Corn salad. Cooking corn porridge according to the best recipes

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Corn porridge has earned its place in the diet due to its low calorie content and gluten-free nature. The latter property even allows you to use cereals as a first complementary food. When prepared correctly, corn dishes can be the most nutritious and delicious.

Each country has its own recipe for corn porridge: in Romania and Moldova - the legendary mamaliga, in Spain and Italy - polenta, in Georgia - Gomi. Traditional Russian cuisine is also no exception. Although corn porridge with milk does not have a sonorous name, its taste and nutritional value do not become worse.

To taste healthy porridge, you need:

• cereal – 200 g;
• water – 400 g;
• milk – 400 g;
• salt, sugar, butter - to taste.

To get not only healthy, but also tasty porridge, you need to perform a number of actions:

1. A pan of water is placed on the stove and brought to a boil.
2. Pour the cereal into the pan in small portions with constant stirring, and then cook until the liquid has completely evaporated for about 10 minutes over low heat.
3. After absorbing moisture, the cereal softens, and it’s time to add milk.
4. The milk is poured in gradually while stirring so that the cereal does not begin to clump.
5. After boiling, the porridge is cooked for about 10 minutes, while salt and sugar are added during the next stirring.
6. After the cereal swells, the stove is turned off and the dish is infused for about ¼ hour.
7. Porridge is served with butter or cream.

Attention! When cooking corn porridge on the stove, it must be constantly monitored, otherwise it will stick to the bottom or even burn.

With added pumpkin

The benefits of corn porridge are undeniable, but its combination with pumpkin doubles the positive effect on health with the regular presence of the dish in the human diet. To prepare pumpkin porridge from corn, just add a small addition to the basic recipe.

1. 300 g of pumpkin is peeled and seeds, cut into cubes, covered with sugar.
2. After the juice appears, the pumpkin is placed on the stove and cooked until tender.
3. Pumpkin cubes are mixed with the porridge as it steeps.

Recipe for cooking with water

Water porridge is the easiest and fastest side dish to prepare, which is also very nutritious. If you have 200 g of cereal, then it is enough to prepare a liter of water, salt, sugar and oil for dressing.

In progress:

1. Water is poured into a saucepan with a thick bottom and brought to a boil.
2. Well-washed cereal is added to boiling water, mixed and cooked for about half an hour.
3. After the time has passed, the porridge is salted, mixed and continues to cook until fully cooked for about half an hour over low heat.
4. After removing from the heat, the porridge is flavored with butter or ghee for flavor.

Important! If you want to add honey, you can do this only after the cereal has cooled, so that it does not lose its beneficial properties.

How to cook in a slow cooker?

Corn porridge in a slow cooker is an excellent dish for people for whom every minute is worth its weight in gold: when cooking using this device, there is no need to constantly stand at the stove and monitor the food. The washed cereal, salt and oil should be placed in a bowl and filled with water in the proportions from the basic recipe. Cook in the “Cereals” or “Milk porridge” mode, depending on the type, until the sound signal.

Advice! To thicken the porridge, you can keep it for about half an hour in the “Warming” mode. It is convenient to install the program in the evening, and in the morning you will have a ready-made breakfast waiting for you.

Corn grits porridge with dried fruits

An original recipe for sweet porridge, which, if executed correctly, becomes a favorite breakfast for the whole family.

To prepare, in addition to 200 g of cereal and ½ liter of water, you need to purchase the following ingredients:

• raisins – 75 g;
• other dried fruits (to choose from) – 150 g;
• sugar – 50 g;
• butter – 40 g;
• salt - to taste.

When preparing:

1. Water with salt and sugar is brought to a boil, after which the cereal is poured into it.
2. After boiling again, the heat is reduced to a minimum, and the cereal is cooked for about ¼ hour.
3. Oil and prepared dried fruits are added to the porridge, after which the dish is infused for about 30 minutes.

A tasty and satisfying dish with meat

Despite the fact that porridge is perceived as a side dish, corn porridge with meat and vegetables can be an excellent independent dish.

You will need:

• corn grits – 300 g;
• meat – 300 g;
• onion – 75 g;
• carrots – 100 g;
• tomatoes – 150 g;
• sunflower oil – 50 ml;
• water – ½ l;
• salt, spices - to taste.

During the cooking process:

1. The meat is cut into pieces, the vegetables are chopped: onions and tomatoes are cut into cubes, carrots are grated.
2. The meat product is placed on heated oil and fried on all sides.
3. After 7 minutes, onions and carrots are added to the saucepan, and after 5 minutes, tomatoes.
4. Grain is poured into the pre-salted and seasoned vegetable mixture with meat.
5. All contents are filled with water.
6. After boiling, cook the porridge over low heat for about half an hour until the liquid has evaporated.

Recipe with cheese

Of all the cereals, only corn goes most harmoniously with any type of cheese, including feta cheese.

To execute another extraordinary recipe you will need:

• corn grits – 300 g;
• hard cheese – 100 g;
• butter – 50 g;
• water – 600 ml;
• salt, spices - to taste.

When the products are prepared, you can start cooking:

1. Pour well-washed cereal into boiling salted water and cook for half an hour over low heat.
2. At this time, the cheese is grated.
3. When the porridge is almost ready, add cheese and butter to the pan, after which the entire contents are mixed.

Advice! To add piquant notes to the taste, at the final stage you should sprinkle the dish with herbs.

Corn grits porridge for children

The absence of gluten makes the porridge the least allergenic.

This fact makes it popular among young mothers who want to diversify the menu of their long-awaited child.

To prepare one serving of 200 g you will need:

• corn grits – 30-35 g;
• milk – 100 ml;
• water – 150 ml;
• butter – 5 g;
• salt, sugar or sweet syrup - to taste.

When preparing products, the cereal is ground in a coffee grinder to the consistency of semolina, which can significantly reduce the cooking time, after which:

1. If desired, water is added salt, sweetened and brought to a boil.
2. The crushed cereal is poured into the boiling liquid with constant stirring and cooked for up to 10 minutes over low heat under a closed lid.
3. Milk is heated in a separate container, which is then used to dilute the porridge.
4. The milk porridge is boiled for another 10 minutes, after which it is removed from the heat and left for the same amount of time.
5. If a large number of lumps form due to the structure of the cereal, the porridge is rubbed through a sieve or broken up in a blender.
6. The finished dish is flavored with butter and syrup.

Important! For a child under one year old, cow's milk is replaced with breast milk, if breastfeeding, or with formula if the baby is on artificial milk.

Thus, preparing cereals from nutritious cereals is quite simple, the main thing is to know: how long to cook corn porridge to the required state. And several simple but original recipes will allow you to get great pleasure from ordinary food combined with benefits.

Corn grits are an energy product that is sold in all Russian grocery stores. Unfortunately, it is not very popular. This attitude is completely undeserved; due to the mass of beneficial properties, corn grits deserve more attention.

Corn grits are made from dried corn kernels.

This cereal, which is considered the oldest cereal plant in the world, was brought to the European continent from America in the 15th century.

In Spain, where it arrived before other European countries, it was called maize. Corn came to Russia through Turkey and Moldova around the 18th century.

How is corn grits produced?

Corn is distributed on all continents. In Russia, they make cereal from it, which is divided by numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The first three numbers are coarse grinding, 4 and 5 are fine grinding. Depending on the size and color, there are known methods for processing it after cleaning the shells and separating the germs. The shelf life from the moment of production of cereals is from 6 to 10 months, depending on the region.

Chemical composition, calorie content and nutritional value

The calorie content of dry corn grits is 330–340 kcal per 100 g. Porridge, which increases by about 3 times after cooking, has about 100 kcal.

The cereal contains the following substances:

• carbohydrates – 55%;
• proteins – 10%;
• fats – 2%;
• dietary fiber – 24%.

Corn grits are unusually rich in healthy elements.

