to dishes made from this cereal.
With an exacerbation of gastritis, peptic ulcer, infectious diseases accompanied by diarrhea, the use of spelled can be harmful - the condition will worsen significantly.
With celiac disease, you should observe the daily rate and be sure to consult a dietitian about the size of the serving.
How to cook spelled?
Cereals are widely used in cooking as cereals and raw materials for making flour. Porridges, side dishes, sauces are made from it, added to soup and salads, baked goods and desserts are baked from flour, and various types of pasta are made.
It is very important to know how to cook spelled correctly. If the cereal is cooked whole, not crushed, then it should be pre-soaked for 1, 5-2 hours in warm water, and then placed in boiling water. Crushed grains take 30-40 minutes to swell.
If spelled is poured into a saucepan with boiling water or put on a fire, for example, like buckwheat, the grains will turn into stone. But this type of grain is used not only in whole or in milled form. Spelled is eaten as a medicine in the form of sprouts. This form is especially valuable for those who are losing weight, suffering from anemia and vitamin deficiency, pregnant women and the elderly, people recovering from debilitating diseases.
Spelled recipes
The most delicious crumbly cereal dishes were obtained thanks to Russian ovens. The porridge was tormented for several hours, and then it turned out to be lush and tasty. Modern housewives can cook spelled like villagers. One of the ways: without waiting for the liquid to completely boil away, remove from the heat and wrap the prepared porridge in a blanket.
A multicooker can become an alternative to the Russian stove in an urban setting. They put it on a long mode, on which pilaf is cooked, and leave it for several hours. Some housewives set the "Yogurt" mode.
Spelled recipes:
- Soup … From turkey, 500 g, a transparent broth is cooked, dipping the meat into boiling water. In addition to him, an onion and large carrots should also be put in the pan, which are then removed. The foam is carefully removed with a slotted spoon. After a quarter of an hour, the meat is taken out, divided into portions and returned back to the pan. Vegetables are simmered in butter in a saucepan: chopped carrots, half an onion, green bell pepper, 2-3 cauliflower inflorescences, 2-3 cubed tomatoes. It is advisable to pre-scald the tomatoes with boiling water to remove the thin skin. Soaked spelled, 50-60 g, is also stewed with vegetables for at least 5-7 minutes. The frying is salted, pepper, seasoned with spices if desired, and then placed in a saucepan. As soon as the cereal is cooked, the fire is turned off. Add greens - parsley and dill before serving.
- Pork with spelled in a slow cooker … Meat, 0.5 kg, cut into slices. Peel the onion, carrot, mushrooms - 250 g, walnuts, half a glass - crushed. A piece of butter is placed in a multicooker bowl, all ingredients are fried for 10 minutes. Water, 1.5 liters, is boiled separately. The fry is taken out of the bowl, boiling water is poured into it, salted, pepper is put in a bay leaf and the "Soup" mode is set. The lid is closed. The washed spelled is dipped into the resulting meat broth, frying is added, the "Stew" mode is set. When serving, you can add herbs and sour cream.
- Spelled porridge … It is better to soak cereals in yogurt. Pour in for 6-8 hours and make sure that there is always enough liquid and the grains do not dry out. Then the cereal is dipped into the multicooker bowl, pouring water and milk in equal parts in the proportion - 1 part of cereal and 2 parts of liquid. Set the mode "Pilaf", "Quenching" or "Aspic" and periodically check how the liquid evaporates. When very little of it remains, add some salt, add sugar, a piece of butter and mix everything. Cooking is finished. This porridge can be eaten with fruits, berries and crushed nuts.
- Sohapur … Part of the spelled is soaked - 80 g, and the rest is ground into flour, about 2 tablespoons should be obtained. Leeks, 200 g, chopped and fried in ghee. Boil water, dip the roasting of leeks, cereals and 400 g of potatoes, cut into cubes, and cook until tender. Flour is fried in a pan where the leek was prepared and put into the soup just before turning it off. Parsley, dill and cilantro are added to each plate. The more greenery, the tastier.
