Wash the pumpkin, dry it, cut off the rough skin, clean out the seeds, fibers and cut the pulp into small cubes. Taste raw pumpkin for sweetness - this will help determine the amount of sugar added to the porridge in the future.

Melt one tablespoon of butter (about 20-25 g) in a small frying pan and place the pumpkin cubes there. Fry the pumpkin over medium heat for no more than 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. The pumpkin will become noticeably softer.

Pour half the milk (150 ml) into the softened pumpkin and reduce the heat to low. While the pumpkin is simmering, you can prepare corn porridge.

The finer the corn grits, the more tender the porridge will be. I have very finely ground corn grits, it looks like semolina, only yellower and a little coarser.

Pour a cup of cold water over the corn grits, add a little salt and cook over low heat for 5-6 minutes, no more.

The porridge will begin to increase in size, boil, and bubbles will begin to appear on the surface.

Soft pumpkin needs to be chopped. This can be done with an immersion blender, transferring the soft hot cubes into a tall glass, or mash the pumpkin with a masher to puree it directly in the pan. Also, if you wish, you can not chop anything and just add pumpkin cubes to the porridge; they will boil even more and will also combine well with the corn porridge.

If you plan to garnish the porridge with cubes of stewed pumpkin, then set aside 1-2 tablespoons of pumpkin for serving.

Combine corn porridge, chopped pumpkin, remaining (150 ml) milk, sugar. Simmer the dish over low heat with the lid closed for 10 minutes or a little more.

The porridge is ready. And to it you can add a piece (1 tbsp - 25 g) of butter.

The usefulness of corn porridge is beyond doubt. And if you combine it with pumpkin, the benefits double. This porridge is recommended to be included in the diet of children, as well as when following a diet aimed at losing weight. This dish is low in calories, but at the same time very nutritious and satisfying. Corn cereal is rich in vitamins, amino acids, iron, silicon, as well as fiber, which allows you to get rid of toxins.

Dishes based on various recipes from this cereal are valuable in many countries, for example, in Moldova, Romania and Italy. Porridge in these countries is prepared taking into account certain subtleties and features. In Russia, it can be milky or boiled in water, with sugar and butter or with dried fruits. You can cook it not only on the stove, but also in the oven, microwave or slow cooker (there are recipes for any option). If you have a slow cooker, try cooking or.

Corn porridge is made from grits that are obtained from crushed corn kernels. Its preparation takes quite a long time, but its main advantage is that even after that it retains the maximum of beneficial properties. It is known that corn porridge contains a large amount of substances beneficial to humans and their health. Of the carbohydrates, the largest amount is occupied by complex ones. Cereals also contain many proteins, amino acids and vitamins of different groups (A, C, E, PP, B), dietary fiber, carotenoids, elements belonging to both micro- and macrogroups (magnesium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, selenium and zinc).

If you cook it in water, the total calorie content of 100 grams will be 320 kcal. If you add butter, sugar or other ingredients, then the calorie content will increase significantly.

Corn porridge has a list of useful properties:

1. Due to the large number of carotenoids contained in corn grits, the possibility of oncological diseases is reduced.
2. It has a beneficial effect on the cardiac system.
3. Due to its low glycemic index, this porridge is recommended for people suffering from diabetes.
4. Corn porridge is also useful for such a system as the digestive system - it suppresses putrefactive processes and solves the problem of constipation.
5. Its use promotes the processes of removing toxic substances, toxins and radionuclides.
6. Included in the list of dietary products and recommended for the fight against excess weight.
7. Doctors also recommend including it in the diet for pregnant and lactating women.
8. If you eat corn porridge regularly, your skin, nails and hair and their general condition will significantly improve. It also slows down some aging processes.

There are several contraindications for use - in case of individual intolerance, during the stage of exacerbation of various types of diseases of the digestive tract. You should first consult with your doctor.

