Herculean porridge is a great start to the day.

But only if it is properly cooked!

A lot has been said about the benefits of oatmeal and will not be repeated. But to learn about how to cook oatmeal really delicious, it will be worthwhile.

We will please the household with an amazing gruel?

How to cook oatmeal - general principles of preparation

Herculean porridge is cooked in milk, in water or in a joint mixture thereof. Moreover, the percentage can be absolutely anything. If there is no fresh milk, then you can use dried milk. Sometimes housewives find a way out and add condensed milk, fresh cream or enrich the dish with other products in the porridge on the water.

What can be added to the oatmeal porridge:

Dried fruits (raisins, dates, prunes, dried apricots and others);

Nuts (walnuts, peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts and others);

Spices (vanilla, cinnamon)

Pieces of chocolate;

Substitute honey;

Fresh fruits and berries, including exotic ones.

Before you cook the oatmeal porridge, carefully look at the packaging. If the cereal is instant, then it is enough to boil porridge for 1-2 minutes. If in the hands of ordinary cereal, then cook for 7-10 minutes. There is oatmeal, which is completely cooked, it is enough just to pour boiling water or hot milk on it. But, experts say, such cereals are less useful than ordinary.

How to cook Hercules on the water

Hercules porridge on the water - a dish of dietary and therapeutic nutrition. It is prescribed for obesity, digestive system diseases, and also given to people with lactose intolerance. Therefore, it does not hurt to know how the oatmeal is cooked.

Ingredients

1 cup of hercules;

2.5 cups of water;

Cooking

1. Salt water and put on a stove, let it boil.

2. Add the oatmeal, stir, bring to a boil and reduce the heat.

3. Cook until thickened. We look at the state of cereals, on average, the process takes from 7 to 10 minutes.

4. Add sugar, boil for a minute and turn it off. But you can sprinkle sugar on the already prepared porridge in plates.

How to cook oatmeal porridge in milk

For cereal, you can use milk of any fat content, it does not really matter. But most often they take the standard 3.2%. Before you cook the oatmeal porridge, you need to remember that it is better not to do this with whole milk, it is advisable to breed it with a small amount of water. And better in half.

Ingredients

1 cup of hercules;

1 glass of water;

1 cup of milk;

50 grams of oil;

Salt, sugar or honey.

Cooking

1. Pour water and milk into a saucepan, put on the stove.

2. After boiling, salt and add the oatmeal, stir and let it boil again.

3. Cook over low heat for three minutes, add sugar.

4. Cook for another minute, put the butter, cover and turn off.

5. Let the porridge stand on the stove for about 20 minutes, until the flakes reach readiness. If there is no time, then you can simply boil them a little longer, for about another three minutes.

How to cook Hercules in milk powder

The recipe for the preparation of oatmeal porridge in milk powder, which can also have different fat content. On average, a product with 25% is used.

Ingredients

50 grams of oatmeal;

1 tablespoon of sugar;

2 tsp milk powder;

Salt and oil.

Cooking

1. Add 200 grams of water to milk powder, send to the stove and let it boil.

2. Put a pinch of salt and you can immediately add granulated sugar.

3. Pour the oats, stir and cook for about three to five minutes.

4. Add a piece of butter, cover and turn off. Let’s stand.

5. After a quarter of an hour, remove the lid, stir and you can have breakfast!

How to cook oatmeal porridge in the microwave

This recipe can just help out if it is not possible to cook breakfast on the stove. There are several ways how you can cook the oatmeal porridge in the microwave and this is one of the most successful. You can pour oatmeal with milk in the evening and then the cooking time will be reduced to a minute.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons of oatmeal;

1 teaspoon of sugar (honey can be);

200 ml of milk;

1 slice of oil;

1 pinch of salt.

Cooking

1. Take a container for the microwave and pour flakes into it.

2. Stir the milk with a pinch of salt, immediately add sugar. If honey is used, then it is better to add it to the cooked porridge, so as not to ruin the vitamins when cooking.

