Rice kutia with raisins and honey

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make kutya from rice with raisins and honey? Very simple, first prepare all the necessary ingredients. Choose short-grain rice, it cooks faster and turns out soft. Instead of honey, you can use sugar or a sweetener. Instead of rice cereal, you can use whole wheat if you wish; previously, kutya was cooked from it, just keep in mind that the cooking time will increase significantly.

2. STEP 2

   

   Sort the cereal well to remove debris, and then rinse under running water until the water becomes clear.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour 2.5 cups of water over the rice and cook in a saucepan on the stove. Lightly add salt and stir occasionally to prevent the cereal from sticking to the bottom and burning.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cook the rice for 10 minutes until it thickens.

5. STEP 5

   

   Wash the raisins and dried apricots thoroughly. Sort the raisins and remove the stems if necessary. Cut the dried apricots into small pieces. If desired, you can use any dried or candied fruits, as well as nuts, for kutia.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add raisins, dried apricots and honey to the pan with rice, turn off the stove.

7. STEP 7

   

   Cover the kutya with a lid and leave for about 15 minutes so that the dried fruits steam but do not soften.

8. STEP 8

   

   Mix the prepared kutia well; it should turn out quite sweet and crumbly. Traditionally, such kutia is certainly prepared on Christmas Eve, Epiphany and brought to church for Easter and memorial services.