It includes vitamins and mineral salts:

• cobalt;
• calcium;
• gland;
• manganese;
• copper;
• magnesium;
• molybdenum;
• chromium;
• zinc;
• B vitamins;
• retinol;
• vitamins E, PP, H, K.

Corn proteins are unique; they include a number of essential amino acids, but do not contain lysine and tryptophan.

The benefits and harms of corn grits for humans

There are much fewer proteins in corn that cause allergies than in wheat and rye. Corn contains many microelements. It provides a source of rare silicon, which is essential for maintaining healthy tooth enamel.

Corn contains vitamins A and E, which are antioxidants and are good for vision and skin health. As well as B vitamins, which help the normal functioning of the nervous system. Corn porridge cleanses the body well, removing harmful substances from it - toxins and radionuclides. This helps prevent cancer.

The benefits of corn grits have been experimentally tested in America. Elderly people over 65 years of age were given corn porridge to eat regularly. This reduced their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Corn contains substances that strengthen the sheath of nerve fibers, which helps maintain good memory, attention, and learning ability.

Corn porridge can reduce bad cholesterol when consumed regularly and normalize blood pressure, so it is important for heart and vascular diseases.

Corn grits in dishes perfectly cleanse the intestines. Its use has a beneficial effect on digestion and blocks the absorption of fats from other foods. It helps those who want to lose weight effectively to lose weight.

Beneficial properties for children's bodies

The rich vitamin and mineral composition makes corn grits a valuable product in baby food. In addition, cereals contain a lot of natural fiber, which gently cleanses the intestines.

Eating corn porridge will strengthen the baby’s immunity, make him calm and smart.

Porridge can be given from 9 months of age.

Due to the presence of iron in corn, porridge from this cereal will be a good way to prevent anemia. The silicon in its composition is beneficial for the child's growing bones and teeth.

Due to the absence of gluten, corn grits are a valuable dietary product in baby food. It is recommended to cook it for children who are allergic to this protein. Gluten is found in many cereals, especially wheat.

Recipes for cooking with corn grits

You can make many interesting dishes from corn. Some of them are national, and are characteristic of the cuisine of certain peoples.

Milk porridge made from corn grits

For cooking, it is advisable to use a pan with a non-stick coating; corn grits porridge thickens quickly and easily sticks to the walls of the pan.

Products:

• corn grits 1 tbsp.;
• 4–5 tbsp. milk;
• salt, sugar to taste.

Preparation:

1. Add corn grits in a thin stream to half the volume of boiled milk.
2. Stir constantly.
3. Reduce heat.
4. Add salt and sugar.
5. Pour in the remaining milk, heated to a boil.
6. Cover the pan with a lid.
7. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally for 30 or 40 minutes.

Season the finished porridge with butter to taste and leave for another quarter of an hour.

How to cook pancakes

The dough for corn grits pancakes is made from cooled porridge.

For cooking you will need the following products:

• corn grits 0.5 tbsp;
• 2 tbsp. milk or water;
• wheat flour 60 g;
• granulated sugar 25 g;
• egg.

Preparation:

1. Cook the cereal until tender, adding a little salt to the water or milk.
2. Cool to room temperature.
3. Add sugar and egg.
4. Form cakes with your hands.
5. Dip them in flour.
6. Fry on both sides in vegetable oil.

If desired, you can add light raisins to the corn fritters.

Corn pie

To make a corn grits pie, grind the grits using a coffee grinder.

Products:

• egg;
• corn and wheat flour 75 g each;
• 60 g granulated sugar;
• butter 90 g.

Preparation:

1. Grind butter with sugar and egg.
2. Add corn and wheat flour, you can add a little vanillin.
3. Mix the dough, place it on a sheet, and level it into a layer.
4. Bake at 180 degrees for 10 or 15 minutes.

The finished cake is greased with any butter cream, sprinkled with chocolate and toasted nuts.

Healthy cookies

Cornmeal cookies are prepared in the same way as pancakes. First, the corn porridge is boiled, cooled, the dough is kneaded, and cookies are baked.

