Corn porridge has an amazing aroma, bright color and unique taste. But not every housewife knows how to cook this cereal, so she often deprives her loved ones of not only a tasty, but also an incredibly healthy dish. We offer a selection of the best recipes that will diversify your daily menu.
Important! Corn chaff must be washed well, although this is not easy given the fairly fine grinding. But otherwise, small particles and dust will turn the porridge into a slimy mass, and it will not be beautiful and crumbly.
Corn porridge with water in the oven
We need:
- 1 tbsp. corn grits
- 2.5 tbsp. water
- butter, salt, to taste
Preparation:
1.Pour the water into a saucepan (I like to cook in a cauldron), put it on the fire, add salt and butter, bring to a boil.
2. While the water boils, rinse the cereal several times and throw it into boiling water, stir and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes until thickened.
3. After, cover the pan with a lid, if not plastic, or with foil and put it in the oven,
preheated to 200 degrees for 30 minutes. You can add prunes, dried apricots, and raisins to the porridge.
Corn porridge with milk
We need:
- 1 tbsp. corn grits
- 5 tbsp. liquid (3 tbsp. boiling water + 2 tbsp. hot milk)
- 30 g butter
- salt, to taste
- sugar, optional
Preparation:
1. Pour boiling water over the cereal, add salt, add oil and place on the stove. Stir constantly so that it does not burn or form lumps. The porridge should thicken. It's about 15 minutes.
2. Heat the milk, first 1 glass, add it to the porridge, stir, then the second glass and do not stop stirring. At this stage, taste for salt and add it if necessary. Cook the porridge for another 15 minutes.
3. Cover the pan with a lid and leave it on the switched off stove (if it is electric) or on a flame spreader, or remove it from the stove and wrap it warm, leave for 1 - 1.5 hours.
Tips: 1. It is better to soak the cereal overnight, rinse it in the morning, pour boiling water over it and cook.
2. When the porridge is ready, beat it with a whisk, it will become fluffy, you can serve it with meat or pour cold milk.
Reviews
The opinions of people who have tried this diet plan themselves vary. Some claim that corn promotes weight loss, while others, on the contrary, have a different opinion.
You can always share your impressions of losing weight with corn in the comments below the article.
Inna, 29 years old.
While carrying a child, I gained a lot and could not get rid of the excess weight. A friend advised me to use the corn diet. In a month I managed to lose almost 4 kg.
Olga, 34 years old.
I've tried many different diets, and the corn diet is one of the best. During it you do not experience a strong feeling of hunger, which helps to control yourself. Positive changes appear very quickly - swelling goes away literally after 3-4 days.
Ivan, 36 years old.
I can’t say that I’m happy with this nutrition plan. In a month I managed to lose only 2 kg, which, in my opinion, is extremely little. But I’ll be honest, sometimes I lost my temper and ate all sorts of “bad” things.
Italian Polenta
We need:
- 1 piece of onion
- 1 piece chili pepper
- 300 g finely ground cereal
- water
- 2 tbsp. corn or vegetable oil
Preparation:
1. Pour oil into the cast iron and place it on the stove, heat it up.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes and fry in oil until light golden. Finely chop the chilli pepper and fry with onion for 4-5 minutes.
3. Add 200 ml of cold water to the cast iron,
when it boils, gradually add the cereal, with continuous stirring.
If there is not enough water, add boiling water little by little and stir all the time. When the cereal becomes soft, add salt. Boil the porridge until cooked, a total of 25-40 minutes and turn off the heat.
Serve porridge with cheese, feta cheese, and herbs.
In what form is it best to consume?
If a person wants to get rid of excess weight, you can eat corn in any form. Taking into account the preparation method, the beneficial properties of this product will change slightly:
- boiled _ The calorie content of the product is about 125 kcal. You also need to take into account that during cooking, useful microelements are lost. It is better to consume boiled corn in minimal quantities and do not add salt to the water when cooking;
- canned . The most harmful type, the beneficial properties are lost during processing. In addition, various chemical additives and carcinogens are used in its preparation;
- raw . If a person wants to lose weight, this option will be optimal. But you need to take into account that corn contains a lot of coarse fiber, so it is recommended to stay on such a diet for no more than 4 days;
- corn silk . They have diuretic properties. Based on them, you can prepare various decoctions and tinctures that will help remove excess fluid from the body.
If you decide to include corn in your diet, it is best to collect it yourself, and if possible, try to grow it in the garden.
What parts are edible?
Any part of the corn can be eaten. To combat excess weight, the most useful are the grains and stigmas themselves. Some people also use the leaves of the plant themselves to prepare nutritious infusions.