Ingredients for corn porridge with milk:

Preparation

Recipe for making milk corn porridge (calorie content will be higher than when preparing regular porridge):

1. Place the cereal in a dry frying pan and fry a little (do not use oil or water).

2. Boil milk separately. As soon as the milk boils, pour it into the cereal and leave to swell for about half an hour.

3. The required amount of pumpkin must be washed and peeled, remove the peel and seeds. Cut into small cubes and sprinkle sugar on top. Once the pumpkin has released its juice, place it over low heat and simmer until tender (approximately 15 minutes).

4. As you cook the pumpkin, transfer it to the cereal, add salt, bring to a boil and immediately remove from the heat, cover with a lid and leave on the stove so that the corn porridge reaches the desired condition.

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Recipe for corn porridge with pumpkin

Very useful. And with pumpkin it is doubly useful. Besides the fact that it is delicious and very easy to cook. Corn grits are everywhere, but it's up to the pumpkin. If you are a summer gardener, then I think you should definitely grow it. And here is the recipe.

A simple recipe for corn porridge with pumpkin

All we need is:

Corn grits 1/2 cup

Handful of pumpkin cubes

Water 2 glasses

Salt, sugar to taste

1/2h. spoons of butter

How to cook corn porridge:

Cut the pumpkin into small cubes 1-1.5 cm. Pour 1 glass of water into a saucepan, add salt, sugar and put on fire. Pour a handful of pumpkin cubes into hot water and cook for about 10 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and use a potato masher (with large holes) to crush the pumpkin directly in the water. Part of the pumpkin goes into the holes and small “grains” are obtained. You can grind the pumpkin in any other way, and you can also do this without removing the container from the heat, since everything is done very quickly.

Put the saucepan back on the fire, add another one or one and a half glasses of water (this depends on how thick the porridge you prefer) and bring to a boil. Then pour in 1/2 cup of corn grits and, stirring constantly, cook until thickened for 5-10 minutes. During the process, add 1/2 teaspoon of oil. Then remove the porridge from the heat and let it sit for about 10 minutes while you set the table. Place on plates and add butter to the porridge.

Corn porridge is ready. Bon appetit!

Corn porridge with pumpkin

Options:

You don’t have to add salt at all, and instead of sugar, eat porridge with honey. For children it will be more interesting with raisins.

Instead of butter, it is healthier to use real ghee.

You can cook corn porridge completely or partially in milk, as you like.

You can not crush the pumpkin, but leave it in cubes; again, it’s up to your taste.

Corn porridge with the addition of pumpkin is a doubly healthy dish for your body. The main advantage of the dish is that it has very few calories, but at the same time it is quite filling. It is very useful to use porridge in baby food.

Corn-pumpkin porridge with milk

How to choose the right ingredients

In order for this dish to be as healthy as possible for you, you must carefully select the ingredients:

• Choose cereals that are sold in sealed packaging. Take a close look at the box or bag in which the porridge is stored; it should be intact and undamaged.
• The color of the corn grits should be exceptionally bright yellow.
• The cereal must be selected. Make sure that there are no strange elements in the packaging.
• The pumpkin shouldn't be too big. Signs of a good pumpkin: thick skin, no spots, dry and dark tail.
• The best option is just this type of pumpkin, like nutmeg.

Kitchen appliances and utensils: stove, oven, frying pan, clay pot, knife, board, spoon.

Ingredients

Step by step recipe

According to our recipe, corn porridge with pumpkin in milk turns out very tender and rich.

Video recipe for corn porridge

After watching this video, you can find out which sequence of processes is correct, and what the porridge should look like in the final result.

Corn porridge with pumpkin on water

Cooking time: 75 minutes.
Number of servings: 2.
Kitchen appliances and utensils: stove, knife, board, paper towels, frying pan, plates, saucepan, blender.

Ingredients

Step by step recipe

1. First, peel the pumpkin, wash and dry it on paper towels. Remove all seeds and fibers, then cut the pumpkin into even pieces.
2. Place the frying pan on the stove with maximum heat, put half the butter in it, melt it and fry the pumpkin until tender. This will take about 5 minutes.
   
