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Nettle porridge is an unusual dish that can dilute the usual diet and make up for the lack of vitamins. You can cook it in different versions, but at the same time its useful qualities are completely preserved. After all, this plant surpasses many vegetables and fruits in the content of vitamins and minerals. Therefore, you should consider the basic recipes for cooking, but if desired, they can be supplemented with other ingredients to your liking.
Nettle porridge is especially relevant in the spring, when there is a lack of vitamins.
Cooking nuances
It is recommended to use young shoots and leaves of the plant for the dish. They need to be harvested in May and June before flowering. It is during this period that the maximum concentration of nutrients is concentrated in them. When collecting, you need to wear gloves so as not to burn yourself.
Nettle greens should be thoroughly washed first, and then rinsed with boiling water and spread on a cotton cloth to drain the water. You need to add this ingredient to the dish a few minutes before cooking in order to preserve all the vitamins.
The classic recipe for porridge with nettles
This version of the dish contains a minimum of ingredients. And the cooking process will not take long. Therefore, any novice culinary specialist is able to cook it without much difficulty.
For classic porridge you will need:
- 150 g nettle;
- 1 small onion;
- 1 carrot;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- 80 g wheat flour;
- salt, spices - to taste.
Cooking process:
- Put the washed greens in a saucepan and cook for 3 minutes.
- Chop carrots and onions.
- Fry them in a separate saucepan until golden brown.
- Drain the broth from the plant separately.
- Gradually add flour to the vegetables, stirring constantly so that lumps do not appear.
- Pour nettle broth into the resulting mass, mix until smooth.
- Pour in chopped greens, cook for 3 minutes. over low heat.
- Finally, bring to the desired taste with salt and spices.
If desired, you can add semolina and rice, which will make the porridge more satisfying.
Armenian recipe for nettle porridge
This dish has a unique taste that will not leave anyone indifferent. At the same time, it does not take much time to prepare porridge according to the Armenian recipe.
Required components:
- 300 g of young nettle leaves;
- 120 g corn flour;
- 4-5 cloves of garlic;
- salt, spices - to taste;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- 50 g each fresh mint and garlic leaves.
Cooking process:
- Boil the previously washed leaves of the plant in salted water (1.5 l) for 3 minutes. over low heat.
- Gradually pour in the cornmeal in a thin stream, stirring constantly so that no lumps form.
- After 2-3 minutes, when the consistency begins to thicken, add finely chopped mint and garlic leaves.
- Bring to readiness, salt and pepper.
- Separately in a frying pan, fry the chopped garlic cloves until golden brown.
- Add it to the prepared porridge.
This dish should be served hot.
Nettle porridge with pumpkin
This dish requires simple ingredients. At the same time, the combination of pumpkin and nettle is the main source of nutrients, which helps prevent the development of vitamin deficiency.
This will require the following components:
- 500 g pumpkin;
- 200 g of greens of nettles;
- 30 g butter;
- 200 g of beets;
- salt to taste.
Cooking process:
- Peel and grate the beets.
- Cut the pumpkin pulp into cubes.
- Boil vegetables in salted water for 20-30 minutes.
- After the time has elapsed, add chopped plant greens.
- Simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Season with butter and let it brew for 10 minutes.
If desired, this dish can be supplemented with millet.
How to cook nettle barley porridge
This recipe will require preliminary preparation of pearl barley. Therefore, you need to worry about this in advance. And then delicious porridge can be cooked without much difficulty.
Required Ingredients:
- 500 g of young leaves and shoots of nettles;
- 250 g of pearl barley;
- 1 small onion;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- 20 g butter;
- salt, spices - to taste.
Step by step cooking process:
- Wash the pearl barley and soak for a day in water in a ratio of 1: 3 (for swelling).
- The next day, boil the cereals until tender (1.5-2 hours) in salted water.
- Chop washed nettles.
- Finely chop the onion.
- Fry them separately in a skillet in vegetable oil.
- After cooking, add to the pearl barley porridge, mix.
- Season the dish with salt and pepper, then put in the oven for 20 minutes.
- When serving, add butter.
To make the porridge more crumbly, you can wrap a closed saucepan in a blanket and soak for 1 hour.
Conclusion
Nettle porridge prepared according to the proposed recipes will please not only adults, but also children. And the benefits of this dish are undeniable. By the content of vitamin C, nettle carotene surpasses black currants, citrus fruits and carrots. But at the same time, do not forget that excessive use of this component can be harmful to health. Therefore, moderation should be observed in everything.
