Kutya (Ukrainian Christmas cereal dish)
Traditional Ukrainian Christmas rice or wheat berries pudding.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: Dessert, Breakfast
- Cuisine: Ukrainian, Christmas
Ingredients
- 2 C rice (I’m using parboiled)
- 1/2 liter Uzvar (or water)
- 1/2 C liquid sweetener
- 3/4 C roasted chopped walnuts
- 100g raisins
- 80g poppy seeds
Instructions
- First cook the rice (or your grain of choice).
- Meanwhile coarsely grind the poppy seeds. I do it in old-fashioned poppy seed grinder. Ceramic coffee mill should work as well.
- When rice is cooked let it cool down completely.
- Dissolve the sweetener in lukewarm Uzvar or water.
- Mix together rice, poppy seeds, nuts, raisins and sweetened Uzvar. Refrigerate for 6-8 hours or overnight. Rice, nuts and raisins should absorb most of the liquid.
- Your Kutya is now ready.
Notes
Most common grains for Kutya are wheat and barley. You can also use rice (like me) or millet for gluten-free option.
Nutrition
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 27.4g
- Sodium: 10mg
- Fat: 9.8g
- Saturated Fat: 1.1g
- Carbohydrates: 83.8g
- Fiber: 3.3g
- Protein: 8.1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: rice, wheat, pudding, walnuts, Ukrainian, Christmas, gluten-free, poppy seeds, vegan, vegetarian