Delicious pearl barley for garnish

From ordinary products, bright, original, appetizing! Delicious pearl barley for garnish looks so colorful that it can be safely served on a festive table with any meat dishes. You can change vegetables, add different herbs and spices to change the taste of this lean porridge with the mood!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 11 % 2 g
Fats 21 % 4 g
Carbohydrates 68 % 13 g
90 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 hours
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a delicious pearl barley for garnish? Yes, it's very simple. First, prepare all the necessary ingredients for cooking. Wash the vegetables and herbs and dry them with paper towels.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the pearl barley thoroughly to clean water. Fill with warm water, leave for 30-60 minutes. This will allow you to cook it much faster. Transfer the clean grits to a saucepan and pour four times more water than dry barley. That is, if you take one glass of cereals, you need 4 glasses of water. Simmer for 30-50 minutes, until desired. Flip into a colander and rinse with cold water, let it drain completely.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and put the chopped onion. You can take absolutely any onion, but keep in mind that red onions do not look very appetizing when heat-treated.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peel the carrots and grate them on a coarse grater, add them to the frying pan with onions. Carrots can also be cut into thin strips or cubes, but then the cooking time will need to be increased.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cut the stalk from the tomatoes and cut into a large cube. Put the tomatoes in the pan with the vegetables.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    In Bulgarian pepper, remove the peduncle, seeds and partitions inside the fruit. Cut it into a medium cube and put it in a frying pan with onions, carrots and tomatoes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Mix all the vegetables in a frying pan, add salt, pepper and fry over medium heat, stirring. It will take about 5-7 minutes. Focus on the features of your stove.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Add the boiled pearl barley to the pan with fried vegetables, mix. Fry still for about 3-4 minutes on medium heat.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Remove the pan from the heat. Chop the fresh herbs finely. Add the chopped greens to the porridge and serve.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Bon appetit!

Keep in mind that the final result in this dish also depends on how you chop the carrots: grated carrots will turn into mush during heat treatment and mix evenly with the rest of the ingredients, cut into strips or cubes will retain their shape. 

Choose juicy tomatoes, but dense. Soft fruits do not keep their shape well, in the process of slicing and cooking they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

Use oil with a high smoking temperature for frying! Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it.
Unrefined oils, with rare exceptions, have a low smoking point. There are a lot of unfiltered organic particles in them, which quickly begin to burn.
Refined oils are more resistant to heating, and their smoking point is higher. If you are going to cook food in the oven, on a frying pan or grill, make sure that you use oil with a high smoking point. The most common of the oils with a high smoking point: refined varieties of sunflower, olive and grape.

Caloric content of products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Pearl barley - 340   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen soup greens in a package - 41   kcal/100g
  • Greenery - 41   kcal/100g

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