Mamaliga in Moldavian
We need:
- 250 g corn flour, finely ground
- salt, to taste
- 600 ml water
- 5 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 300 g cheese
- 200 -300 g lard or pork ribs
- 100 g sour cream
- wooden spatula
For the Mujdey sauce
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tsp salt, no slide
- 40 -50 ml vegetable oil
- 30 -40 ml water or broth
Preparation:
1.Pour corn flour with water, stir, add salt and put on fire, bring to a boil, stir all the time with a wooden spatula.
2. When the porridge boils, add vegetable oil, stir and cook until tender. When the mamalyga has thickened, turn it off, transfer it to a salad bowl and leave to cool.
3. Prepare Muzhdei sauce : grind the garlic with salt, first squeeze it through the garlic press, then grind it with salt, season with oil and broth, mix.
4. Grate the cheese (100 g) on a coarse grater, and cut the rest into pieces.
5. Cut lard or pork ribs into cubes and fry until cracklings form.
6. When serving, turn the hominy over from the salad bowl onto a dish, cut it using thread or a special wooden knife, or, if you don’t have one, with a regular knife.
Sprinkle grated cheese on top of the mamalyga and serve with cracklings, Muzhdey sauce and sour cream.
Methods and diets
The most effective and efficient is the consumption of corn flakes. Most nutritionists advise patients to adhere to a diet based on them. This is due to the fact that such flakes are healthy and do not have to be cooked.
In addition, they initially have a sweet taste, which helps reduce sugar intake. The standard duration of such a diet is 20 days.
This is what a sample menu should look like:
- 1 day. For breakfast, it is recommended to eat a salad of tomatoes with cucumbers (without dressing) and cereal doused with kefir (about 7 tablespoons). You can also drink green tea. Lunch – chicken breast and a couple of breads. Dinner – 3 tablespoons of cereal with milk and an apple;
- Day 2. Breakfast – 150 grams of cereal with milk, yogurt. Lunch – 200 grams of chicken breast, vegetable salad, fruit. Dinner – coffee without sugar with bread;
- Day 3. Breakfast – green tea, 2 breads, fruit salad. Lunch – mushroom broth, a piece of fish. Dinner – vegetable salad, 5 tablespoons of cereal, doused with milk.
You can stick to this menu for no more than 7 days. Another popular method of losing weight is to drink a decoction of corn silk while on another diet. To get rid of excess weight, half an hour before meals you need to drink 100 ml of decoction.
Traditional Hutsul dish Banosh on the fire and at home
The pride of Transcarpathian cuisine, it is cooked over fires in large cauldrons, and a mandatory ingredient is homemade sour cream. Let's consider two options for preparing banosh: over a fire and at home on a stove.
Banosh at the stake
We need:
- 400 g homemade sour cream (collected from milk)
- 50 ml water
- 150 g corn flour
Important: If the sour cream is from under the separator, then more water can be added; if it is collected from milk, then very little water is needed.
Preparation:
1.Light a fire and hang a cauldron, pour in sour cream, water, salt, mix everything until the salt dissolves.
2. When the sour cream begins to boil, add flour little by little, stirring constantly, and cook for 5 - 7 minutes.
We do not stop stirring with a wooden spatula, when the porridge begins to thicken and lag behind the walls of the cauldron, the banosh is ready.
3. Banosh is served hot with grated feta cheese and eaten with a spoon.
Banosh at home
We need:
- 400 ml homemade milk
- 0.5 l homemade sour cream
- 200 g finely ground corn grits
- 50 ml water
- 100 g cheese
Preparation:
1. Pour water into the bottom of the cauldron and put it on the fire, bring to a boil. This is done to prevent the milk from burning.
2. Pour milk and sour cream into boiling water, stir.
When the mixture warms up (smoking starts), add the cereal, in portions,
stir and stir continuously.
Cook over medium heat until the banosh is well separated from the walls of the cauldron.
3. Serve the banosh sprinkled with cheese; you can serve mushrooms and cracklings stewed with sour cream.
Why is corn considered a dietary product?
The question of whether it is possible to eat corn while losing weight still remains relevant. Nutritionists themselves also raise doubts about this, since each specialist has his own opinion , and they often disagree.
For example, one nutritionist’s opinion about corn in general:
But recent studies and experiments have confirmed that corn flakes and even corn silk can be eaten if you are overweight. The positive effect of their use is achieved thanks to a unique and balanced composition. For more information about corn silk for weight loss, watch the video at the end of the article.
