Sweet lean porridge with dried fruits (with raisins), which is served at funerals, is called kutia. Kutya can be prepared not only from the usual rice, it is also prepared from wheat grains: they are washed, soaked in water overnight, boiled until tender and mixed with honey or sugar diluted in a small amount of water, raisins, dried fruits, poppy seeds and nuts . Kutya from rice is prepared in the same way. Boil fluffy rice, then add diluted honey or sugar and raisins (washed, scalded and dried with a towel). Kutya at the funeral table is obligatory - it’s a tradition. In the first recipe, we suggest covering cooked rice with a sweet mixture with raisins heated in a frying pan. In the next two recipes, if the honey is liquid, we suggest simply pouring the mixture over the cooked rice and kneading. So, kutia recipes:
Recipe No. 1: Sweet rice for a funeral with raisins - the easiest way to prepare
Ingredients
: rice - 2 cups, water - 4 cups, butter - 70 grams, olive oil (optional) - 0.5 tablespoons, raisins (seedless) - 100 grams, sugar - 2 tablespoons, salt - a pinch.
Pour 4 glasses of water into a saucepan, add salt to this water (1.5 - 1 teaspoon of salt) and bring to a boil. Sort the raisins, remove stems and stems, wash them and pour boiling water over them. Raisins, of course, should be taken without seeds. Rinse the rice in cold water until the water runs clear.
When the water boils, throw the washed rice into the boiling water, cover the pan with a lid and place in the oven. Keep the rice in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.
Meanwhile, heat the frying pan. Keep the heat to low. Drizzle olive oil on it (0.5 tablespoons) and place the melted butter in the olive oil. Olive oil will protect the butter from burning, and it will also allow the butter to retain its flavor. And drain all the water from the steamed raisins (they should have swollen and softened well by this time). Pour the steamed raisins into the melted butter and stir, hold the raisins in the frying pan in the butter, stirring for 5 minutes.
Drop water (5 teaspoons) into the pan with raisins and add sugar to this water, stir the sugar thoroughly so that no grains of sand remain. It should melt completely and mix with water and butter to form a sweet syrup.
Keep the raisin and sweet syrup mixture in the pan for a couple more minutes. The fire should be minimal all this time.
When the rice is ready, remove it from the oven. Place the contents of the frying pan (along with the liquid) on the rice and mix everything thoroughly.
You can do without olive oil and without a frying pan at all, without heating. Simply dissolve sugar in warm water (2 tablespoons), mix steamed raisins with sugar and butter and add this mixture to rice.
Everything is ready, kutya can be served. Kutya can be used to open a funeral meal. Sometimes it is eaten at the very end of the meal. Usually bowls with kutya are simply placed on the funeral table in different places at a distance (so that everyone who comes can reach it) and people themselves decide at what moment they will taste this sweet dish. Let us mention again that this step-by-step recipe was the simplest possible. The following kutia recipes contain many more ingredients.
Description of preparation:
Here is a unique recipe for a sweet dish that can be used as an independent dessert or as a side dish for meat.
How to cook sweet rice with raisins is shown in detail in the step-by-step recipe. Rice cooks quickly, and the result is an amazing culinary masterpiece. It is perfect for children, people with gluten allergies and those simply wanting to lose weight. Adults will also be happy to eat this rice, especially men, because they are generally recognized as having a sweet tooth. Purpose: For breakfast Main ingredient: Cereals / Rice Dish: Hot dishes / Sweet Geography of cuisine: Russian cuisine Diet: Recipes for weight loss
Recipe No. 2: Sweet rice for a funeral with raisins, walnuts and honey
Ingredients
: rice - 2 cups, water - 4 cups, butter - 50 grams, honey - 4 tablespoons, raisins (seedless) - 100 grams, walnuts - 1 (or 2) cups, salt - a pinch.
Cooking method
: Cook the rice as indicated in recipe No. 1. Pour boiling water over the raisins and let them stand for 10 - 20 minutes. Next, everything is very simple: slightly heat the honey, if it is thick, dilute it with water - it should be liquid, it should flow in a stream. Chop the nuts finely with a knife. Combine honey, nuts, melted butter and raisins (drain raisins). Stir this mixture into the rice until it is evenly distributed.