3. Put the capacity in the microwave, turn on the power of 700 watts.

4. Cook for three minutes. You can cover the lid for the microwave oven, so as not to accidentally splatter it.

5. We take out the porridge, put a piece of butter on top and you're done!

How to cook Hercules with pumpkin and nuts

Pumpkin porridge with oatmeal is a bright, tasty and extremely healthy dish. For cooking, it is better to use a sweet pumpkin, orange and ripe. And then the porridge will also be very fragrant. The recipe is with water, but similarly it is possible to cook milk porridge.

Ingredients

250 grams of pumpkin;

6-7 tablespoons of cereal;

20 grams of butter;

2 tablespoons of sugar;

1 tablespoon walnuts;

Some cinnamon

Cooking

1. Cut the pumpkin into cubes, drop it into the pan, pour 50 ml of water and cook under the lid until soft.

2. In a frying pan, fry oatmeal and chopped nuts until golden brown.

3. Add the oatmeal to the pumpkin puree, pour about 150 ml of water or milk, let the future porridge boil.

4. Salt, put sugar and boil for two minutes.

5. Throw a piece of butter, cover and let stand for about half an hour. Ground cinnamon can be added to taste, it goes well with pumpkin.

How to cook raisin porridge with raisins

In general, raisins can simply be washed and added to any porridge. But it will not be very tasty and fragrant. We’ll better tell you how to cook the oatmeal with raisins. Similarly, you can cook porridge with dried apricots, prunes and other dried fruits, only by adjusting the amount of sugar.

Ingredients

100 grams of oatmeal;

50 grams of raisins;

20 grams of oil;

200 ml of milk;

100 ml of water;

A pinch of salt;

0.5 tablespoons of sugar.

Cooking

1. Boil a mixture of water with milk.

2. Add a pinch of salt and sugar. Raisin itself contains a lot of sugars. This must be taken into account. If you don’t like too sweet dishes, then you can only add a little salt.

3. Add the flakes and cook for three minutes after boiling.

4. Rinse the raisins, let the porridge boil well again, throw a piece of butter, stir and cover.

5. Turn off and insist 10 minutes.

How to cook oatmeal with apples

A variant of the magic Hercules porridge, which is prepared with fresh apples. The dish is very nutritious, healthy, but not boring. You can also add some raisins, nuts or other dried fruits to apples, but this is already a matter of taste.

Ingredients

1 cup Hercules flakes;

3.5 cups of milk or a mixture thereof with water;

1 tablespoon butter;

Sugar with salt to your taste;

1 apple

Cooking

1. Boil milk. If desired, we dilute it with water, it is possible for a third or even in half.

2. Add sugar, do not forget to salt the porridge so that it shows its taste.

3. Put the oatmeal and cook for about 7 minutes.

4. Throw the oil into the pan and turn it off.

5. The apple needs to be washed, grated on a coarse grater. The skin can be left or removed, we do as we like more.

6. Throw the apple into the pan, stir and let it brew for ten minutes. During this time, the porridge is saturated with a fruity aroma and will become extraordinary.

7. Put on plates and you're done!

Hercules porridge thickens very much as it cools. And if you need to cook it in advance, then it is better to reduce the amount of cereal by a third and prepare a liquid dish. Gradually it will harden and become thicker.

When cooking porridge, cereals are always added to the liquid, and not vice versa. And if you just need to steam the flakes, then the liquid is added to them.

How much cereal to add to water or milk? This question is asked by many. If you want to make liquid porridge, then 570 grams of milk (water) goes for 100 grams of cereal. To prepare a viscous porridge, it is enough to pour 350 grams of liquid per 100 grams of dry cereal.

Did you know that if you mix porridge quickly, then the cooking process slows down? Stir the contents of the pan slowly and infrequently. And it is better to get a good capacity for cooking cereals, in which they will not burn.

Remaining oatmeal? Do not rush to throw it away! It can be used for cooking casseroles, add to sweet cakes and fritters. And if the oatmeal is also unsweetened, then it can be sent to mincemeat for meat or fish cutlets and not add bread, semolina.

Hello dear readers of my blog and viewers of the YouTube channel.

You wondered: How to cook oatmeal porridge?

Dear reader, you might ask, why write a recipe for herculean porridge, because everyone knows how to cook it. Yes, and on the packaging of herculean flakes is written a recipe for porridge from this very hercules.

I thought so too. But once I had a phone call and my adult son, who married and they live on their own, asked me: “Mom, how to cook herculean porridge?” And he says that he did not find a recipe for oatmeal porridge on the Internet, to make porridge, how he got used to eating, how his mother cooks.

I said: “Well, I’ll write a recipe on my blog, read and cook your favorite Herculean porridge for health.”

So this recipe was written at the request of, and perhaps for a young housewife or an independent young guy will be welcome.

Cooking oatmeal porridge is not at all difficult. Hercules porridge is prepared in milk, in water and in a mixture of milk and water. Whatever recipe you choose, remember that the ratio of liquid to cereal is 3: 1, i.e. 3 parts liquid and 1 part Hercules flakes.

In addition, a large variety of not only Hercules flakes, but also a mixture of different flakes (oat, wheat, corn, rye and others) are now being sold. Porridge from a mixture of cereals is prepared in the same way as from pure oat flakes.

To cook oatmeal porridge for very young children, you must first grind the flakes in a coffee grinder to a state of flour. And then cook, as usual, according to the recipe. Or cook the oatmeal porridge for everyone, and then put aside some finished porridge and beat with a blender. If necessary, dilute porridge with hot milk.

Recipes for preparing other dishes for children.

For me, cooking herculean porridge on water is acceptable if I'm on a diet. I also don’t really like making oatmeal porridge with milk, because milk does not allow the flakes of oatmeal to swell for a long time, so porridge is cooked longer and more dense.

I prefer to cook the oatmeal porridge in a mixture of milk and water.

How to cook oatmeal porridge?

Ingredients for the preparation of oatmeal porridge

• 2 cups of water
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup Hercules Flakes
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp. l Sahara
• 30 gr butter

Video recipe "How to cook oatmeal porridge"

"How to cook oatmeal porridge." Step 1.

Pour milk and water into the pan, add salt and sugar and bring to a boil.

"How to cook oatmeal porridge." Step 2

Pour the flakes of hercules or a mixture of flakes into the boiled mixture, stir.

Reduce the heat to a minimum and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

"How to cook oatmeal porridge." Step 3

You can eat oatmeal porridge immediately, adding butter. Or you can let her stand in a saucepan for a little while, then the porridge will swell even more.

Now you know how to cook oatmeal porridge according to my recipe.

You can diversify the oatmeal porridge with various additives.

In the finished porridge, you can add steamed dried apricots or raisins, a fresh apple, cut into small cubes or a pear, as well as your favorite nuts, toasted and cut not in small pieces.

Today I decorate oatmeal porridge with yellow and red raspberries from my garden, just ripe.

It is very convenient to chop nuts with a rolling pin. Just pour the roasted nuts on a kitchen towel, cover with a second towel and roll on it with a rolling pin. Nuts are obtained exactly as needed for porridge.

Bon Appetit!

Friends, what kind of recipe do you prefer Hercules porridge, write.

There is an opinion that oatmeal in cereal is not very useful, it is better to take cereal. What do you think about this, write in the comments.

In the meantime, porridge is cooked, you can take a breath and guess

Probably, every person from childhood has an idea about the benefits of porridge made from Hercules groats. But not everyone knows what is part of this product and what exactly is its benefit.

Hercules is a plant product. They make it from oats, respectively, all the benefits of this plant are found in porridge. Its composition is rich:

• phosphorus;
• b vitamins;
• vitamins of group A and PP;
• vitamin F
• vitamin E
• minerals;
• micro and macro elements.

The benefits of oatmeal porridge are undeniable, because about 100 grams of this product allows a person to get almost a third of the daily intake of phosphorus. And without it, as you know, calcium cannot be absorbed.

The whole set of vitamins, which is part of Hercules, saturates the cells of the body and partially replenishes their deficiency. It cleanses the body of toxins, expels excess water. It is also important that this product after heat treatment practically does not lose all its useful properties.

How to cook and how much time to cook Hercules

There are many ways to make Hercules porridge - it can be boiled in water or milk, cooked in the oven, microwave or slow cooker, with the addition of various berries or fruits. In order for the porridge to be tasty, not liquid and not too thick, certain proportions and cooking time should be observed.

Proportions are taken 2: 1, that is, 2 servings of liquid and 1 serving of cereal. Water needs to be boiled, pour flakes into it, reduce fire. To prevent the porridge from sticking to the bottom of the pan, you need to stir it often.

The whole cooking process takes no more than 15 minutes, then the fire must be turned off, wrap the dishes with a towel, let it fade for 5-7 minutes. If the dish is dietary, you can immediately eat it. If not, add oil, fruit or nuts to the porridge.

Making Hercules Milk Porridge

Milk oatmeal porridge is considered to be the most nutritious and healthy dish, and if it is also delicious, such a breakfast has no price. To prepare this dish you will need the following components:

• hercules groats - 200 grams;
• water - 200 ml;
• milk - 200 ml;
• butter - 50 grams;
• salt - on the tip of a spoon;
• sugar to taste.

Cooking time - 10 - 12 minutes, the calorie content of this dish is 135 kcal per 100 g.

How to cook oatmeal porridge in milk? To begin, pour milk and water into the pan, put on the stove. When the liquid boils, pour out the flakes, reduce the heat, cook, sometimes stirring so that the porridge does not burn.

After 5 minutes of cooking, put salt and sugar, cook another 5 -7 minutes. Then you need to turn off the fire, put the butter, stir, cover and wrap with a towel. Porridge should be swept for another 5 minutes, then mix it, arrange on plates. Bon Appetit everyone!

Herculean milk porridge recipe with fruit slices

Fruits are a great addition not only to herculean, but also to any porridge. The recipe is very simple. You will need:

• hercules - 200 grams;
• water - 200 ml;
• milk - 300 ml;
• butter - 30 grams;
• vanilla - 1 pinch;
• pear - 1 piece;
• peach 1 piece;
• apple -1 piece.
• salt and sugar to taste.

The cooking time is 15 minutes, the calorie content of such a breakfast will be 150 kcal per 100 g.

Now, in detail about how to properly cook oatmeal porridge in milk with fruit. Boil water and pour warmed milk into it. As soon as the mixture of milk and water begins to boil, pour the oatmeal into it, cook over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

When the porridge begins to thicken, pour salt, sugar, vanilla, butter into it, cover and warm with a towel. While the porridge is infused, peel the fruits, remove the seeds, cut them into small pieces.

After 5 minutes, mix the porridge thoroughly, put in a plate, sprinkle abundantly with chopped fruits on top. Fruits can be replaced with raisins or nuts, to taste. Bon Appetit!

How to quickly cook a diet Herculean porridge in the microwave for breakfast

Hercules porridge can be made dietary if you cook it without adding milk and butter. So, the necessary components:

• hercules groats - 0.5 cup;
• water - 100 - 150 ml;
• a pinch of salt and sugar;
• chopped greens to taste.

Cooking time 5 - 7 minutes, calorie content is 95 - 100 kcal per 100 g.

To prepare this dish, it is better to use refractory dishes. Pour the flakes of hercules into it, pour water, salt and sweeten, put in the microwave for 5 minutes. Then get the dishes with porridge, mix thoroughly, cool slightly, add chopped greens. Attention - sugar can not be added to this dish. Bon Appetit!