Products:

• ready-made corn porridge 1.5 tbsp;
• egg 1 pc.;
• 4 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• vanillin.

Preparation:

1. Sugar, egg and vanillin are added to the cooled corn porridge.
2. Beat with a blender.
3. Place small cookies onto a greased baking sheet with a spoon.
4. Bake at 160 degrees for 10 minutes.

The finished cookies are allowed to cool and removed from the baking sheet.

Mamaliga from small corn grits

Mamalyga is popular in Moldova and Romania. In the classic version, it is prepared in the form of a “corn bun” - a dense porridge that can be cut with a knife.

Products:

• 200 g finely ground corn grits;
• water or broth 600 ml;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 2 chili peppers.

Preparation:

1. Fill with hot water or broth and cook the cereal for 30–40 minutes over low heat.
2. At the end of cooking, add a clove of garlic and pepper.
3. Place the hominy on a board and cool.

Cut hominy into portions with a wooden knife or thread.

How to make porridge for children

Corn porridge for children can be prepared with the addition of vegetables or fruits. Try making healthy porridge with carrots.

Products:

• carrots 80 g;
• cereal, ground in a coffee grinder, 50 g;
• clean water 150–200 ml;
• butter 10 g.

Preparation:

1. Place peeled and cut into pieces carrots in boiling water and cook until the root vegetable becomes soft.
2. Add corn grits to the carrots, cook, stirring until tender.
3. Put the butter into the prepared porridge, mash it, stir and cool.

This porridge can be given to a baby from 9 months.

Polenta recipe by Hector Jimenez-Bravo

This is a traditional Italian dish made from corn grits. In Italy it is cooked over an open fire, it is the main food of poor families, but in Russian restaurants it is quite expensive. You can make polenta yourself if you know the recipe.

Products:

• water and broth 0.5 l each;
• olive oil 2 tbsp. l.;
• corn grits 1.5 tbsp;
• apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp. l.;
• tomatoes, diced 2 tbsp;
• parsley 2 tsp;
• butter 3.5 tbsp. l.;
• cream 1/3 cup;
• young corn kernels 1 tbsp.;
• Parmesan cheese 2 tbsp. l.;
• spices and salt.

Preparation:

1. The cereal is poured into boiling water with broth.
2. Cook for about 30 minutes in a saucepan with the lid closed over low heat.
3. To make the sauce, the tomatoes are fried in olive oil.
4. Add 2 tbsp to the tomatoes. l. butter, paprika, oregano and garlic.
5. When the tomatoes become soft, lightly crush them with a spoon, add vinegar and chopped parsley.
6. Young corn kernels, cut from 4 heads, are slightly salted and fried in a frying pan.
7. Boiled corn grits are mixed with corn kernels, cream, 1.5 tbsp. l. butter, Parmesan cheese and basil.

Serve polenta topped with roasted tomato sauce, cold or warm.

Who is contraindicated for corn grits?

For some health problems, doctors do not recommend eating corn porridge. It is undesirable to eat it if you have dystrophy. Corn grits, the benefits and harms of which have long been studied by nutritionists, promote fat burning and will not allow you to gain weight.

If you have diarrhea and other problems with the gastrointestinal tract, it is better not to eat corn porridge; they have a mild laxative effect and contain a lot of fiber. With thrombophlebitis and blood clotting disorders, there are also contraindications to eating cereal.

For most people, corn grits will only benefit: it will help you lose extra pounds, prevent many diseases and strengthen your immune system.

Cereals are an important part of a complete and balanced diet. From an early age, various cereals appear in children's diets, which provide growing children with a lot of energy and useful elements. And adults should not forget about cereals, because they are a source of complex carbohydrates, so they allow you to forget about the feeling of hunger for a long time and not gain extra pounds. One of the very healthy cereals is corn. But not everyone knows how to use corn grits and what can be cooked from it. So here are proven recipes.

