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Helmipuuro (Finnish) is a type of porridge traditional in Finland and in Russia. The porridge is made from monodisperse grains of potato starch that are swelled in boiling milk into translucent pearls of about 5 mm in diameter thus the name helmipuuro (pearl porridge). As with other porridges it can be eaten as is or flavored with butter kissel berries jam or sugar.It is grain- and gluten-free and thus suitable for sufferers of the coeliac disease.