📍 Poltava Region⏱ 45 min🍽 Serves: 4vegetarian

Pumpkin and Millet Porridge

An autumn porridge that the pumpkin sweetens by itself

Where it comes from

Poltava Oblast

History

Pumpkin carried Ukrainian families through autumn: it was baked, cooked with millet and stored until spring. The porridge was made both in a clay oven and on the stove.

Today

Millet and pumpkin are cooked together with milk or water and served with butter or honey.

Ingredients

• 600 g pumpkin
• 180 g millet
• 500 ml milk
• 20 g butter
• 30 g honey

Method

1. Cut the pumpkin into cubes, add a cup of water and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Rinse the millet several times until the water runs clear.
3. Add the millet to the pumpkin and pour in the milk.
4. Cook over low heat for 25 minutes, stirring.
5. Take off the heat, add the butter and cover for 10 minutes.
6. Serve with honey.

How to serve

Serve hot with a spoon of honey or butter.

Sources

• Buryaki · original text

Check ingredients for allergens. Times and amounts are approximate.