Sochivo for Christmas from wheat

Delicious and healthy traditional Russian Christmas dish! Sochivo, or as it is also called in the common people of Kutya, is a sweet porridge made from wheat or other grains, cooked with the addition of raisins, poppy seeds, walnuts and honey. This traditional Russian dish has been prepared in our country since ancient times for Orthodox Christmas, before Epiphany and the Old New Year. This dish used to be served with a dried fruit drink called uzvar. Now this dish is not often prepared for the Christmas holiday, but in some families such traditions are preserved to this day.

Snezhana

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Composition / ingredients

servings:

Wheat groats (Wheat)

Mac food

Raisins (pitted)

100

Walnuts

100

Honey

Salt

to taste

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 13 % 11 g

Fats 22 % 18 g

Carbohydrates 65 % 53 g

417 kcal

GI: 6 / 24 / 70

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h 20 min

Step 1:
Prepare the ingredients for the sochiv. The set is simple. These are wheat, poppy seeds, seedless raisins, walnuts, honey. According to desire and taste, the amount of ingredients can be changed, in addition, you can add something, for example, some more dried fruits or fruits.
Step 2:
Wheat needs to be prepared in advance. We wash the grain thoroughly, several times, until the water becomes transparent. Fill it with cold clean water so that it completely covers the wheat and leave it overnight. If time does not allow, you need to soak the wheat for at least a few hours.
Step 3:
In the morning we drain the water, wash the wheat again and pour in a fresh batch of water. It is better to cook wheat in a saucepan with a thick bottom, since this cereal is cooked for a very long time. There should be three times more water than grain. Add a pinch of salt to the pan with wheat. Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, cover the pan not tightly with a lid, and cook the wheat for about two hours.
Step 4:
While the wheat is cooking, we will prepare additives for the sochiv. The food poppy needs to be well washed and steamed. To do this, put it in a saucepan and fill it with water, put it on medium heat. When the water boils, turn off the fire. Cover the pan with a lid and leave it to stand for half an hour. Then drain the water, rub the poppy with a push or a blender.
Step 5:
Raisins are also thoroughly washed, poured with boiling water and left for 20 minutes to swell.
Step 6:
My walnuts, in the microwave or on the stove in a dry frying pan, dry them. Grind with a rolling pin or blender to the desired size.
Step 7:
When the wheat is cooked, there should be a little liquid left in the saucepan with it, it does not need to be drained. Let the wheat cool down a little.
Step 8:
Add the cooked poppy seeds, raisins, walnuts and honey to it. Mix everything well. To improve the taste, you can add a pinch of salt.
Step 9:
Everything is ready, we serve the dish to the Christmas table. Enjoy your meal!