Semolina breakfast porridge is a delicious, sweet and nutritious alternative to traditional porridge oats. Made with sliced banana, sultanas and chopped nuts it's a healthy and filling start to the day too!
Now, if you live in the U.K. and you're reading this you’ll probably be thinking "why on earth would anyone want to have semolina as a breakfast porridge"?
Well, I'm in the U.K. and I thought that once!
But seriously this semolina breakfast porridge is good! REALLY GOOD!
Also semolina breakfast porridge is actually enjoyed by many other countries around the world as a breakfast staple!
It could be that U.K readers also have recollections (maybe nightmares 😮 )?
Of when semolina was served as part of those infamous school dinners. With a splodge of jam in the middle?
But this is nothing like that!
So let me tell you how this semolina breakfast came about and how to make semolina breakfast porridge.
How To Make Semolina Breakfast Porridge
Recently I was faced with a blown microwave.
I was therefore unable to microwave my porridge oats for breakfast. So I thought I would experiment a little.
So, all I did was simply swap my usual porridge oats for stove cooked semolina.
I mixed in a combination of fruits, seeds and nuts into the semolina breakfast porridge. The result, albeit simple, was REALLY good!
Adding banana and honey give the breakfast just the natural sweetening it needs.
A sprinkle of cinnmon (optional) gives it that delicious sweet spicy flavour you can only associate with cinnamon.
Then the chopped nuts provide just a little bit of delicate crunch to top it off. Yum!
Once I had my microwave fixed, I was able to try out semolina in the microwave and yes you can also make semolina in the microwave.
I've incorporated that microwave method into the recipe card below. In case you want to make it that way instead of on the stove.
The recipe video though shows how to make this on the stove. That's the best way!
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Equipment
This is the semolina that I use in the making of this semolina breakfast porridge.
Have you checked out my other oats & porridge breakfasts? There you can find my other really popular breakfast recipes such as :-
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Healthy Eggs Benedict - the delicious and classic eggs benedict has been given a healthy makeover. A creamy yogurt hollandaise sauce replaces butter with lean turkey bacon and home made lower fat English muffins.
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Watch the short video I made to show you how to make this delicious semolina breakfast porridge. It shows you how easy it really is!
Semolina Breakfast Porridge Recipe
Right so here it is, another really simple fantastic budget breakfast alternative to oatmeal that I know you'll enjoy!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Semolina Breakfast Porridge Recipe
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Ingredients
- 250 ml skimmed milk
- 40 g fine semolina flour
- 20 g sultanas
- 10 g chopped mixed nuts
- 10 g flax seeds optional
- 1 sliced banana
- Pinch of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon honey
Instructions
To cook on stove :-
- Gently heat the milk in a small saucepan and gradually add the semolina, stirring constantly until all the milk is absorbed. The semolina should have a porridge like consistency.
- Stir in the sultanas, chopped nuts and flax seeds.
- Decorate the top with the sliced banana, sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle with honey
To cook in the microwave :-
- Place the milk and the semolina into a microwave proof bowl and microwave for 3 minutes*, uncovered stopping after each minute interval to stir the porridge. Once the semolina has reached the desired porridge like consistency stop cooking.
- Stir in the sultanas, chopped nuts and flax seeds.
- Decorate the top with the sliced banana, sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle with honey
Video
Notes
- Microwave cooking times may vary depending on your microwave power. I based these Microwave cooking settings on my 800W Microwave.
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
My mom used to make us semolina pudding with sultanas and cashews when my sis and I were growing up - so semolina porridge for breakfast sounds delightful to me!
Congrats of finishing your first week at your new job - hoping you are liking it! Happy Thursday!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hey Shashi, yeah my brother and I used to get semolina pudding with jam in it from our mom, I loved it, so I guess that's where my love of it originally came from too!
Thanks re the new job, I'm enjoying it so far! 🙂
Susie @ SuzLyfe
You are the porridge king. You can wear a bowl for your crown and spoon for your scepter.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I love that image! That would make such a good logo for my site wouldn't it? 😀
Danika
Whilst I love the idea of an easy microwave version of semolina, I think it needs to be stopped and stirred at shorter intervals. After the second interval I had a massive lump of semolina glued to the bottom of the bowl and the milk sitting on top, which was pretty hard to come back from.
Neil
Hi Danika. It really depends on the power of your microwave. The power wattage of a microwave oven can range from 800 watts to 3000 watts. Mine is 800 watts and I base the cooking times on that. It's likely you have a different wattage so are getting different results. You should always experiment with your own microwave first by putting it on shorter bursts first to get your own exact cooking time. It does say that in the recipe notes! 🙂
Charissa (@ColourfulPalate)
I've never actually had semolina and don't know much about it...does it have gluten?
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi Charissa, Semolina comes from the outer coat of wheat and yes it does have gluten (I just googled that answer, as although I knew that, their explanation was quicker than mine would have been 😉 )
Semolina is what most pasta is made from. Although myself I do prefer wholemeal pasta and wheat, barley or rye pasta's would be gluten free.
Hope this helps 😀
RM
You can also get rice semolina.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks for pointing that out RM. Always good to know and advise other options that might be available for semolina. 🙂
lindsay
oh bugger. So if i can't have seminola (although i so want to) what can i have instead here. Quinoa? looks so good!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I would say definitely Quinoa Lindsay. What about GF Couscous? That's made from Maize I believe, I think that would good with it too, if you can have that? 🙂
Sorry you can't have the semolina though. 🙁
N B
How much is 60 ml semolina in grams? I tried the recipe with60 grams semolina, but I think that was too much! I had to add lots of water on top to make it a porridge consistency.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hello, thanks for your feedback on the recipe. Use 40g worth of semolina. Or 1/4 cup, if you have cup measurements handy.
I've also updated the recipe with these details, in case anyone else needs that too. 🙂
N B
Thank you for the speedy reply! And for updating the recipe. Will try it with 1/4 cup semolina next time.
I
How many does it serve?
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi, thanks for your query. If you look in the recipe card, near the top it has :-
Author: NeilsHealthyMeals
Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 1
This recipe serves 1.
All of the recipes cards in the recipes section have this information showing here, how many it serves.