   
3. Add half the cream to the pumpkin and mix thoroughly. Reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 15 minutes.
   
   
4. Rinse the cereal, pour it into a saucepan and pour cold water into it, salt to taste. Boil the porridge for about 5 minutes.
   
   
   
5. Add the remaining cream to the porridge, cover and cook for another 10 minutes over low heat.
   
   
6. Pass the finished pumpkin through a blender.
   
   
7. Combine the 2 main ingredients, cover with a lid and simmer for 7-10 minutes.
   
   

Your dish is ready! Serve corn porridge with pumpkin cooked in water with butter.

Video recipe for cooking corn porridge with pumpkin in water

In this video you can see how to perform all the processes correctly, in what order to add and combine ingredients, and also what kind of dish you should get.

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Corn porridge with pumpkin in a slow cooker

Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Number of servings: 2.
Kitchen appliances and utensils: multicooker, knife, board, spoon.

Ingredients

Step by step recipe

Corn porridge with pumpkin is quite easy to prepare in a slow cooker according to our simple recipe with photo.

Add a little butter to the prepared corn grits with pumpkin porridge before serving.

Video recipe for making pumpkin-corn porridge

After watching this video, you will be convinced that this is the simplest recipe for making corn porridge.

Recommendations for preparing corn porridge with pumpkin

• Before preparing this dish, be sure to rinse the corn grits with cold water.
• Make sure that the cereal is not damp, otherwise your dish will have a lot of lumps and an unpleasant taste.
• Maintain proportions: for viscous porridge you will need 3 cups of liquid and 200 g of cereal; for liquid – the ratio of cereal and liquid is 1:5.

The porridge should only be served cooked, otherwise it will stick together and become thick.

• The porridge will become more tender if you add a piece of butter to it during the cooking process.

What to serve with corn porridge

To add a different taste to corn porridge, add the following as desired:

• feta cheese (it will become more aromatic, with a pleasant creamy taste);
• vanilla sugar (for those who want a sweeter dish);
• raisin;
• jam or jam;

Corn porridge with pumpkin should be served only with the addition of butter.

Other options for preparing corn porridge

• You can make polenta from corn grits.
• Corn and pumpkin porridge with cream. For half a glass of cereal and half a kilogram of pumpkin you will need only 0.3 liters of cream.
• In addition to pumpkin, you can add about 8-10 pieces of prunes to corn porridge in a slow cooker.
• If you don't like corn grits, you can make it. It will turn out just as tasty and tender.
• Rice lovers will love it.

A very popular dish in Italy is polenta with baked champignons and pumpkin. To prepare it you will need pumpkin, fresh mushrooms, cereal, thyme, sea salt and olive oil.

Don’t forget to tell us in the comments which recipe for making corn porridge you liked the most, what ingredients you add to this dish and what you serve it with.

Everyone knows that corn porridge is not only an extremely tasty product, but also very healthy. The usefulness is evidenced by the amino acids, vitamins, silicon, iron, and fiber present in it, which have a beneficial effect on the human body. This porridge can be made even healthier by adding pumpkin, apples, raisins, etc. to it. We invite you to find out how to prepare corn porridge with pumpkin. The recipe for its preparation is quite simple, but it takes a very long time to prepare. But it's worth it...

Food preparation

So, corn porridge with pumpkin. The recipe, in principle, does not require any special preparation before the main culinary process begins. But it is very important that the corn grits are not soggy. If it is in this form, the porridge will turn out with a lot of lumps, and a rather unpleasant aftertaste will appear. In addition, before preparing the dish, you need to thoroughly rinse the cereal under running water.

Corn porridge with photo

For children, such porridge will be a wonderful breakfast, because the combination of corn grits and pumpkin is considered quite appropriate. In general, we will need:

• corn grits - a glass;
• pumpkin - 0.3 kg;
• milk - three tablespoons;
• sugar - one tablespoon;
• creamy;
• salt.

