If you are determined to diversify the diet of your children, you can safely adopt this one. Corn porridge it will be useful for the child and will certainly be to the taste, because corn is a sweet product. And most importantly, it does not contain gluten (such a protein), which means it can be cooked for protein. The only drawback of this dish is that it takes a long time to cook. To somehow compensate for this, we recommend grinding corn flour in a coffee mill before cooking. So it will cook not 40-50 minutes, but only 25-30.

Corn porridge can be introduced into complementary foods for children over 8 months of age.

Cooking corn porridge in milk for a child:

Corn porridge is considered gluten-free and one of the least allergenic, so it is one of the first to be introduced into the diet of babies. But this is only if you use industrial corn grits or flour for cooking porridge, whole corn grains contain gluten (gluten is present in the embryos of seeds, however, the technology for the production of corn grits and flour involves the separation of the embryo, and therefore, the almost complete absence of gluten in the products we are interested in). In order for the corn grits to become soft, they need a long (about an hour) cooking, so in this recipe we will use grits that have been previously ground in a coffee grinder. In this case, the consistency of our porridge will resemble semolina. And one more thing, if you are cooking for a toddler who is not even a year old, use breast milk, if possible.

Servings:~ 200 g (one large serving)

You will need:

• 30-35 g corn grits(~ 2 tablespoons full with a slide);
• 150 ml of water;
• 100 ml;
• a pinch of salt (optional);
• butter or vegetable oil;
• sweet syrup or 1-2 teaspoons of sugar.

Preparation:

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Corn is one of the most cultivated crops in the world. They cook from it various dishes: tortillas, polenta, hominy, chips. In our country, corn grits are most often used to make porridge. It is boiled in water to serve with meat or fish as a side dish, and in milk to feed loved ones delicious breakfast... Served with fruits and berries, it can even replace dessert. This dish is recommended for diet food, as one of the first complementary foods for babies. Knowing how to cook corn porridge will not hurt any housewife, because this hearty, tasty and healthy dish will not be superfluous in the family menu.

Cooking features

Cooking corn porridge has its own specifics, depending on what and with what it is cooked. Knowing a few points will allow you to get a result that the chef will be satisfied with.

• Corn grits are crushed grains of corn. It is produced in coarse, medium and fine grinding. For sweet porridge usually use a medium-sized product, porridge in water is boiled from coarse and medium-sized cereals. For baby food only small cereals are suitable, and sometimes, if the child is very small, corn flour is used instead.
• The duration of cooking porridge depends on the size of the grains. Medium-ground corn grits are boiled for 30-40 minutes, coarsely ground - about an hour. If you use small cereals or corn flour, it takes no more than half an hour (20-30 minutes) to cook the porridge.
• Corn grits are very soft. You need to take a lot of water for its preparation. For thick porridge (viscous), 2.5–3 glasses of water are taken in a glass of cereal. If you want to cook porridge of medium thickness - 3.5-4 cups. For liquid porridge - 4.5–5 glasses.
• During cooking, the porridge must be stirred frequently, as it burns very quickly to the sides and bottom of the pan.
• It is recommended to cook corn porridge in a saucepan with thick sides and bottom, preferably with non-stick coating... You can replace the pan with a cauldron.
• The technology for cooking corn porridge involves laying cereals in boiling water. It is poured in a thin stream or put in small portions, while stirring. Compliance with this requirement will help to avoid the formation of lumps.
• Before preparing porridge, it is recommended to rinse corn grits, and if the food is being prepared for a child, then also soak it for a while in clean water. The product contains phytic acid, which in the intestines can combine with calcium, magnesium and iron, preventing their absorption. To get rid of this unnecessary element, it is enough to hold the cereals in clean water for 10-15 minutes.
• Corn porridge is not boiled with milk alone. First, the cereal is boiled until half cooked in water, then milk is added and boiled.
• To make the porridge tastier, it is advisable to add to it after cooking butter, stir and leave to simmer over low heat or just covered for 10-15 minutes.

Often, corn porridge is cooked with fruit or other additives. The addition of additional ingredients can also affect the technology of its preparation.

Important! The composition of corn grits is gluten-free, which allows you to include dishes from it in the menu of people suffering from gluten intolerance, as well as children from the 8th month of life. These dishes will not be superfluous on the table of those who suffer diabetes mellitus... The product contains significant amounts of B vitamins, tocopherol, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and copper. This makes corn porridge useful for strengthening the nervous system, preventing iron deficiency anemia, and improving metabolism. Regular inclusion of this dish in the diet helps to improve the condition of the skin and hair.