Hercules porridge with pumpkin and nuts in a slow cooker

There is nothing easier than to prepare a hearty and healthy breakfast using a slow cooker. Hercules porridge with milk can be prepared with various fruits and berries, as well as vegetables. For example, with a pumpkin. It will not only increase the list of useful properties of Hercules, but also add a spicy taste to the dish. To do this, you must:

• hercules flakes - 200 grams;
• milk - 200 - 300 ml;
• water - 200 ml;
• pumpkin - 150 grams;
• walnuts - 4 - 5 pcs;
• salt - 1 pinch;
• sugar - 30 grams

Cooking time 10 - 15 minutes, the calorie content of this dish is 160 kcal per 100 g.

For cooking in a multicooker, a special measuring cup is used - a multi-glass, it is they who measure all the components. Place the hercules flakes in the multicooker bowl, peel the pumpkin, cut the flesh into small pieces, put it on the flakes.

In order to prevent porridge from sticking to the walls of the bowl, it must first be greased with butter or vegetable oil. Mix water with milk, slightly heat over a fire, pour flakes, close the lid and set the desired mode.

The standard cooking time for cereal in a slow cooker is 10 minutes. When the signal indicates the readiness of the dish, open the lid, put salt, sugar and turn on the heating function for 5 minutes. Stir the dish, put on plates. Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top of the dish. Bon Appetit!

Hercules porridge with fruit and caramel

This dish has a pleasant and rich taste. The recipes are simple, for this you will need:

The cooking time is 15 minutes, the calorie content of such a breakfast will be 160 - 170 kcal per 100 grams.

Bring the water with milk to a boil, pour the hercules into it. Boil it for 10 minutes, pour a pinch of salt and vanilla sugar.

While the porridge is cooked, you need to make caramel. Pour sugar into a dry frying pan, fry it a little and put butter.

Boil caramel over low heat until ruddy. Shortly before cooking, add caramel, stir, cover, hold on a stove for several minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the fruit. Fruits can be anything - apples, pears, bananas, as well as berries by season. Peel, core, chop pulp. Put the porridge on plates, sprinkle with fruit on top. Bon Appetit!

1. To prevent milk porridge from burning, first you need to pour cold water into the pan, and only then milk.
2. For cooking oatmeal, it is better to use pots without an enamel coating.
3. Prunes and dried apricots cut into small pieces increase the nutritional value of porridge.
4. The cooking process can be accelerated by pouring a glass of water with 200 grams of cereal in the evening. By morning, the croup will swell and it will be enough to cook for 5 minutes.
5. Flakes should not be washed before cooking, as they are steamed in the workplace.
6. Flakes that have been lying open for a long time cannot be used to make porridge, they will give it an unpleasant rancid taste.
7. The finished dish can be stored in the refrigerator for 3 days.

Despite the fact that hercules is a fairly high-calorie product, it is not deposited in the form of fat folds on the sides and abdomen. In the stomach, it is absorbed for a very long time, so it gives a long feeling of satiety and energy.

This breakfast option is ideal not only for baby food, but also for those who want to lose weight or suffer from gastrointestinal diseases.

In the next video, more information on how to cook oatmeal porridge in milk.

Oatmeal is considered the most wholesome and delicious breakfast you can cook. Women who eat right, watch their figure, prepare hercules not in milk, but in water. It is important to note that they are doing everything right. This oatmeal is also great for people with excess weight, diabetes and lactose intolerance. Thus cooked porridge is also recommended for people suffering from pathologies of the digestive tract.

Not sure how to boil oatmeal on the water? Before you familiarize yourself with the recipe, you should understand what the benefits and harms of porridge are, how many calories are contained in cooked oatmeal. If desired, you can mix water with milk in equal proportions to make the dish more tender. So that the oatmeal porridge on the water does not turn out fresh, the following components are added to it:

• honey (instead of sugar);
• berries, fruits: apples and bananas, oranges, pears, blueberries and raspberries;
• different nuts: hazelnuts, almonds and peanuts, cashews, walnuts;
• spices: cinnamon, vanilla, ginger;
• chocolate chips
• dried fruits: prunes, dried apricots, raisins, figs, dates.