So, you need to fry the cereal without oil in a frying pan. This way we will save ourselves from possible troubles. When the color of the cereal becomes slightly golden, you need to remove it from the stove. Then pour milk (hot) and leave to swell. This will take about half an hour.

This time we are working on pumpkin. We clean it from the peel, pulp and seeds. Only the solid part should remain. We cut the fruit into small cubes, which we sprinkle with sugar. Place on low heat to allow the vegetable to release its juice. This is how we will prepare a sweet dressing for our corn porridge.

Combine the pumpkin with the swollen cereal, add salt. Place on the stove and let it boil. Remove from heat, cover with a lid, wrap first in paper, then in a warm towel (or something else). This is necessary for the porridge to boil. And as a result, corn porridge with pumpkin, the recipe (with photo) for which we told you, will turn out even tastier and more aromatic.

Corn porridge in the oven

Corn porridge turns out even tastier than on a gas stove. Let's take a look at the recipe for making it. The list of ingredients could be something like this:

• a glass of corn grits;
• 300 g pumpkin;
• 0.1 l milk (cream);
• two tbsp. honey;
• fifty g butter;
• salt to taste.

So, the porridge is prepared in this way. First, cook the corn grits until half cooked in water, which should be lightly salted. Peel and cut the pumpkin into small pieces. Heat the frying pan, pour a little water, add butter, cream (milk), honey. Add pumpkin. Simmer for about 10-15 minutes.

Place half of the porridge in a ceramic pot. Then half a pumpkin, porridge again, then pumpkin. This is the kind of flaky porridge we should get. By the way, instead of a ceramic pot, use a pan with thick walls. Close the container tightly with a lid and place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees. Let it simmer for 30 minutes. Next, remove the lid and once again put the porridge in the oven for 20 minutes, wait until the crust turns golden.

Corn porridge with pumpkin: recipe in a slow cooker

To cook corn we will use:

• four tbsp. corn grits;
• 2 tbsp. (160 ml each) milk;
• 2 tbsp. (160 ml each) water;
• fifty g of pumpkin;
• quarter tsp salt;
• one tsp Sahara;
• 20 g butter.

So, cut the pumpkin into large cubes. Place all the ingredients in the multicooker bowl. We will cook using the “milk porridge” mode for 30 minutes. We turn on the device and wait for the end of the program. After cooking is complete, leave the porridge to heat for 10 minutes.

Place the porridge on a plate, add butter, and enjoy the prepared deliciousness.

Corn porridge with apples and pumpkin

To slightly diversify the already familiar porridge, we suggest adding apples and pumpkin to improve it. To do this we take:

• 0.5 tbsp. corn grits;
• water;
• 300 g pumpkin;
• one apple (medium);
• one tbsp. Sahara;
• butter;

And again our favorite corn porridge with pumpkin. The recipe we suggest trying is as follows. Take one and a half glasses of water, mix with sugar, bring to a boil. Now pour the cereal into boiling water. Cook the porridge over low heat for 15-20 minutes, covering the pan with a lid. You need to stir occasionally.

Peel the pumpkin and apples and cut them into cubes. Place in a small saucepan, add a little water, and simmer until soft with the lid closed. Mash into puree, which we add to the prepared corn porridge. Then add butter and honey. Let the porridge stand covered for 10 minutes.

Salted corn porridge

Corn porridge with pumpkin, the recipe for which we will now consider, will not be sweet, but salty. Therefore, you need to use the following products:

• 3 tbsp. corn grits;
• kilogram of pumpkin;
• salt;
• three tbsp. butter;
• greenery.

This porridge is no more difficult to prepare than previous versions. Peel the pumpkin, cut into small pieces, and place in hot water. Cook vegetables for a maximum of 15 minutes. Next, add corn grits to the pumpkin, stirring all the time. Cook until done. Before serving, arrange in portions, pour over oil, sprinkle with herbs.