Millet Porridge with Milk in a Multicooker
A tasty, fragrant, and very wholesome porridge! Porridge made in a multicooker always turns out wonderfully — like it came from a wood-fired oven. You can make it sweet or savory, though we like the sweet version best. Here's how to make a delicious bowl of it!
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Gather the ingredients for the porridge. Use low-fat milk — 1 to 1.5% is plenty. Richer milk is more likely to boil over in the multicooker. If you only have whole milk, just thin it with a little water.
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Step 2:
Everyone knows millet can be a little bitter. To get rid of that, cover the millet with boiling water and let it stand for 2–3 minutes. Why the boiling water? The grains have a natural film on them, and that's what makes the cooked dish taste bitter. Hot water dissolves the film and rinses it away.
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Step 3:
Then drain off the hot water and rinse the millet a couple of times in cold water.
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Step 4:
Grease the sides and bottom of the multicooker bowl with a piece of butter. Why do this? It keeps the boiling milk from climbing the sides and boiling over. Leave a little butter in the bowl.
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Step 5:
Put the rinsed millet into the multicooker bowl.
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Step 6:
Then pour in the milk. Add the sugar and a pinch of salt. If you like it sweeter, add a little more sugar. Stir everything well, set the bowl in the multicooker, and close the lid.
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Step 7:
Set the "Milk porridge" program for 40 minutes. After about 12–13 minutes the milk will come to a boil, and the porridge will cook actively the rest of the time.
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Step 8:
As you can see, my boiling milk never rose above the buttered line. But remember, that only works with low-fat milk. If you cook with rich farm milk, that line won't hold it back.
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Step 9:
Spoon the finished porridge into bowls and dig in. Add a little butter or jam if you like. Enjoy!
- You can keep the cooked porridge in the fridge for 2–3 days. When you reheat it, stir in a little milk, since the porridge thickens as it sits. The added milk lets you bring it back to whatever consistency you like best.
Caloric 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
- 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
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
