Delicious pearl barley as a side dish

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make delicious pearl barley as a side dish? Yes, very simple. First, prepare all the necessary ingredients for cooking. Wash vegetables and herbs and dry with paper towels.

2. STEP 2

   

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

3. STEP 3

   

   Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and add chopped onion. You can use absolutely any onion, but keep in mind that red onions, when cooked, do not take on a very appetizing appearance.

4. STEP 4

   

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

5. STEP 5

   

   Cut the stem from the tomatoes and cut into large cubes. Place the tomatoes in the pan with the vegetables.

6. STEP 6

   

   Remove the stem, seeds and membranes inside the bell pepper. Cut it into medium cubes and place in a frying pan with onions, carrots and tomatoes.

7. STEP 7

   

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

8. STEP 8

   

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

9. STEP 9

   

   Remove the pan from the heat. Finely chop the fresh herbs. Add chopped greens to the porridge and serve.

10. STEP 10

    

    Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Julia

29.08.2023

4.7

Really simple and delicious! You can cook barley directly with meat. I like this recipe too.

Natalia M

29.08.2023

4.6

I prepared a delicious barley for my husband as a side dish. More precisely, for him it was the main dish, because he observes fasting. Barley with vegetables is a completely self-sufficient dish, satisfying and very tasty. I increased the number of servings, this is easy to do using a special calculator. I cooked the pearl barley as recommended in a large amount of water, then rinsed it in a colander and let the water drain completely. The cereal turned out very crumbly! I made a vegetable fry from onions, carrots, which I cut with a curly knife, and sweet peppers. I didn't have any tomatoes, so I added tomato paste instead. Immediately added a little curry and a mixture of ground peppers to the vegetables. It turned out to be a very tasty second course, filling and juicy. The main thing is to let the pearl barley brew with the vegetables so that it is saturated with these delicious juices) Thanks for the recipe!

Anna

29.08.2023

4.8

I have never had a crumbly and tasty pearl barley porridge. I had to buy packaged pearl barley and more or less it worked out. But I couldn’t find the porridge in bags in stores. I had to buy just packaged. But I thought that my favorite cooking site would help me out. And exactly this recipe turned out to be an awesome, delicious, crumbly pearl barley porridge. Thank you so much for the recipe)! Now I know how to cook excellent pearl barley!!!!

Irina

29.08.2023

4.7

Thanks for the recipe! Just cooked it. The result was a very tasty, bright, appetizing, healthy and low-calorie side dish!!!