Composition / ingredients
Step-by-step cooking
Step 1:
How to cook rice porridge with dried apricots? Prepare the products. In addition to dried apricots, other dried fruits can be used, they are also rich in various useful substances. If desired, if you want the finished dish to be less caloric, you can cook porridge only on water. But milk rice porridge, undoubtedly, turns out to be more tasty and healthy.
Step 2:
Take the round polished rice, then the porridge will turn out to be more viscous. Rinse the rice thoroughly, changing the water several times until it is transparent to remove all the smallest dust residues from the cereal.
Step 3:
Also, rinse the dried apricots thoroughly under running water, then put it in a bowl and pour boiling water over it. Leave for 15 minutes so that the dried fruits are well steamed. Drain the water, dry the dried apricots with paper towels and cut into small pieces.
Step 4:
Put the rice in a saucepan, pour hot water over it. Put it on the fire. The main thing is to choose the right proportions of rice and liquid so that the porridge turns out to be viscous, and the rice is well cooked. For a glass of rice, take 2 cups of water and 1.5 cups of milk. When the water boils, add salt to taste. Mix it up. Reduce the heat to low and cook the porridge, covering the pan with a lid, for about 20 minutes. During this time, almost all the liquid should evaporate.
Step 5:
Pour in the milk, stir and cook for about 5 more minutes.
Step 6:
Then add dried apricots and sugar to the pot with porridge. You can adjust the amount of sugar to your liking. Stir and keep the porridge on the fire for another 5 minutes. Then turn off the fire.
Step 7:
Add a piece of butter to the rice pan. Cover the pan with a lid, wrap it in a warm towel and leave it for 15 minutes "under a fur coat".
Step 8:
Porridge is ready. Arrange it on plates and serve it to the table, optionally with pieces of fresh fruit, berries, jam or jam. Enjoy your meal!
Rice porridge is loved by many, it is not only delicious, but also useful, has a good effect on the work of the gastrointestinal tract, perfectly saturates the body, providing it with energy for a long time. And the addition of rice porridge with such a product as dried apricots, rich in trace elements and vitamins that improve heart function, is especially necessary for people with diseases of the cardiovascular system and diabetes mellitus.
Important! To make rice dishes invariably delicious, read the article about the subtleties of choosing rice and the secrets of its preparation .
How to choose the perfect pot for soup, porridge or pickling cucumbers read the article about pots.
For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.
Calorie content of the products possible in the composition of 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
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Dried apricots - 215 kcal/100g
- Uryuk - 290 kcal/100g
- Dried peaches - 254 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Round rice - 330 kcal/100g
