Perlovka has received such a name that the shape and color of its grains resemble river pearls. Pearl barley is whole barley grain. Since in Russia few people know how to prepare pearl porridge well, it is not very popular, but in vain. It needs to be prepared for a long time, but in our age of "fast speeds" and "accelerations", we make a choice in favor of products that are prepared quickly and easily, sometimes to the detriment of their health. Today we will talk about vitamins and properties of pearl barley.
Barley (or as it is called in the people, pearl barley) is a cereal that is not afraid of the cold, it can be met growing in the mountains at an altitude of up to 5 thousand meters, it quickly ripens and contains useful substances and elements.
Barley contains amino acids, vitamins and properties that can protect you from cold sores and acute colds. Lysine, the basic amino acid, produces collagen, which, in turn, slows the aging process and the appearance of wrinkles. The barley grain contains fiber, protein, carbohydrates and fats. Of the minerals it contains potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, zinc, iodine, bromine and others. And with phosphorus barley is very rich. But it is necessary for our body to normalize the metabolism, assimilation of calcium, coming with other products. Phosphorus helps to form the skeleton, especially during the period of human growth. Also in barley contains vitamins A, B, D, E, PP.
Barley cleans the body of toxins and toxins. And if you soak barley grains in the water, but the released hordecin substance will help cure fungal skin diseases.
Barley grain in the form of broths will help to cope with kidney disease, liver, diabetes, obesity, cough and other misfortunes.
With the help of barley, the diseases of the mammary glands, the gall bladder, the urinary tract, and hemorrhoids, constipation were cured from the wood. The cold was treated, obkladyvaya body semi-boiled barley.
It is advised to eat porridge and people suffering from impaired vision.
Perforated porridge is especially good for eating in the postoperative period, with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. And in the pearl bar contains a large amount of gluten, containing protein, which is indispensable for the preparation of dietary soups, cereals, dishes.
Pearl barley is rich in fiber, which is very important for our health. It allows us to function perfectly in our gastrointestinal tract. In addition, pearl barley relieves us of many allergic reactions to food. Therefore, it is especially recommended for allergy sufferers.
If you regularly use pearl gruel for food, you are not overweight, and it will give your body extra strength and energy.
It is recommended to use pearl barley and elderly people. it is easily absorbed by the body. And recently it became known that pearl barley removes harmful heavy metals from the body and protects against cancer. Eat regularly pearl barley, do not worry about the properties of cereal, and many diseases will pass you by.
If you learn how to properly prepare pearl barley, then consider that you have mastered the whole art! We will show you how to do it better.
We advise you to soak in advance the grains of pearl barley in cold water for 10 hours in the proportion of 1 liter of water per 200 grams of pearl barley. At the end of this time, drain the water and add 2 liters of warm milk to the croup. All this in a saucepan bring to a boil, let it simmer for 5 minutes, and then place this pan in a water bath for about 6 hours. Really it turns out that all these actions you will take 15 minutes, which you can allocate on a day off for the preparation of this wonderful dish. All the rest of the time porridge will be prepared without your participation.
If you can not afford to cook this useful porridge for so long, then we suggest you to soak it from evening to night, and in the morning on a slow fire to cook for about an hour and a half. You can after this time, pour the grains in the oven in milk or oil.
The additional use of various dressings can give the porridge excellent taste. You can use both butter dressing and grated mushrooms.
However, remember that this porridge is best not to use it after it has cooled down, tk. it loses its taste and is digested much worse. And do not give it to little children.
And finally, we will give a recipe for pearl barley with apples.
Take 50 g of pearl barley, half a glass of cranberry juice, a few dried apples, salt and sugar - to taste. We first pre-soaked the groats, and then cook until ready-until the croup is soft. Crush apples and add to the porridge, then add cranberry juice, and add sugar - and cook until ready. When the porridge slightly cool, we can serve it with milk. Instead of dried apples, you can use gooseberries, fresh apples.
As you can see, the porridge can not only be very useful, but also very tasty. And it is not necessary to spend a lot of money on your health - the nature itself has already taken care of us, it is enough not to forget about vitamins and properties of pearl barley and from time to time to cook it!