Beneficial features
Rice porridge is very healthy. Boiled cereal has a beneficial effect on the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines. Rice water is prescribed even for gastritis and peptic ulcers, as it envelops the tissues, relieves irritation and inflammation.
Rice grain has a unique composition: 63% carbohydrates, which provide the body with energy, 7.5% easily digestible vegetable protein, fats - only 2%, structured water - 14%, ash substances - 4.6%, natural sugars - 3.1% , fiber - 9%. It also contains valuable vitamins, in particular B9 - 100 g of rice contains the daily requirement, high content of vitamins H, E, PP, B3. Among microelements, rice is rich in aluminum, iron, calcium, potassium, silicon, copper, sulfur, and phosphorus. Cereals replenish the body with iodine, a deficiency of which is observed in almost all regions of our country.
Raisins are an even more valuable food product. The composition of nutrients in it is concentrated - there are 10 times more of them than in fresh grapes. This is up to 85% valuable sugars (glucose and fructose), 2.9% nitrogenous substances, 2% polyunsaturated organic acids, 1.5% fiber, a full range of vitamins and minerals. Raisins have long been used in folk medicine as a preventive and therapeutic agent.
The milk in rice porridge provides the body with the required amount of calcium. Therefore, rice porridge with milk and raisins should be on the menu for both adults and children.
Recipe No. 3: Sweet rice for a funeral with raisins, dried apricots, honey, almonds and poppy seeds
Ingredients
: 2 cups of rice, 4 cups of water, 70 grams of butter, honey - 3-4 tablespoons, 0.5 cups of poppy seeds, 1-2 cups of almonds, 1 cup of dried apricots, 1 cup of rice.
This is the most complex recipe, it contains the most ingredients, but at the same time, it is the most delicious and most unusual. You can cook such rice even without being guided by such sad events as a funeral, but just like that, because it really is very tasty and healthy. In addition, this is a very bright dish. Almond shards and bright orange pieces of dried apricots look very attractive and very appetizing.
Cooking method
: Cook the rice as indicated in recipe No. 1. Wash the raisins, sort them and pour boiling water for 15 minutes, let them become soft. Also pour boiling water over the dried apricots - they also need to be softened. Finely chop the almonds into pieces with a knife. Honey should be liquid, you can warm it slightly and dilute it with water. Mix honey, poppy seeds, melted butter, raisins, chopped almonds, chopped dried apricots. Place this mixture on the rice and mix everything thoroughly. Can be served.
Pilaf without meat with dried fruits
The vegetarian option is suitable not only for those who adhere to a corresponding diet, but also for everyone who wants to unload their diet and try something light.
This will also be an excellent Lenten solution, which you won’t be ashamed to serve on the table even on holidays. And everyone will like sweet pilaf with dried fruits. Dried fruits will add piquancy and sophistication, which means that no one will even notice the absence of meat. Ingredients:
- rice 150 grams;
- 2 onions;
- 1 carrot;
- prunes 70 grams;
- garlic 1 head;
- dried apricots 80 grams;
- raisins 70 grams;
- turmeric 10 grams;
- sunflower oil 90 ml;
- salt, pepper, cumin to taste.
Follow the recipe step by step.
- The first step is to rinse the rice and dried fruits. This should be done by soaking for a long time, but without letting the dried apricots and raisins become soggy. Cut large pieces into smaller ones.
- Next, we begin to prepare the products, this will take about 25 minutes. Cut the onion into small squares, simultaneously heating the oil in a frying pan. Add the onion and make sure it is thoroughly fried on all sides.
- Next, add all the available dried fruits and stir. At the same time, cut the carrots into thin strips and send them to fry. Add spices to our sauté.
- As in traditional recipes, we place a head of garlic in the very center. Pour in 100 milliliters of water, close the lid and send the pilaf to simmer.
- Next, distribute the rice in the pan, cook for 25 minutes until cooked. It is advisable to serve fruit pilaf hot.
Calorie content: 239 kcal per 100 grams, 4 g protein, 1 g fat, 55 g carbohydrates.
TIPS FOR PREPARING KUTIA:
1) How to make rice for kutya crumbly
– Choose the right variety of rice.
Rice for kutya should not stick together into a solid lump. Therefore, you need to take rice that will remain crumbly after cooking. This is, firstly, long-grain rice (it is more likely to remain crumbly than short-grain rice), and secondly, it is not the cheapest rice. Good fluffy rice will not be cheap.
– Rice for cooking in bags is guaranteed to be perfect and fluffy.
If you buy rice for cooking in bags for kutya, it will definitely turn out crumbly. This rice is sold in packages that need to be cooked in a saucepan directly in plastic bags, just cook it according to the instructions on the package.
– Wash the rice thoroughly before cooking
under cold running water. This also helps make the rice fluffy. The water washing the rice should be clear, it should not be white.
– Pour a little less water.
In all the recipes we have given the ratio of water and rice during cooking: 2:1, that is, for one glass of rice we take 2 glasses of water, twice as much. And you take a little less water than in the indicated proportion, and in no case more. This will also make the rice more fluffy.
2) Honey for kutya should be liquid
– Crystallized honey can be slightly heated in a water bath - it will melt and become liquid. Just remember that you cannot boil honey or heat it too much in general - it then loses its beneficial properties.
– Honey can be replaced with sugar. If there is no honey, you can indeed replace it with sugar, as shown in recipe No. 1.
Cooking features
Rice porridge with raisins in water is very easy to prepare. To do this, you will need a minimum list of ingredients that are available in any kitchen. Rice porridge contains complex carbohydrates, which will allow you to avoid various snacks. By enriching the porridge with raisins, you will increase the amount of minerals, vitamins and valuable substances in this dish.
The second positive property of such porridge is that rice is recognized as a natural adsorbent. Thanks to its unique properties, harmful components and salts are absorbed and then evacuated from the body. As you can see, this is an extremely healthy dish, perfect for breakfast. However, there is no need to overindulge in such delicacies. In order not to provoke problems with the gastrointestinal tract, you should consume it no more than 3 times a week.
Delicious rice kutia with raisins on Christmas Eve for Christmas
Orthodox Christians prepare this kutya on the eve of the Nativity of Christ.
Everyone will like it, since it is not just rice porridge, but sweet with honey and raisins, and even with nuts and grated poppy seeds. And dried berries add juiciness and sourness to it. In addition, it is very tasty and looks festive on the table.
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked rice
- 100 g poppy seeds
- 100 g walnuts
- 3 tbsp. thick honey
- 100 g raisins
- 2 glasses of water (for cooking cereals).
For decoration:
- Walnuts.
- Dried cranberries, cherries (other berries).
1. Rinse the rice in water until it becomes clear and clean.
2. Pour water over clean cereal and cook over medium heat until tender. The water should be boiling when cooking.
3. Place the boiled cereal in a colander and rinse with cold boiled water to wash off the rice jelly. Then the cereal will be crumbly and beautiful.
4. Place the raisins in a deep plate and pour boiling water over them for 2 minutes, then drain all the water.
5. Pour boiling water over the poppy seeds and leave until the water cools completely.
6. When the water has cooled, drain it and grind the poppy seeds with an immersion blender. You should get a poppy paste.
7. Place the rice in a beautiful deep plate, add raisins, poppy seeds and pieces of nuts. If desired, you can lightly dry the nuts in a frying pan over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.
8. Heat the honey a little in a water bath until it becomes liquid and pour it into the porridge.
9. Stir the kutya well, decorate with nuts, cranberries, and cherries on top.
Rice kutia with raisins and dried fruits in a slow cooker
Tasty, aromatic and sweet with the aroma of prunes and apples - your loved ones will really like this generous festive kutia.
It cooks in a slow cooker for 40 minutes and turns out crumbly and juicy.
Product Set
- 200 grams of rice
- 100 g prunes
- 100 g dried apricots
- 100 g raisins
- 1 fresh apple
- 250 ml water
- 3 tbsp. honey
1. Chop apples, prunes and dried apricots into cubes and put everything in a slow cooker.
2. Rinse the cereal thoroughly until it is clean with water.
3. Soak the raisins in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then drain the water.
4. Add rice and raisins to dried fruits.
5. Fill with water.
6. Select the “Pilaf” mode and set the time to 40 minutes.
Season the finished porridge with honey and place on a plate.