First of all, you need to choose the right oatmeal. To do this, carefully examine the packaging. This is necessary in order to understand how much to cook oatmeal porridge. If you use instant cereal, then you can cook porridge in just two minutes. As for ordinary cereals, we cook them for about eight minutes. There is such Hercules, which does not need cooking, it is enough to pour boiling water over it. However, this type of cereal is less useful - many nutrients and vitamins go into the process of processing cereal.

100 grams of the finished meal contains 91 calories. If you cook on water, the dish is not only dietary and healthy, but also healing. It can be eaten in case of obesity, with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Cooking tricks

• if you decide to cook flakes that need to be boiled with boiling water, then after boiling, immediately remove the pan from the stove. It is advisable to pour water into Hercules, and not vice versa;
• considering that oatmeal thickens quickly, if you plan to cook breakfast in the evening, it is recommended to reduce the number of cereals by 1/3. Thus, you will be able to avoid excessive density of the dish;
• do not stir the porridge during the cooking process too often.

Ingredients

Cooking

1. Prepare all ingredients according to the recipe. Flakes should be poured into a bowl.

2. Rinse the raisins under warm running water. Use a fine sieve for this.

3. Next, pour oatmeal with warm water. It is important that the liquid covers the flakes for one and a half to two centimeters. At the same stage, add washed raisins. Dried apricots and prunes, as well as healthy dates, go well with such porridge. The dish is fortified, tasty and very aromatic.

4. Place the pan on the stove. Bring the flakes to a boil, then reduce the heat to a minimum. Boil the porridge for four minutes, then remove the pan from the stove. Cover the pan and let the porridge infuse for several minutes.

5. Then serve the dish in portioned dishes, after adding a little butter. Despite the fact that oatmeal is cooked in water, it turns out to be tender and very tasty.

6. From above it is necessary to pour the porridge with a spoon of liquid honey, this is a wonderful and healthy alternative to sugar.

7. You can serve oatmeal to the table. Such a dish will be enjoyed by all your household members. If you decorate the dish with slices of fruit, it will become bright, attractive and mouth-watering.

Video recipe

The recipe for making Hercules is unusually simple. The benefits of such a breakfast are undeniable, because thanks to one serving in the morning you can feel energetic throughout the day. In addition, your digestive tract will work like a clock. If you have problems with being overweight, then oatmeal cooked on water will help you say goodbye to it.

Oatmeal can be treated as you like, but no one can deny its benefits. With the launch of the steam processing of cereals, the taste of porridge became not so specific, and the consistency became more tender. More fans appeared, and thanks to valuable nutritional properties, the name "Herculean" was assigned to her. It is believed that on water, the recipe of which will be given in our article, is suitable both in quality and as a main dish on fasting and fasting days.

Why did the Scots not add milk to oatmeal?

The first oatmeal began to be cooked in Scotland in the 16th century. The chefs immediately began to experiment with the recipe and managed to add even spices to the dish. To achieve the perfect taste, even superstitions and certain rituals were used. So, it was believed that when cooking it was necessary to stir the porridge with the right hand only in a clockwise direction. This action allegedly scared away the accumulated around. According to the cooks of those years, milk spoiled the taste of the dish, so it was customary to cook oatmeal only on water. However, milk for porridge was served separately, in a glass, so that the dish could be washed down.

Hercules Porridge Water Recipe: Best Breakfast

• Oatmeal - 2 cups.
• Water - 4 glasses.
• Butter - 2 teaspoons.
• Salt - 0.5 teaspoon.
• You can add sugar to taste.

Hercules flakes do not require prior rinsing before laying in the pan. But even in a premium product, various foreign particles, husks and pebbles are found. Therefore, we will sort out the flakes before laying, so that later we will not pull out the unsplit grains from our mouth. Herculean porridge on water, the recipe of which readers see at the moment, is able to provide up to 15% of the daily requirement of the human body for vitamins and minerals. Milk in this situation is seen as an extra product, especially on fasting days.

Cooking process

To start, put water on fire. When the water boils, add salt, and then gradually pour the cereal. Additional stirring at the time of laying is not required, since the flakes themselves are evenly distributed throughout the liquid, without forming lumps. We will cook on moderate heat until thickened, periodically slowly stirring so that the porridge does not burn. After 7-10 minutes, the cereal is already able to fully digest. Turn off the fire, add oil, if necessary - sugar, close the lid. It is advisable to cover the pan with a terry towel and leave to sweat for another 10 minutes.

What to serve?

Sometimes you want to pamper yourself and diversify your daily diet. Some people eat daily, and it will not be superfluous for them to find out what the finished dish is best combined with. A good addition to the porridge served on the table will be pre-washed raisins, honey, slices of fresh fruit. In summer, you can add berries, of which raspberries, strawberries and cherries are the best friends with the taste of the prepared dish. And how beautiful and appetizing the composition from porridge decorated with several raspberries and mint leaves will look on top! Our oatmeal porridge on the water, the recipe with the photo of which you see, is ready! After such a beautifully decorated breakfast, in addition to a surge of energy, a good mood for the whole day is provided.

Hercules porridge on water: recipe in a slow cooker

People have long appreciated all the charms of a multicooker: it is able to save the personal time of the hostess and provide a hot breakfast to the family immediately after waking up. When every minute counts in the morning, the oatmeal porridge on the water, the recipe in the multicooker of which we will now analyze, is a real salvation. In addition, it is believed that this unit retains an order of magnitude more valuable nutrients than with traditional cooking.

As ingredients (per serving) we take:

• 0.5 cups of oatmeal
• 1 glass of water
• salt.

So, based on a family of 4 people we will lay 2 glasses of cereal and 4 glasses of water, and for a family of 5 people - 2.5 glasses of cereal and 5 glasses of water. Salt in both cases is enough in the amount of 0.5 teaspoon. As you can see, there is no oil or sugar here. Such oatmeal porridge on the water - a recipe for weight loss and slim figure!

Ingredients Tab

In the evening, we will lay in the slow cooker all the ingredients that you can mix if desired. We set the “Porridge” mode, then a delay timer until the hour when the family is ready to get ready for breakfast. Those who have time in the morning can bookmark after waking up. In this case, we’ll get by with the “Porridge” mode only. A positive point in cooking in this way is the lack of milk. In this case, the finished dish just does not burn.

Porridge with dried fruits

Herculean porridge on water, the recipe of which we have analyzed, is prepared simply, and all the additional ingredients are added to the finished dish. Are there options where additional ingredients are cooked with cereal? Yes there are. Slices of dried fruits soften well during languishing, and also give their incomparable sweet and sour taste to the main dish. For cooking, take:

• Oatmeal - 200 g.
• Water - 400 ml.
• Olive oil.
• A mixture of dried fruits (dried apricots, figs, raisins, prunes, dates).
• Salt, sugar to taste.

The recipe for oatmeal porridge in water with dried fruits can sometimes be modified for a change. For example, take water and milk in equal proportions.

Cooking method

After the water boils, pour the flakes and cook, stirring slowly, for no more than 10 minutes. Dried fruits at this point should already be washed, scalded with boiling water and cut into pieces, with the exception of raisins. It is so small in itself that it does not require grinding.

As soon as the flakes in the pan thicken, add salt, optionally sugar, as well as a mixture of dried fruits, mix. Then we reduce the fire to a minimum or turn off and cover the dishes with a terry towel. The total languishing time is 10 minutes. Instead, we will use olive, which will give the dish piquancy and oriental flavor.

The benefits of the dish

There are people who still do not understand and do not accept the taste delights of oatmeal. Sometimes life makes you make adjustments to the diet, for one reason or another, abandon unhealthy diets. And then, willy-nilly, people turn their eyes to such a dish as Herculean porridge on water, a recipe whose benefits are described here. In the minds of people, the idea of \u200b\u200bthe monotonous nutrition of children's institutions about this dish changes, and they discover oatmeal from a new perspective. If you supplement the dishes with suitable ingredients, then every time the taste will play with new colors.