Buckwheat is one of the most common and affordable cereals present in every home, but despite this, the housewives prepare no more than three dishes from it. The easiest way to cook is to cook buckwheat in a pan and serve as a side dish. We offer 7 recipes from this healthy product.

Classic buckwheat porridge in milk

Buckwheat with milk is a tasty and, most importantly, a delicacy rich in useful substances. There are many ways to cook it.

Before boiling buckwheat in milk according to the classic recipe, we will prepare the ingredients.

We will need:

  • two hundred gram glass of buckwheat;
  • 2 two hundred gram glasses of milk;
  • 2 two hundred gram glasses of water;
  • 30 g butter;
  • salt and sugar (to taste).

Before starting cooking, buckwheat needs to be carefully sorted out (remove unrefined grains) and washed several times.

Now you can start, for this:

  1. Place a pot of water on the stove and wait for it to boil.
  2. Pour the cereal and bring to a boil again.
  3. