Manna with carrots. Recipe for manna on kefir with carrots. Semolina pies in world cuisine

Servings: 8
Cooking time: 50 min.
Cuisine: Ukrainian

Recipe Description

The recipe for manna with kefir in a slow cooker with the addition of carrots is my attempt to bake not only a tasty, but also a healthy tea pie with the help of my “kitchen assistant”. At first I wanted to cook it with apples, but there were no apples in the refrigerator, but there were carrots))).

Basically, we put vegetables in the first or second courses, in various fillings (such as, or) - carrots are appropriate there, but we somehow don’t associate vegetables with desserts. But in vain: carrots are so juicy and sweet, they just ask to be used in a sweet pie. And, by the way, it was carrots (along with honey) that were used as a sweetener for sweet baked goods in the era before the advent of sugar.

And manna in a slow cooker with carrots turns out very tasty and tender. And most importantly, the recipe for manna with kefir in a slow cooker does not require much expenditure, it is very easy to prepare. Well, and of course, manna with carrots is not only tasty, but also healthy))). Let our children eat carrots both raw and in the form of delicious baked goods.

To prepare manna in a slow cooker, you need:

Kefir – 1 glass;
Semolina – 1 glass;
Sugar – 1 glass;
Eggs – 3 pcs.;
Soda – ½ tsp;
Medium carrots – 1 pc.;
Flour – 1 glass;
Cinnamon – ½ tsp;
Salt – 1 pinch.

Cooking step by step:

In a bowl, mix kefir with semolina. Add sugar and salt and leave until the semolina swells, about 20-30 minutes.

Add eggs and beat the mixture well. Add finely grated baking soda, carrots and cinnamon.
Mix the mass thoroughly.

We sift the flour through a sieve in order to weed out foreign additives (sometimes these are found in flour), and also so that it is saturated with oxygen and our product turns out airy. And, once again, mix well so that there are no lumps left in the dough.

Cover the multicooker pan with parchment greased with butter.
If, instead of carrots, you use apples, then you need to chop them into small pieces and pour them onto parchment.
Pour the dough on top of them.
Turn on the multicooker in the “Baking” mode for 40 minutes, bake with the lid closed, but leave the valve open so as not to cook under pressure.
After the sound signal, we do not open the multicooker, but let it sit for 15 minutes, and only then open the lid and take out the manna.

I have always been quite skeptical about carrot cakes, as a culinary counterfeit. Carrot cake? Hmm... These are something like “guess what” recipes? Well, or baked goods born from the desire to feed your loved ones carrots at any cost, because they contain vitamin A?
In general, the main idea of carrot creativity seemed to me to be to fill the taste of the main ingredient with different spices and amaze the family or employees at work with this riddle, who would shake their heads and agree: “yes, indeed, it’s not clear from what.”

This is a meatless, vegetarian carrot cake with semolina. Flour with juicy carrots gives a strong stickiness, so carrot pies are often made either 50/50 with flour and semolina or simply with semolina, which gives the dough a pleasant loose structure. My pie is pure manna. Very tasty and original. Don’t be embarrassed that it’s lean - it’s amazingly tasty and harmonious, I bake it all year round. Fragrant, juicy, similar to an oriental sweet soaked in syrup. You need to take strong and juicy carrots; if you use wilted ones, you need to add additional water to the dough. The pie is eggless and flourless, so I recommend cooling it before cutting into portions. Cardamom is very important for the aroma; nothing can replace it; cardamom goes well with carrots and does not overwhelm them. I also add lemon zest and vanilla sugar to the dough. I do not recommend adding other spices (cloves, cinnamon).

Ingredients:

450g raw peeled carrots (or 550 unpeeled)
150 ml refined vegetable oil
200g sugar
300g dry semolina
1 lemon
100g raisins
150g water
1 packet vanilla sugar
3 cardamom seeds (or 3 pinches of ground)
0.5 tsp soda

Turn on the oven at 180C.
Carrots must be clean and peeled.

Grind the carrots in a processor (you can grate them on a fine grater).

Sort the raisins and rinse with cold water. There is no need to soak the raisins.

Wash the lemon well and remove the zest using a fine grater.

Squeeze juice from half a lemon.
You will also need the second half of the lemon; we will use it to extinguish the soda later.

Grind cardamom grains in a coffee grinder.
To help your coffee grinder better grind the cardamom instead of just swirling it around in the bowl, add a couple of tablespoons of sugar to the grinder.

Knead the dough:
Combine carrots, zest and lemon juice, sugar and vanilla sugar, chopped cardamom in a bowl.
Add 150 ml water.

Mix well and leave the mixture for 5 minutes so that the carrots release their juice.

Pour in 150 ml of refined oil.

Add raisins. Mix.

Add all the semolina.

Mix well and leave for 10 minutes so that the semolina swells a little.

Who among us doesn’t like to have a cup of tea with something sweet in the evening? Let's face it, we all do this sometimes. And instead of eating sweets and chocolates, many bake pies, buns and cakes. Made with your own hands, they give a special home comfort, and their taste is more pleasant.

But constantly pampering yourself with sweet confectionery is still not good. Therefore, there is a way out - to use not only tasty, but also healthy ingredients in baking. Manna with carrots is just one of those recipes. Carrots are a very healthy vegetable. Its vitamins and beneficial properties are retained in it even after any type of heat treatment, albeit in smaller quantities. Therefore, preparing manna according to this recipe with carrots will be an excellent solution for varied and healthy baking.

Although many of us have not liked semolina porridge since childhood because of all these unpleasant lumps, such a story will not repeat itself in semolina. Firstly, the taste of the pie is significantly different from the taste of porridge. Secondly, the consistency itself resembles a pleasant crumbly cupcake, which is certainly an excellent positive feature. If you still doubt that preparing manna is worth it, then read the recipe and see how easy it is to make.

Ingredients for preparing manna

1. semolina – 2 cups;
2. kefir – 1 glass (200 milliliters);
3. butter – 100 grams;
4. chicken egg – 2 pieces;
5. raw carrots – 1-2 pieces;
6. sugar – 5 tablespoons;
7. vanillin;
8. baking powder.

As you may have noticed, we will cook with kefir. This will make the cake more tender and fluffy. Kefir also interacts well with baking powder.
Butter can be replaced with margarine if desired.
We take fresh carrots; there is no need to boil them in advance, they will cook perfectly during baking. The amount of carrots varies depending on your desire. Remember that it is not very sweet, so you can still take it in a smaller size. But just don't add too much sugar. Everything should be in moderation.

Preparing the dough

Sometimes you can find recipes for semolina, where the basis is flour and semolina in a 1:1 ratio. But better taste and results can be achieved using only semolina.

1. Let's start by preparing the liquid part of our dough. To do this, take a deep bowl and a blender or mixer. Beat sugar with eggs.

2. Next we need to mix this egg mass with butter or margarine. To do this, it would be best to defrost it first or layer it on thin plates and beat everything well again with a mixer. It is better not to pour in melted hot butter, as this can lead to the coagulation of the protein.

3. The last liquid component is kefir. Just pour it in and mix the liquid for homogeneity.

4. Now you need to pour semolina into all this and mix well. The most important thing in manna recipes is to let the cereal brew. It must absorb some of the liquid, swell and increase in volume. Otherwise, you risk getting something other than a pie.

5. You may ask a very reasonable question: when should you add carrots? Now it's her turn. The vegetable needs to be washed and peeled, and then chopped into a puree on the smallest grater.

And this puree, along with vanilla and a packet of baking powder, needs to be mixed with the dough.

6. Now let's leave it to rest for half an hour.

Baking a pie

All baking rules come down to temperature, cooking time and shape.