Corn casserole with cottage cheese

To prepare this dish, you will need one and a half glasses of corn grits, two and a half glasses of water, three hundred grams of cottage cheese, half a glass of sour cream, three tablespoons of vegetable oil, a couple of yolks, a bunch of dill or parsley and a couple of teaspoons of salt.

First, rinse the cereal and drain the liquid from it. Fill a saucepan with water, bring it to a boil and add salt. Pour the prepared cereal into boiling water, pour in a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil. Once the water returns to a boil, reduce the heat to low. After fifteen to twenty minutes, you need to remove the pan from the heat and bring the porridge to readiness in the oven or in a water bath.

Separate the yolks from the whites. Mix one yolk with a small pinch of salt and sour cream. The second should be combined with cottage cheese and the same small pinch of salt.

Set the oven to preheat.

Grease a suitable baking dish with vegetable oil. Place half of the corn porridge into it and smooth it out with a spoon. Place a layer of cottage cheese on top, smooth it out and cover with the rest of the porridge. Also smooth the surface with a spoon.

Fill the contents of the mold with the prepared sour cream and place in the oven, preheated to one hundred and eighty degrees, for twenty minutes.

Chop the greens into smaller pieces and sprinkle them over the finished casserole.

You can make soup from corn grits.

Corn grits soup with mushrooms

Making such a tasty and interesting soup is not at all difficult. First boil the porridge from corn grits (use four liters of water for one kilogram of grits).

Prepare mushroom broth, strain it and bring to a boil. Place potatoes, chopped into slices, and prepared mushrooms, cut into strips, into a saucepan. After a quarter of an hour, add the prepared corn porridge to the pan.

Fry the frying: heat a frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil, fry finely chopped onion and grated carrots in it. Place the finished roast into the soup, salt and season, focusing on your taste preferences. After eight to ten minutes, sprinkle the finished soup with parsley and turn off the heat. Leave the soup covered for about five minutes, then serve with sour cream.

You can cook porridge.

Corn porridge with pumpkin

To prepare such a tasty, nutritious and very healthy dish, readers of Popular Health need to prepare a glass of corn grits, two hundred grams of pumpkin and three tablespoons of sugar. It is also worth using half a liter of milk, a little salt and one hundred milliliters of water.

First, wash the pumpkin, peel it and remove the seeds. Chop the vegetable into small pieces. Boil water in a saucepan and add the prepared pumpkin to it. Boil for five minutes.

During this time, rinse the corn grits and drain the water. Add milk to the saucepan with pumpkin, add cereal, as well as sugar and salt. Bring the future porridge to a boil and reduce the heat to minimum. Boil over low heat for half an hour. Stir the porridge as it cooks occasionally, as it can easily burn. Next, wrap the saucepan with porridge well and leave for twenty minutes.

Banosh

To prepare such an interesting national Hutsul dish, you should stock up on one hundred grams of corn grits, half a liter of sour cream, two hundred grams of feta cheese, two hundred grams of pork pulp, a teaspoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt.

Take a thick-walled saucepan, pour sour cream into it and bring to a boil. Add salt and sugar. Then add corn grits into the container, stirring gradually. Reduce heat to low and cook until tender, stirring constantly. The finished banosh will begin to lag behind the surface of the walls and bottom of the pan, and oil droplets will appear on it.

Chop the pork into small pieces and fry in a frying pan until golden. Add salt to taste. Grind the cheese into arbitrary pieces.

Banosh must be served hot. It is cut into pieces, sprinkled with pork and pieces of cheese.

Today we’ll finish the recipes with corn grits with dessert.

Corn dessert

To prepare such a dish, you should prepare three hundred and fifty grams of corn grits, four tablespoons of corn flour, three hundred milliliters of water, two hundred milliliters of milk, a couple of bananas, one teaspoon of sugar and a couple of tablespoons of cream.

Combine water with milk. Boil corn grits in this mixture, adding flour. Cool the resulting mixture and place it on cling film, first greasing it with vegetable oil. Smooth the surface of the porridge.