To understand the question of whether corn porridge is good for weight loss, you need to consider the following facts:
- Fresh corn has a relatively low calorie content - about 101 kcal. per 100 gr. This value is not that great. And for a person on a diet, it is simply ideal.
- Due to its high fiber content, this culture has a positive effect on intestinal activity.
- Corn promotes cleansing of toxins and waste, which is extremely important for the fight against excess weight. If the body is “clogged,” the weight loss process will be very slow.
- The benefit of corn porridge for weight loss is that its consumption helps regulate the water-salt balance, which prevents the appearance of edema.
- Cobs with grains contain many useful microelements, which regulate metabolism and metabolism.
- If you follow a diet based on corn porridge, a person will not experience a constant feeling of hunger. This will help you tolerate the new diet easier.
- Young cobs are rich in unique enzymes that promote the breakdown of fat. That is why they are often present in the menu of various diets.
Considering the above, it becomes obvious that cobs with juicy seeds really help you lose weight, so you shouldn’t completely abandon their consumption.
The benefits and harms of corn porridge for weight loss
Although fresh cobs, bread and cereal are very healthy, experts say that you should not overeat corn, as it also has certain disadvantages. Consumption of this crop can cause serious health problems. To avoid complications, doctors advise eating no more than 200 grams of grains per week.
Corn has the following beneficial properties:
- improves intestinal function and stomach activity;
- normalizes metabolism;
- activates the defenses of the immune system;
- lowers blood pressure;
- helps cleanse the body of toxins;
- reduces the likelihood of developing cardiovascular pathologies;
- fights high cholesterol;
- helps remove excess fluid, which helps get rid of swelling.
This product has significantly fewer disadvantages, but they also exist:
- if grain is present in the diet daily, it can cause irritation of the intestinal mucosa;
- corn contains lectin, which is not digested by the stomach;
- There are no substances in the body that can process cellulose fiber.
Before going on such a diet, you need to weigh all the pros and cons, and even better, visit a doctor who will tell you whether the product will be useful in a particular case and in what quantities you can eat it.
It is important to know! This cereal crop is always treated with chemicals and pesticides. This fact also makes corn not the healthiest product.
Georgian Gomi with nut sauce Bazhe
This dish can be served with other dishes, instead of bread, or can be a separate dish.
We need:
- 200 g corn chaff (cereals)
- 1 liter of water
- 40 g fine corn flour
For the Baje sauce
- 200 g walnuts
- 250 ml chicken broth
- 1 tsp seasonings (utskho-suneli, coriander, saffron)
- chili pepper, salt, to taste
- 1 tbsp. wine vinegar
To get Bazhe's nut sauce, put all the ingredients except vinegar into a blender and blend. Transfer to a bowl and add wine vinegar to taste.
For information: Bazhe sauce is suitable for chicken, fish and other meat dishes.
Preparation:
1. Add corn chaff to boiling water, stir and after boiling again, reduce the heat to low and cook for 1 hour.
2. Afterwards, brew with corn flour, from now on, stir constantly for 15 minutes. Turn off the fire.
3. Transfer the gomi to a plate, wetting the spatula in cold water.
If gomi is served as a separate dish, then put pieces of smoked suluguni in it while it is hot, and pour bazhe sauce on top.
Corn porridge with cheese
We need:
- 1 clove of garlic
- 300 ml milk
- 300 ml water
- salt, pepper to taste
- 100 g corn grits
- 40 g of any hard cheese, grated
- butter as desired
Preparation:
1.Pour water and milk into a saucepan, add salt to taste, add garlic and bring to a boil.
2. Add cereal and mix vigorously. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 40 minutes, stirring frequently.
3. Add grated cheese to the prepared porridge, stir, salt and pepper to taste. When serving, place a piece of butter on each plate.
Features and benefits of the dish
Before you learn how to cook corn porridge, you should familiarize yourself with some nuances. Everyone knows that corn is very beneficial for human health. Knowing how to properly cook corn porridge in water, you can lose extra pounds, restore intestinal microflora, and also normalize the digestion process. The main function of corn grits is to stabilize the digestive process, and in this it is helped by the large amount of fiber contained in its composition.
Corn porridge is low-calorie. It is actively used in the treatment of duodenal and gastric ulcers. This dish is often included in the diet. Due to the fact that the calorie content of corn porridge in water is quite low, it quickly cleanses the cavity of the stomach and intestines, and helps slow down the processes of fermentation and putrefaction. With its help, you can reduce the level of bad cholesterol in the blood, cleanse the blood, and also reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