How to cook corn porridge in water

• medium-ground corn grits - 180 g;
• water - 0.75 l;
• salt to taste.

Cooking method:

• Rinse the corn grits. Let it dry.
• Boil water.
• Salt the water, Pour the cereals into it, while stirring the contents of the pan.
• If you brought the water to a boil over high heat, as most housewives do, then turn down the heat.
• Place a lid on the pot. Cook the porridge for 40 minutes, stirring it every 5 minutes. If the water runs out before the porridge is ready, you can add it. For this, you can only use warm boiled water.
• Remove the pot of porridge from the heat, close the lid and leave for 10 minutes.

For improvement taste porridge, you can add butter to it. This is done immediately after cooking. The corn porridge will become thicker after standing, so if you don't want to cut it up like a pie, you should serve it shortly after cooking without letting it cool down.

• medium-ground corn grits - 90 g;
• water - 0.25 l;
• milk - 0.25 l;
• sugar - 10–20 g;
• salt - a pinch;
• butter (optional) - to taste.

Cooking method:

• Boil water. Put the pre-washed corn grits into it. Stir well so that the cereals do not stick together.
• Reduce heat and simmer until there is almost no water left in the pot. Do not forget to stir the dish periodically so that the porridge does not burn.
• Pour in the milk, stirring occasionally. Leave to simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add sugar and salt, butter. Stir and cook until tender. In total, the porridge should be cooked for 30-40 minutes.
• Leave the prepared porridge to simmer under the lid for 10-15 minutes, after which you can lay it out on plates and invite household members to the table.

Cooking corn porridge with milk requires constant attention from the hostess, but the result justifies the effort.

Corn porridge for a child

• corn flour or finely ground grits - 15 g;
• water - 100 ml.

Cooking method:

• Pour cornmeal over with water, stir well.
• Place the bowl of corn on low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• If the porridge was cooked from cereals, it must be filtered through a sieve.
• Cool the porridge and you can serve it to your child.

Corn porridge is introduced into the child's menu from 8-9 months, after he gets acquainted with buckwheat and rice porridge. The first portion should not exceed a teaspoon, gradually increase it, bringing it to the standard for the corresponding age. For children over a year old, porridge can be cooked with the addition of milk; over time, it can be made thicker and not strained. If a child is over 2 years old, add a little oil to his porridge, sweeten it slightly, since at this age children no longer consider food without sugar and salt to be tasty enough. It is recommended to feed your child with corn porridge 1-2 times a week.

Corn porridge with pumpkin

• pumpkin (pulp) - 0.3 kg;
• corn grits - 0.2 kg;
• water - 100 ml;
• milk - 0.75 l;
• sugar - 30-40 g;
• ghee to taste.

Cooking method:

• Rinse the corn grits, put in a thick-walled saucepan.
• Boil the milk.
• Pour the hot milk over the corn. Stir. Cover and leave to swell while the pumpkin cooks.
• Peel the pumpkin from the pulp with seeds and skin. Cut into cubes about a centimeter in size. Place in a frying pan and sprinkle with sugar. Add water and simmer on the stove or in the oven until soft.
• Place the pumpkin in a saucepan with corn grits... Stir.
• Place the pot over low heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add oil, stir.
• Remove the pan from the heat, but let the porridge sweat under the lid for another 15 minutes.

Corn porridge with pumpkin is doubly useful, and many people like its taste. Your household will surely be happy with such a dinner.

Corn porridge with dried fruits

• corn grits - 0.2 kg;
• water - 0.75 l;
• raisins - 50 g;
• dried apricots - 50 g;
• prunes - 50 g;
• salt - a large pinch;
• sugar - 20 g;
• butter - 50 g.

Cooking method:

• Mix water with sugar, boil.
• Pour in the cereal, stir. Reduce heat.
• Cook the porridge for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Pour boiling water over the dried fruits. After 10 minutes, drain the water. Cut prunes and dried apricots into raisin-sized pieces.
• Pour dried fruits into a saucepan with porridge, stir. Continue to cook it until the groats are tender.
• Add oil, stir. Remove the pan from heat.

Let the porridge stand under the lid for 15–20 minutes and invite everyone to the table. Despite the fact that the porridge is boiled in water, it turns out delicious and looks appetizing.

Corn porridge is healthy and satisfying. If you learn how to cook it correctly, then you can include it in family menu often, since the recipes for this dish are different, and you will not get bored for a long time.

Sunny corn porridge with milk will be a real boon for corn lovers. It's amazing how much delicious is made from this cereal. The unforgettable aroma of boiled corn can be caught in porridge, without waiting for August, when young cobs ripen.

There is speculation that corn is the oldest bread plant in the world. Dishes made from it have become popular in many countries. Corn porridge can be sweet with milk, pumpkin or fruit, salted with cream and meat or lard. You can cook it different ways: on a gas burner, in a multicooker or double boiler, in an oven. If you cook porridge on the burner, you need to choose the right dishes - best of all is a cast iron with a thickened bottom, an enamel pan will not work. The ratio of water to cereals should be 5 to 1. The cooking time depends on the quality of the cereal, it is about 40 minutes.

The quality of the corn grits plays a big role in the preparation. It must be fresh (shelf life up to 6 months from the date of production), finely ground. For a start, it's better to cook the dish yourself simple recipe, measuring out the groats not in glasses, but in tablespoons.

Let's consider in detail various recipes cooking porridge from corn grits.

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Ingredients

• Boiling water - 200 ml;
• Milk - 200 ml;
• Corn grits - 80 g (4 tablespoons without top);
• Sugar and salt to taste;
• Butter - 5 g.

How to cook milky sweet corn porridge on the stove

Pour boiling water over the cereal, add a pinch of salt, set on fire. The fire should be minimal, we stir the cereal all the time, it absorbs water very quickly and can burn.

When the cereal begins to lag well behind the walls and bottom, you can fill it with milk, with sugar dissolved in it (about 2 tbsp. L.).

Heat milk in a separate bowl, but do not boil it. Add it to the cereal in small portions, stirring well, rubbing the lumps until smooth.

How much to cook corn porridge in milk? Cook under the lid for 20 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally.

V ready meal add butter. We wrap a saucepan with porridge with a blanket, for 15–20 minutes.

Serve sweet hot porridge with berries or fruits. You can add dried apricots, raisins, fresh bananas, apples or strawberries. Deliciously pour the fruits on top with a spoonful of liquid flower honey.

Sweet porridge with pumpkin

Children and adults will love this dish. It will be the perfect option for a tasty and healthy breakfast... Why corn grits with milk and pumpkin are so well combined is unknown. Maybe because they have one homeland? But the porridge turns out to be very tasty, try it.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 200 g;
• salt - 0.3 tsp;
• water - 200 ml;
• corn grits - 1 tbsp. (180 g);
• sugar - 3 tbsp. l .;
• milk - 500 ml.

Preparation:

1. We start by preparing the pumpkin. We peel the peel, take out the seeds, cut the pulp into small pieces (the recipe indicates the amount of pure pumpkin pulp for the dish).
2. Dip the chopped pumpkin into boiling water, boil with the lid closed for 5 minutes.
3. We wash the groats. Add it to the pumpkin saucepan along with warm milk, sugar and salt according to the recipe. Let the dish simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes. The lid of the pan should be closed, stir the porridge from time to time so that it does not stick to the bottom.
4. Serve the dish warm, putting a teaspoon of butter in a plate.

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Milk corn porridge in a slow cooker

With its many benefits and health benefits, dairy corn porridge is sometimes difficult to cook. For those who have a slow cooker, you can make cooking easier and delight yourself healthy dish even when there is no mood or time for culinary work.

Ingredients:

• milk - 1 l;
• salt to taste;
• corn grits - 1 tbsp.;
• sugar - 1 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

1. We wash the groats with water, pour them into the multicooker bowl.
2. Add milk to the multicooker (you can take 500 ml of milk and 500 ml of water).
3. We turn on the mode "Milk porridge", in time it will be about 40 minutes.
4. When the dish is ready, add a tablespoon of oil, let stand in the heating mode for 10 minutes.
5. Serve hot porridge, garnished with banana slices, steamed dried apricots or berries from jam.

Cornmeal porridge in a double boiler with milk

You can cook milk porridge effortlessly using a double boiler. This method will help out mothers with babies, because it takes little time, you do not need to stand at the stove and stir all the time, and the result is wonderful.

Ingredients:

• milk - 100 ml;
• butter - 5 g;
• sugar to taste;
• corn grits - 50 g;
• water - 100 ml;
• salt to taste;
• vanilla sugar to taste.

Preparation:

1. We will rinse the cereals and place them in a bowl for cooking rice (it goes to each steamer).
2. Pour the cereal with a mixture of water and milk, leaving? part of the liquid to add at the end of cooking.
3. We put a container with cereals in a double boiler, and turn on the timer for 20 minutes.
4. After 20 minutes, mix the almost finished porridge, add the cast milk, salt, sugar and vanillin. Put the container back in the double boiler for 10 minutes.
5. After the end of the cooking time, serve hot aromatic porridge with a piece of butter, strawberries or raisins.