Combine bananas with sugar and cream, stir until smooth. Place this mixture on top of the porridge and roll it up. Place it on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Cook at one hundred and sixty to one hundred and eighty degrees for twenty minutes. Sprinkle the finished dish with powdered sugar and slices of fruit.

Here are some dishes containing corn grits. We will definitely provide recipes for its use in future publications.

Have you ever wondered how to cook corn grits? If you don't have children, then probably not. And you probably cooked porridge with milk for your children and nothing else. Let's see what else you can cook and how corn grits are useful in general. are presented below.

Let's start with the fact that the correct name for corn grits is maize. Its ancestral home is South America, and this culture itself is very ancient. Corn has a lot of useful properties, and most importantly, it has the unique property of not losing useful substances after heat treatment.

Porridge recipes

Believe me, porridge from this cereal can also be prepared in very different ways. Let's start with the most common recipe.

Corn porridge: classic recipe

4 large spoons of raisins need to be soaked in warm water for 10 minutes. Rinse a glass of corn grits, pour 2.5 cups of hot water over it, add salt to taste, a little butter and raisins. Then you need to cover the pan and put it in the oven. The finished porridge should become soft. You need to mix it and add a little more oil. When serving, add sugar to taste.

Porridge with feta cheese or feta cheese

It is very tasty to eat corn porridge with salty salt. To do this, you need to boil a glass of cereal (you can do it in the oven, as in the previous recipe, or you can do it in a saucepan, the main thing is that it becomes soft). You need to add sugar to the porridge to make it sweet enough. Then you need to chop 100 g of feta or cheese and sprinkle it over the porridge already in the plate. The combination of sweet and salty is very savory.

Corn grits: casserole recipes

Porridge made from this cereal is very tasty if you make a casserole out of it.

Casserole with corn and cottage cheese

600 g of cottage cheese must be rubbed through a sieve until it becomes very fine. Add 4 egg yolks, 100 ml milk, 20 g butter, 60 g sugar, a little vanilla, 50 g flour, 30 g raisins (or walnuts - whichever you like best), mix everything well, and then carefully add 4 whipped into protein foam. This aromatic mass should be placed in a saucepan, previously sprinkled with crackers, and baked. When serving, add sour cream.

Casserole with corn, minced meat and vegetables

Pour 100 g of corn grits into 400 ml of boiling meat broth and cook for 15 minutes. Soak one stale bun in water, squeeze out and knead with your hand. Mix it with 1 egg and half a kilogram of minced pork and beef. Season with pepper, salt and nutmeg.

Place the porridge in a mold, place the minced meat on top and bake for about half an hour. In the meantime, cut 100 g of carrots into small pieces and boil along with 200 g of green peas in 100 ml. broth. Place carrots and peas on top of the minced meat, sprinkle grated Gouda cheese (200 g) on ​​top and bake for another 10 minutes.

Corn grits: baking recipes

Mchadi (flatbread)

Two glasses of corn grits need to be washed, salted and gradually, little by little, add hot water to it and knead. Mix first with a spoon, and when it becomes plastic, start kneading with your hands, like regular dough. The ideal dough for mchadi should be sticky. Then, again with your hands, you need to separate small pieces and form flat cakes (their thickness should be no more than a centimeter). In a frying pan, you need to heat the sunflower oil and fry the flatbreads on both sides (they should be covered with a golden brown crust). To prevent the cakes from turning out greasy, place them on napkins to absorb the oil. The last step is to cut the finished, still hot flatbread lengthwise and put thin pieces of cheese, for example, suluguni, inside. It will melt slightly from the hot flatbreads, and it will turn out to be a very tasty dish!

Yogurt pie

200 g should be mixed with a pinch of soda. Another 200 g - with a spoonful of sugar, two glasses of yogurt, 3 eggs, a spoonful of butter and a pinch of salt. Mix everything thoroughly and combine both mixtures. Place this dough on a baking sheet and bake for about 40 minutes. You will get a delicious low-fat pie. It can be served with sour cream or jam.

I hope now you won’t have a question about what to cook with corn grits!