- How to cook spelled for children … Groats, 1 glass, soaked, as usual, poured with water in a ratio of 1: 3, set to cook for 20-30 minutes. Do not cook it completely, the croup must remain elastic. When everything is cooked, half a glass of broth is poured, the rest, if it does not boil away, can be removed. Walnuts, half a glass, fried and pounded into crumbs. Honey, 1 tablespoon, diluted in a decoction of cereals. All ingredients are mixed with spelled. Tangerine and orange slices are peeled from the white film and divided into parts. Spread the porridge with a slide or give it the shape of a "washer". Decorate the dish with pomegranate seeds.
- Pancakes made of spelled flour … It should be borne in mind that the elasticity of the dough will be reduced, so it is better to fry the pancakes. Knead the dough: drive 2 eggs into kefir, add some salt, add baking powder or soda, slaked with vinegar, flour - as much as needed. You can pour in sunflower oil. If the dough is too thick, dilute with water. They are baked in sunflower oil on both sides.
Note! If you use not whole spelled, but crushed, the cooking time is shortened to 15 minutes.
Interesting facts about spelled
From a biological point of view, spelled is considered the “simplest” crop. If we consider the genetic and molecular composition of the spelled, only 14 chromosomes can be found. In modern high-grade wheat, their number reaches 72.
When the word "spelled" comes to mind Pushkin's fairy tale "About the priest and the worker Balda". Hiring a job, Balda demanded spelled porridge for lunch.
The grains were found in cultural layers, the formation of which dates back to the 5th century BC. But the culture reached its greatest popularity in the 18th century. Most of the sown areas were sown with it. In Siberia, the Volga region and the northern provinces of Russia, spelled was the most common cereal. But by the middle of the 19th century, in connection with the breeding of gymnospermous wheat, it was practically abandoned. And now it is grown as a home crop in some regions of Chuvashia, Bashkiria and the North Caucasus.
Spelled was mentioned in the writings of Herodotus and in the poems of Homer; it was described by Theophrastus and Columell. Dionysius, an ancient Greek historian, considered cereals to be the most valuable grain crop of his time. That is, the spelled age is at least 8000 years.
In the Bible there are repeated references to the grain culture: “Take for yourself wheat, barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelled, and put them in one vessel, and make bread out of them” - an appeal to the prophet Ezekiel.
The Sumerians were the first to bake bread from it, calling it emmer. Then the preparation of spelled took place in public, the first portion was presented to the Gods.
Spelled all over the world spread precisely from Babylon and Ancient Egypt - first to Ethiopia, to the Caucasus, and only then to Europe. But, despite the proven history of origin, it is believed all over the world that spelled is a Russian product. By the way, she came to the USA from the Yaroslavl province. In the West, the culture is called "Russian mealy spelled", and in Egypt, where it comes from - "Russian spelled".
After the Second World War, the cereal was practically ceased to be grown, and amateur geneticists tried to preserve the seeds in order to impart some positive qualities to the cultivated wheat. And at the end of the twentieth century, when the world was overwhelmed by the desire to improve their health with the help of weight loss, they remembered about spelled and started talking again.
Groats are becoming more and more popular and are sold in health food stores. They began to grow it in Tatarstan, in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, in Dagestan, in India and Turkey.
US nutritionists have recognized cereals as a product that has an unconditionally positive effect on the body. In this country, it is sold only in health food stores and is so expensive that it is even called "black cereal caviar." When introduced into the diet for weight loss and recovery, now they use not so much spelled as grain, but as sprouts. It is believed that such food has a beneficial effect on the psychological and physiological state.
To germinate the spelled, the grains are soaked for 8-12 hours, placing them between layers of damp gauze. Then this gauze is washed, transferred to a shaded place. Until the sprouts appear, you need to make sure that the gauze does not dry out. After 3-4 days, the seedlings will be “just right”. If they are too large, the taste will be very sweet, even a little sugary.
Such an addition to the diet can help smokers cleanse the body, and those who have had seasonal infections can quickly recover.
What a spelled looks like - look at the video:
Do not give up the opportunity to introduce such a useful supplement into your own diet. Official clinical trials have proven that the use of spelled sprouts stops the development of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, rheumatism, allergies and lowers sugar levels. By adding the product to salads, pastries and muesli, sprinkling ready meals, you take care of your health and your family.
