Pearl barley is rarely cooked, and all because the cereal requires preliminary preparation. In addition, without knowing all the nuances, it is not possible to cook tasty and healthy porridge right away.
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
If we are talking about porridge – buckwheat, semolina and any other – then you cannot do without observing the proportions. As for pearl barley, here the ratio is as follows. For one glass of cereal take 2.5-3 glasses of water.
If you cook porridge in a multicooker, you need to add more water for the same amount of pearl barley – 3-3.5 cups.
If you cook porridge in milk, the volume of liquid increases to 4-5 glasses.
Cook without soaking
1. First, you need to rinse the cereal thoroughly, after which you can start cooking, although it will take longer to cook.
2. Fill a suitable saucepan with water, add the washed grains, set to cook and bring to a boil. Then cook the pearl barley on low heat under a lid for 40 minutes.
3. At this time, you don’t need to stir the porridge; add salt and other ingredients to taste at the end of cooking.
You won’t have to add water if the proportions are observed and the porridge is cooked on low heat.
If after 40 minutes the porridge is still not ready, you can boil it for another 10 minutes, then wrap it up and let it sit.