1. The temperature will be standard - 180 degrees. You need to place the pie in a preheated oven, so turn it on to warm up as soon as you prepare the dough.

2. An important element is also the shape of the baked goods. It’s more likely not even she herself, but the way she was prepared. If the mold is silicone, then you don’t need to do anything, in this regard it is simply ideal. It is better to grease a metal mold with oil or sprinkle with flour. You can also line it with baking paper.

3. Pour the risen dough into the mold and level it out. Before doing this, make sure that the carrot puree is distributed evenly. And you can remove the pie to bake for about 30 minutes.

4. Once it has a nice golden color, it will be ready. When serving, you can sprinkle with powdered sugar.

That's all, this is the end of the simplest recipe for manna with kefir. With carrots it tastes quite interesting, perhaps you will like it and will cook it more often. The main thing is that it is not only aromatic and appetizing, but also healthy. And the structure of the crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth piece will completely make you fall in love with this pie. Have fun cooking it.

Don't forget to leave a comment and bon appetit!

Mannik is one of the simplest baked goods using dairy products using semolina instead of flour or together with it. Many people adore this simple pie for its speed of preparation and availability of ingredients. Recipes for manna with kefir have been known since the 13th century. Delicious desserts were prepared in all families for big and small holidays, cutting them into cakes and smearing them with jam or cream.

Today, pies with semolina are very popular and varied. They are prepared with berries and fruits, chocolate or cottage cheese are added, and baked in all available ways: oven, slow cooker, microwave.

But many people still have a negative attitude towards this pastry, because... it is associated with thick semolina porridge. In reality, properly baked manna turns out crumbly, and its taste largely depends on additional components: carrots, pumpkin, raisins, fruits.

The proposed recipes will tell you how to prepare manna with kefir for morning tea and holiday feasts. Light and easy to bake desserts will delight kids and adults. You just need to not get lost among the huge variety of recipes.

Classic recipe for manna with kefir

The traditional recipe for manna implies a product without flour or with a small amount of it. A detailed recipe for manna with kefir in the oven with a photo will help you learn how to bake the right lush pie.

Standard set of products for manna:

Semolina - 1.5 cups;
Kefir - 400 ml;
Egg - 3 pcs.;
Sugar - 100 gr;
Oil - 50 g;
Soda - 5 g;
Flour - 5 g;
Citric acid - 3 g.

How to cook:

Pour semolina with kefir in a bowl. Leave the cereal to swell.

The mass should rise well. If you skip this stage and start baking right away, then at high temperatures the semolina will fry and become like sand.

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Add sugar, vanillin, salt to eggs. Beat everything thoroughly until foam forms.

It is best to beat the egg mixture with a mixer, gradually adding melted margarine. The butter or margarine must cool to room temperature, otherwise the egg white will curdle.

Pour the egg mixture into the semolina. Everything is carefully mixed until smooth.

Mix flour with soda and citric acid. Add all these components to the dough. Flour is necessary to ensure that the soda is evenly distributed throughout the dough.

Stir the dough until bubbles appear - kefir-soda reaction.

Line a baking pan with parchment, which is well greased with butter. Pour the dough evenly into the mold.

The manna is baked in the oven for about 20 minutes. Then reduce the degrees to 175°C and continue baking for another 20-30 minutes.

Transfer the cooled manna to a plate and serve.

Using the same recipe, you can bake manna with kefir in a slow cooker or other kitchen appliances.

* The thickness of manna directly depends on the correct test. It is necessary that it be slightly liquid, since during the baking process the semolina will still swell and the volume will increase. Therefore, regardless of the recipe, you must always strictly adhere to the proportions of flour and not increase it.

Recipes for semolina pie in household appliances

More and more housewives are choosing household appliances as their assistants. This is not surprising; it helps reduce cooking time and simplifies the process itself. It’s so easy to make manna with kefir in a slow cooker, bread maker or microwave.

Fruit manna from a slow cooker

A delicacy such as manna with apples and kefir can be baked at any time. Apples are always available, and they can easily be replaced with pears, quince or peach. And this recipe for manna with kefir in a slow cooker is easy to remember, all the main ingredients are based on 1 glass.

Semolina - 1 glass;
Flour - 1 glass;
Kefir - 1 glass;
Sugar - 1 glass;
Eggs - 2 pcs.;
Apple - 3-4 pcs.;
Oil - 30 g;
Soda - 1 teaspoon;
Vanilla sugar - 1 packet.

How to cook:

Pour semolina into kefir, then let stand for swelling. Cut the apples into small pieces.

Beat the eggs together with sugar.

Pour the egg mixture into the swollen semolina, add soda. Mix the ingredients thoroughly.

Add the sifted flour and mix everything so that there are no dough clumps. Add apples and stir them.

Pour the dough into the multicooker cup. The sweet manna is baked in the “Baking” mode for 60 minutes. Sprinkle the finished dessert with powdered sugar.

* In kefir pies, when adding soda, there is no need to quench it with vinegar, since the lactic acid of kefir reacts well with soda.

Chocolate manna in 6 minutes in the microwave

The morning rush to work always has a negative impact on breakfast. But if you find just 10 minutes, you can bake manna with kefir, thereby delighting the whole family. A little time and the microwave will give you a fragrant dessert for your morning tea.

What ingredients will you need:

Semolina - ½ cup;
Kefir - ½ cup;
Flour - ½ cup;
Vegetable oil - ¼ cup;
Sugar - ½ cup;
Egg - 1 pc.;
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon.

How to cook:

Pour kefir over the semolina and let it swell a little. It is best to prepare the pie in the evening, leaving the ingredients in the cold overnight.

Add cocoa and sugar to the swollen semolina and beat in the egg. Mix the mixture thoroughly, beating the eggs and grinding the cocoa.

Combine flour with baking powder and add to semolina mixture. Mix properly.

Lastly, pour in the oil and mix everything again.

The sweet is baked in a silicone or glass form. Pour the dough into it and place it in the microwave for 6 minutes at the highest power setting.

Top the prepared pie with cherry jam or yogurt cream if desired.

* In this recipe, vegetable oil can be easily replaced with margarine. It is extremely important to monitor the consistency of the dough; if it is too thick, the cake will turn out hard.

Cooking mannas with pumpkin and carrots

Semolina pies go well with many foods, even vegetables. Bright and fluffy kefir manna with pumpkin or carrots will help to please children with bright pastries or cheer up adults on a rainy evening.

Mannik on kefir with pumpkin

Our ancestors have been baking pumpkin mannas since time immemorial. After all, traditional Slavic cuisine consists of simple recipes for tasty and healthy dishes.

Semolina - 1.5 cups;
Grated pumpkin - 2 cups;
Kefir - 1 glass;
Sugar - 1 glass.

How to cook:

In the old days, they hardly adhered to culinary subtleties when baking. The simpler the dish, the more popular it was among the people. Therefore, manna with pumpkin and kefir is very easy to prepare.

Mix all ingredients and leave for 40-50 minutes for the cereal to swell.

Preheat the oven and grease the baking dish with oil.

Pour the increased pumpkin-semolina dough into the mold. Place it in a preheated oven for 30-40 minutes to bake. Sprinkle the finished pie with powder or serve with jam.

*The pumpkin used in this recipe should be bright, rich in color with juicy flesh.

Carrot mannas

Another bright dish will be colorful manna on kefir with flour and carrots. The cheapness of the components is more than compensated for by the rich color and benefits of carotene. And using a slow cooker will only help speed up the process.

Semolina - 1 glass;
Kefir - 1 glass;
Flour - 1 glass;
Sugar - 1 glass;
Egg - 3 pcs.;
Carrots - 1 pc.;
Cinnamon - ½ teaspoon;
Soda - ½ teaspoon.

How to cook:

Dissolve sugar in kefir and add semolina. Leave the food until the cereal swells.

Grate large juicy carrots on the smallest grater.

Beat the eggs into the semolina, stirring the ingredients well.

Place carrots, add soda and cinnamon. Mix everything carefully.

Sift the flour and add to the total mass. Stir until smooth, removing all lumps.

Pour the dough into the multi-cooker cup and bake the pie for 40 minutes, setting the “Baking” mode.

* You can prepare this manna with kefir in the oven with the addition of cottage cheese or apples.

Non-standard semolina desserts

The classic combination of semolina and kefir may be violated, but this will not affect the taste of the baked goods. New and original manna ideas are delicious and delicious.

Mannik with cottage cheese without eggs

Lush manna with cottage cheese and kefir will turn out to be less calorie than other pies. And the absence of eggs will not affect the structure of the dough in any way and the dessert will turn out, as always, amazing.

Semolina - 1 glass;
Flour - 1 glass;
Cottage cheese - 400 gr;
Sugar - ½ cup;
Kefir - 1 glass;
Oil - 150 g;
Baking powder - 1.5 teaspoon.

How to cook:

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Lightly heat the kefir over low heat and melt the butter in it. Heat the dairy product carefully so that it does not curdle.

Combine sifted flour with baking powder and semolina. Dilute the ingredients with kefir and mix them well until smooth.

Grind the cottage cheese thoroughly with sugar.

Place semolina in the mold in layers, alternating dough and cottage cheese.

Place the pie in the oven for 40-50 minutes.

* In such a manna made with kefir without eggs, it is allowed to add berries or fruits, which are laid out in a separate layer or mixed with cottage cheese.

Unusual pie with raisins and lemon flavor

This is an original no-bake dessert recipe with raisins. Mannik without kefir and flour can be prepared in half an hour and will surprise all guests. Although the recipe is more reminiscent of cooking semolina porridge, the pie will be appreciated by even the most sophisticated gourmets.

Semolina - 125 gr;
Milk - ¾ l;
Raisins - 100 gr;
Sugar - 100 gr;
Egg - 2 pcs.;
Oil - 75 g;
Lemon - 1 pc.;
Salt - 1 pinch.

How to cook:

First fill the raisins with water. Leave it for 2 hours to swell. Grate the yellow lemon peel using a fine grater.

Add sugar, salt and grated zest to the milk. Put the milk on the fire and bring to a boil.

Add cereal to boiling milk in a thin stream, stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Cook semolina over low heat for about 20 minutes, constantly skimming off any foam that forms. If the milk is not completely absorbed into the cereal, then the cooking time should be increased slightly.

Put the butter into the hot semolina and stir until it is completely dissolved.

Beat the eggs into the slightly cooled mixture and add carefully squeezed raisins. Quickly stir all ingredients without allowing the eggs to curdle.

Grease the mold with oil and pour the semolina mixture into it. Let the cake cool completely and then refrigerate for 2 hours.

Before serving, the finished manna can be decorated with nuts or topped with caramel glaze.

* If the pie is intended only for adults, then it is better to soak the raisins in rum, this will add an unusual flavor note to the dessert.

Semolina pies in world cuisine

Delicious manna with kefir or similar dairy products is prepared all over the world. Simplicity and accessibility have become the main argument in choosing desserts. Baking from the same products, each nation was able to add its own individual note to manna recipes, diversifying the dish with new flavor components.

Lebanese manna Sfouf

One of the popular cakes in Lebanon is semolina cake with almonds. Turmeric gives the dessert its unusual yellow color. Baking manna in the oven with kefir according to the Lebanese recipe is quite simple.

Semolina - 225 gr;
Flour - 75 gr;
Sugar - 225 gr;
Kefir - 275 ml;
Egg - 1 pc.;
Oil - 100 g;
Turmeric - 1 teaspoon;
Baking powder - 5 g;

Melt the butter and cool. Using a whisk, vigorously grind the eggs and sugar until fluffy. Pour milk with melted butter, add orange water for flavor. Mix everything carefully.

Pour the dry ingredients into the liquid ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Pour the dough into the mold and cook for 35-40 minutes.

During this time, mix the chopped almonds with coarse sugar.

Sprinkle the baked goods with the almond-sugar mixture and continue baking the manna pie with kefir for another 10-15 minutes until done.

* There are various Sfouf recipes in which you can add anise, sesame, and replace the almonds with other nuts.

Anglo-Indian manna with kefir without flour

The former English colony is very closely intertwined in culinary terms with English cuisine. The simplicity of English desserts is easily combined with Indian ingredients, so the usual manna with raisins on kefir is enriched with coconut flavor.

How to cook:

Fry the semolina in a small amount of oil until a pleasant aroma appears.

Grind the remaining softened butter well with sugar.

Beat the eggs thoroughly with the addition of coconut, salt, and vanilla essence.

Slowly add the fried flour into the egg mixture, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. You should have a uniform, smooth consistency.

Mix the mixture with washed raisins.

Thin the thick semolina mixture with kefir, stirring it gently.

Line the mold with paper and fill it with dough. The cake is baked for an hour at 180°C.

* The approximate time for frying semolina should be 8-10 minutes.

Ingredients

Kefir - 250 ml;
semolina - 1 tbsp. (hereinafter - a glass with a volume of 200 g);
butter - 50 g;
chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
sugar - 1 tbsp;
wheat flour - 1 tbsp.;
boiled carrots - 200 g;
vanillin - 1 pinch;
ground cinnamon - 0.5 tsp;
turmeric - 0.5 tsp;
soda - 1 tsp. without top

Cooking time: 65 min.

Yield: 8 - 10 servings.

Baking can be not only tasty and high in calories, but also healthy. We suggest you prepare carrot manna with kefir in a slow cooker. There is a similar recipe on the website, check it out at the link: carrot cake in a slow cooker without oil with kefir. But our manna with carrots is prepared a little differently. It turns out very tender, airy and aromatic, thanks to cinnamon and vanillin. Everyone will like it! And, as always, the miracle multi-cooker (I have a Panasonic) does an excellent job with baking!

How to cook carrot manna - recipe with photos step by step:

You will need the following products: kefir, semolina, butter, eggs, sugar, flour, boiled carrots, vanillin, cinnamon, turmeric and soda. It’s better to prepare them in advance so that everything is at hand.

Pour kefir into a bowl, add eggs. Stir well with a whisk.

Pour in semolina next. Mix.

Now add sugar. Mix.

Add vanillin at the tip of a knife (you can use vanilla sugar - 20 g).

Queue for cinnamon. 0.5 teaspoon is enough.

Now add turmeric. Most likely, it is needed for color than for aroma.

Melt the butter and pour into the dough.

The flour must be sifted. Mix everything carefully with a whisk. If you want to do without flour, then double the amount of semolina.

Carrots, as you already understood, must first be boiled or baked in the oven. Grate it on a fine grater and add to the dough.

Stir the mixture until smooth and leave the semolina to swell for 30 minutes.

Be sure to grease the multicooker bowl with a piece of butter and sprinkle with a little semolina.

After 30 minutes, when the dough is “ripe”, add the final ingredient - soda. Stir well.

Transfer the dough into the multicooker bowl.

Close the appliance and set the “Bake” mode for 65 minutes.

When the end signal sounds, open the lid and wait 10 minutes. Do you already feel how fragrant manna with carrots and kefir turned out?

Now use the steaming basket to remove the baked goods from the bowl. As you can see, the manna with carrots in the slow cooker was a success! The dough was perfectly baked, the crust was a pleasant color, the taste was very delicate, aromatic, and the texture was porous and airy. Be sure to add this recipe to your culinary treasure chest. Treat yourself and your loved ones!

Enjoy your tea and enjoy your meal!