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Barley is rarely cooked, and that's because the cereal requires pre-soaking. In addition, without knowing all the nuances, it is not easy to cook a tasty and healthy porridge.
Details
We will tell you about the proportions and other tricks of processing and cooking this cereal. It turns out that you can cook it even without soaking.
Proportions
When it comes to porridge – buckwheat, semolina, or any other – you can’t do without observing the proportions. As for pearl barley, 2,5-3 cups of water are used for one cup of cereal.
If you cook porridge in a slow cooker, you need to add more water for the same amount of barley - 3-3,5 cups.
If you cook porridge in milk, the volume of liquid increases to 4-5 cups.
Cook without soaking
To begin, you need to rinse the groats well, after which you can start cooking, although it will take longer to cook.
In a suitable saucepan, you need to fill the water, put the washed grains, put on the stove and bring to a boil. Then the barley is cooked on low heat under the lid for 40 minutes.
At this time, the porridge can be ignored; salt and other ingredients are added to taste at the end of cooking.
You won't have to add water if the proportions are followed and the porridge is cooked over low heat.
If the porridge is not ready after 40 minutes, you can boil it for another 10 minutes, then wrap it and let it steep.
