Oatmeal with pumpkin is incredibly lightcooking and is very healthy. It is always included in both dietary and baby food. Most often, oatmeal "Hercules" is used to prepare a quick breakfast. If the household does not like oatmeal, you can try to cook it in unusual combinations, for example, with pumpkin, apple, raisins and nuts and much more. By the way, pumpkin is one of the healthiest vegetables, and it was mastered more than 5000 years ago. Pumpkin is recommended for use in the diet of people with any cardiovascular diseases, edema, anemia and those suffering from excess weight - all this, due to the high content of vitamins, proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as cellulose, glucose, minerals and microelements. For example, orange pumpkin fruits contain five times more carotene than carrots. Despite all the usefulness of pumpkin, there are also restrictions on its use. It is forbidden to eat it for those who suffer from diabetes, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, as well as gastritis with low secretion. What are the ways to cook oatmeal with pumpkin? Let's consider some of them:
Oatmeal porridge with pumpkin
Ingredients:
- 10 oatmeal grits
- 50 g of pumpkin
- 70 g milk
- 50 ml. water
- 3 ml. sugar syrup
- 3 g butter butter
Method of preparation:The pumpkin must be washed, peeled and seeded, cut into cubes, pour boiling water into a saucepan, add sugar syrup and simmer under a lid for 30 minutes. Then pour the sorted and washed oatmeal into the saucepan, add heated milk, add a pinch of salt and simmer over low heat for about 35 minutes. Add butter to the porridge before serving. Enjoy!
Oatmeal with pumpkin in the microwave
Ingredients:
- 300 gr. oatmeal
- 1 liter of water
- 350 gr. gourd
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon of zira
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons vegetable oil
- greenery
- pepper
- salt
Method of preparation:Wash the pumpkin, peel and seed it, then grate it on a coarse grater. Finely chop the onion. Press the garlic through a garlic press. Sort and wash the oatmeal. Pour the oatmeal into a microwave-safe pan, then pour boiling water over it, cover with a lid and put it in the oven for 15 minutes. Then reduce the power and cook for another 20 minutes. Remove the pan with porridge from the oven, stir and put it back in the oven for another 10 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, pour in a teaspoon of cumin, add garlic and onion. Fry everything until golden brown, then add the pumpkin. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the resulting frying to the porridge. Sprinkle the porridge with herbs when serving. Enjoy!
Oatmeal porridge with pumpkin, apple and raisins
Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp. spoons of oatmeal
- 1/3 tbsp. water
- 1/3 tbsp. milk
- 70 g of pumpkin
- 1/2 pcs. apple (small)
- ginger
- cinnamon
- raisins (handfuls)
- walnuts, peeled (handful)
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- 2 tbsp. spoons of honey
Method of preparation:Pour milk and water into a saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat. Finely chop the pumpkin, add to the saucepan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Then add oatmeal to the pumpkin, mix everything thoroughly. Cook the oatmeal with pumpkin until thickened. In order to give the oatmeal a piquant taste, we recommend grinding the porridge with a blender until smooth. Next, you need to peel the apple and cut it into small pieces, pound the peeled walnuts with a mortar, soak a handful of raisins in boiling water for 30 minutes. Before serving, put the apple, walnuts and raisins into the oatmeal with pumpkin, add cinnamon and ginger to taste, olive oil and mix everything thoroughly. After that, you need to put the oatmeal in portions and pour honey over it. Enjoy your meal! We recommend reading: