5 best Christmas delicious kuti recipes
The initial recipe for cooking kutya, having undergone many changes, has not lost its relevance. We bring to your attention the 5 best recipes for this dish.
Kutia for Christmas from rice
The easiest cooking option is rice-based kutia. This cereal is always at hand, it does not need to be pre-soaked before, which is of particular relevance for residents of megacities whose days are scheduled by minute.
On the morning of January 6, we prepare all the necessary ingredients:
- 200 g of rice;
- 100 g of poppy;
- 50 g of walnuts;
- 50 g of raisins;
- 100 ml of honey;
- 200 ml of boiled water;
- a pinch of salt.
We start cooking:
- Poppy pour boiling water for 1 hour.
- Rinse the raisins placed in a sieve under running water.
- Pour dried fruit with boiling water and leave for 30 minutes to swell.
- Drain the poppy seeds, grind it in a mortar.
- Dry the peeled kernels slightly for 10-15 minutes in a dry frying pan or in the oven, and then chop them not too finely with a knife.
- Rinse thoroughly under running water and boil at the rate: for 1 cup of rice - 2 cups of water, which should be salted immediately after boiling.
- Mix all ingredients in a deep container, pour honey and mix gently.
- If desired, kutya can be made thinner with boiled water or a boil.
- Serve to the table, after decorating with dried fruits, candied fruits.
Kutia "Classical"
The word "kutia" is translated from Greek as "boiled wheat", so this particular version of the traditional Christmas dish is considered classic.
We will need:
- 1 tbsp. wheat groats;
- 0.5 tbsp. poppy;
- 1 tbsp. chopped walnut kernels;
- 0.5 tbsp. raisins;
- ¼ Art. dried apricots;
- honey to taste.
Preparation of wheat kutia includes the following steps:
- In the evening, on the eve of cooking, rinse the wheat groats well, pour it with cold water and leave it overnight.
- In the morning, drain the liquid, transfer the wheat to the pan and pour 2 cups of boiled water.
- Having salted the water with wheat grits, put the container on a slow fire and cook for 1.5 hours. Stir the porridge during cooking and add water if necessary.
- At the same time, poppy need to pour boiling water; do the same with raisins and dried apricots.
- After 10-15 minutes, water from dried fruits should be drained and chopped with a knife.
- Drain the cooled water from the poppy and grind it in a mortar.
- Discard boiled wheat in a colander and cool.
- Combine all the ingredients and season them with liquid honey.
Kutia "Christmas"
Another variation of a traditional wheat based dish. From time immemorial this cereal was considered a symbol of the fertility and immortality of the soul, which is especially true on the eve of one of the brightest Orthodox holidays - Christmas.
List of required ingredients:
- 1 tbsp. wheat groats;
- 0.5 tbsp. poppy seeds and raisins;
- 1 tbsp. peeled walnut kernels;
- a handful of dried apricots;
- honey to taste.
The cooking technology is simple:
- Rinse and soak the wheat in cold water for 4-5 hours.
- After the lapse of time, drain the water, and transfer the cereals into a pan, pour 2 cups of water and put on fire.
- After boiling, reduce the heat and cook porridge for 1.5 hours.
- At the same time prepare the remaining ingredients: poppy, raisins, dried apricots separately pour boiling water and leave for 10-15 minutes.
- Drain the water, cut the dried apricots with a knife into small pieces, and pass the poppy through the meat grinder 2-3 times.
- Grind dried nuts.
- Transfer the cooled cereal into a deep container, add the remaining ingredients to it. Mix everything carefully and season with honey melted in a water bath.
Kutya "Holy evening"
On Christmas Eve, they usually prepare a poor kutya - a lean dish, from which they start their meal on Holy evening. And it completes the festive dinner.
For cooking, you should take:
- 250 g of exfoliated wheat grains;
- 250 g of poppy;
- 150 g of raisins;
- 100 ml of honey;
- 250 ml of boiled water;
- 10 walnuts.
The cooking process is not particularly different from the classic:
- Rinse the wheat thoroughly, place in a pan and pour 0.5 l of water. Leave the blank in this form for 5-6 hours.
- After the specified time, the liquid must be drained, and the grains filled with clean water and put on fire.
- Bring the porridge to a boil, then reduce the heat and in this state continue cooking for 40 minutes.
- Pour poppy seeds with boiling water and leave for 30 minutes.
- The same thing to do with raisins, but you need to leave it for only 10 minutes.
- Grind the poppy with a blender until it turns white.
- Grind nuts with a knife.
- Dissolve honey in 200 ml of warm water and pour poppy with the resulting sweet liquid.
- Pour raisins, nuts, wheat with honey and poppy seeds.
- Mix everything well.
Kutya "Fast"
Wheat kuta can also be boiled if the croup was not soaked the day before in water.
The express version of wheat kutya for those who value their time will require the following components:
- 200 g of wheat;
- 100 g of poppy;
- 100 g of walnuts;
- 100 g of raisins;
- honey to taste;
- salt to taste;
- 1 tbsp. warm boiled water.
We start cooking:
- Rinse the wheat under running water, throwing it in a colander.
- Place the cereal in a pan and pour cold water at the rate of 1 cup of wheat - 3 cups of water.
- Bring to a boil, salt and cook for 40 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
- Discard the finished wheat in a colander and cool.
- Rinse poppy seeds, add water and bring to a boil, then boil for 30 minutes. Fold onto a sieve.
- Combine the poppy with honey and grind.
- Chop nuts with a knife, steam raisins with boiling water for 10 minutes.
- Combine wheat, poppy seeds, honey, raisins, nuts and mix well.
- Before serving, kutia can be diluted with sweet water with honey or sugar.
