How to cook kutya
Products
Rice - half a cup (100 grams)
Raisins - 80 grams
Candied fruits - 50 grams
Honey (sugar) - 1 tablespoon
Water - 1 glass
How to cook kutya
1. Rinse thoroughly with 80 grams of raisins.
2. Pour the raisins into a small container, pour boiling water over it, close the container with a lid and leave the raisins to soak for 10 minutes.
3. Cut 50 grams of candied fruit into small cubes.
4. Pour 100 grams of rice into a saucepan, pour cold water over it, put on fire.
5. Bring the rice to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat and cook the rice for 15 minutes.
6. Finished rice should be soft. It must be mixed with candied fruits, raisins and honey.
7. After mixing the rice with the fillers, simmer the kutya for another 1.5 minutes on the fire and turn it off, then leave for 10 minutes.
Cooked kutya should be served immediately after the prayer at the beginning of the commemoration. It is believed that you cannot refuse kutya, everyone should take at least a few (at least - 3) spoons.
Cooking traditions and rules
- Kutia is a memorial porridge made of rice and raisins. Traditionally, wheat is boiled, sometimes replacing rye or barley, but in modern times, due to the simplicity and speed of cooking, it is rice that is most widespread. Wash down kutya with uzvar. The tradition of cooking kutya for the commemoration went due to the association of kutya with the symbol of resurrection.- Kutia is brewed for a commemoration after the funeral. It is not necessary to cook kutya for subsequent commemoration dates.
- To correctly calculate the amount of rice for cooking kutya, it is recommended to take 50 grams of dry rice, 40 grams of raisins, a pinch of poppy seeds and a teaspoon of honey per 1 serving.
- At the commemoration, where there will be a lot of people, it is convenient to cook kutya, which can be laid out directly in your hands - cook it with a minimum amount of honey.
- You can add poppy seeds, dried fruits, dried berries, nuts, honey to the "rich" kutya.
- In the past, kutia (another name is kolivo) was a ritual dish of Orthodox Christians.
- Kutia is brought to the church in memory of the Lord's holidays, in memory of the dead and on some days of Great Lent, since the grains in the kutia symbolize the resurrection, and honey - the bliss of the future life.
- The cost of products for cooking kutya on average in Moscow for June 2020 is from 120 rubles.