Milk corn porridge in a pot

Porridge cooked in a rustic oven turns out to be very tasty. In pots under the lid, the cereal is steamed and becomes tender. In city apartments, the stove is replaced with an oven. Add to the dish oyster mushrooms fried in sour cream, chicken with onions and other goodies. But since we are preparing sweet milk porridge, we will only add raisins to the recipe.

Ingredients:

• water - 100 ml;
• milk - 100 ml;
• butter - 1 tsp;
• corn grits - 2 tbsp. l. with a slide;
• raisins - 20 g;
• salt and sugar to taste.

Preparation:

1. If we use for cooking clay pot, keep it in water for 10 minutes so that it does not crack in the oven.
2. Pour milk and water into a pot. Pour finely ground groats on the bottom of the pot. The recipe contains products for 1 person. If you need more servings, increase the amount of food.
3. Add washed raisins, salt and sugar to the pot, mix the contents. We put the corn porridge to cook in milk in a hot oven.
4. Cooking the dish at 180 degrees for 40–45 minutes. After 25 minutes, we take out the pot and mix its contents, then send it back to the oven.
5. Ready hot porridge can be served to everyone in a pot, adding butter if desired.

Enjoy your meal!

Corn porridge is tasty and healthy. But to cook it, you need to try. Read about how to cook corn porridge in this article.

About the technique of cooking corn porridge

On store shelves, you can see corn grits of different grind. The larger the grain, the longer it will take to cook delicious porridge.

What you need to know:

• Be sure to rinse the cereal before cooking. Even if it is small, you can put it in a sieve and rinse it.
• In order to cook delicious porridge, you need to take a saucepan with thick walls. The porridge will languish and will not stick to the bottom.
• When cooking porridge, you need to stir it periodically.
• The degree of grind will determine how long the cereal is cooked. If the grind is medium, then the porridge needs to be cooked over low heat for half an hour.
• Pour corn grits into boiling water. Add salt or sugar to the water in advance.
• Delicious and tender porridge will turn out if you add milk and butter. Milk can be diluted with water if you cook porridge for children. If for a side dish, then it is better to cook porridge in water.
• If you need to cook a liquid porridge, then take 4 glasses of water, if thick, then 3 glasses of liquid. remember, that ready-made porridge thickens a little.

Corn porridge recipe

Prepare the following:

• water - 2.5 cups;
• cereals - 250 g;
• salt to taste.

You need to cook like this:

• Pour water into a saucepan, wait for it to boil.
• Rinse the groats thoroughly, wait until the excess liquid drains.
• Pour into a pot of boiling water. Stir until boiling.
• When the water boils, you need to reduce the heat, add salt, cover with a lid so that there is a gap. You need to cook for half an hour, stirring occasionally.
• The porridge will become thick in 20 minutes, you need to stir the contents more often so that the corn porridge does not burn.
• After half an hour, you need to remove the pan of porridge, stir, add butter (optional), stir again. Then wrap the pan with something warm (for example, a towel) and leave to infuse for 1 hour.

Oven corn porridge

To cook porridge according to this recipe, you will need:

• cereals - 250 g;
• water - 2.5 cups;
• sugar or salt, butter, raisins - to taste.

And how this dish is prepared:

• Soak raisins in cold water 1-2 hours before cooking.
• Rinse the groats in cold water.
• Pour water into a saucepan, boil.
• Put the groats in a cauldron with thick walls, you can put them in a baking pot, pour boiling water.
• Add salt and sugar, raisins without stirring. Now you can mix and close the lid of the cauldron.
• The temperature should be set to 200 ° C, cook for 40 minutes. Try it, if the cereal is not softened, it will take even longer.
• Remove the cauldron from the oven, open the lid, stir, put it back in the oven, continue cooking the porridge until a golden crust appears.

Corn porridge with milk

Great option for children's menu- corn porridge cooked in milk. It is important here that the porridge is liquid, because as it cools, it will thicken.

Products:

• water - 100 ml;
• milk - 150 ml;
• groats - 2 tablespoons (with a slide);
• butter - to taste;
• salt or sugar to taste.

Porridge for the children's menu:

• Heat milk and water, add sugar.
• As soon as the liquid begins to boil, pour in the corn grits (washed), stir.
• Cook porridge over low heat for 25 minutes.
• Do not forget to stir constantly, and if you want to cook the porridge faster, then you must first grind the dry cereal in a coffee maker, then it will take 15 minutes to cook the porridge.

Chopped apples and other fruits can be added to the porridge. For an older child, chopped nuts and dried fruits can be put in the finished corn porridge.