Russian

Mannaya Kasha (Semolina Porridge)

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Mannaya Kasha (Semolina Porridge) is Russian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Vegetarian Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves
2

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Bring the milk to a gentle boil with the sugar and salt.

  2. Whisking constantly, sprinkle in the semolina in a thin stream so no lumps form.

  3. Lower the heat and simmer 5 minutes, whisking often, until thick and smooth.

  4. Spoon into bowls, top with a pat of butter, and serve hot.

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Serve it with

A Russian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Mannaya Kasha (Semolina Porridge), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Mannaya Kasha (Semolina Porridge) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Mannaya Kasha (Semolina Porridge)
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts No
Dairy Yes Gorohovyi Sup (Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage)
Gluten Yes Boiled Potatoes with Dill and Butter
Shellfish No
Eggs No
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories
420 kcal
Protein
15 g
Carbs
56 g
Fat
15 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
16 g
Sodium
390 mg
Saturated fat
10 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Mannaya Kasha (Semolina Porridge) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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