Milk millet porridge in a saucepan

A very tasty and healthy breakfast for children and adults! Milk millet porridge in a saucepan is prepared easier than ever. But there are subtleties here, without knowledge of which you can't get a delicious porridge! Serve it for breakfast or dinner, with sauces, berries, fruits.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 13 % 4 g
Fats 19 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 69 % 22 g
155 kcal
GI: 18 / 0 / 82

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook milk millet porridge? Prepare everything you need for this. I take 2% fat content of milk. The right millet is a beautiful yellow color with a pleasant aroma.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    The first step is to prepare the millet. In a separate bowl, pour the millet with hot water and leave to stand for 1-2 minutes. This is necessary so that the millet does not taste bitter in the finished porridge. A thin film that covers each grain will be washed off with hot water from the millet.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Then drain the hot water from the millet and rinse the millet 2-3 more times in cold water.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour milk into a saucepan and add sugar and a pinch of salt. Put the pan on the fire and bring to a boil.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Put the prepared millet in the hot milk and, stirring, bring everything back to a boil.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    While stirring, cook the millet in milk over low heat for 10-12 minutes. During this time, the millet will begin to increase in volume. Cover the pan with a lid and remove the porridge from the heat. Leave it to infuse for 15 minutes. I don't wrap the pan in a warm blanket. It will infuse perfectly on the stove.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    During the infusion, in hot milk, the millet will completely reach the required consistency and absorb almost all the milk.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    In my opinion, the porridge turns out to be the most necessary density. Grains of millet are not dry and there is no excess milk in the porridge. Spread the finished porridge on plates and add a little butter.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    It will be very tasty if you add sour berries to the porridge. They pleasantly dilute the sweetness of porridge. Enjoy your meal!

Milk of any fat content can be used to make porridge. It happens that I cook porridge with homemade milk without adding water. It is very tasty and satisfying. But if you want to get a leaner porridge, then replace some of the milk with water. Choose the proportions to your taste.

To make millet porridge delicious, read the article about the subtleties of choice and the secrets of cooking millet groats.

Instead of sugar, you can use a sweetener that is not afraid of heat treatment.

Calorie content of products possible in the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60   kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47   kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140   kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54   kcal/100g
  • Millet groats - 335   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g

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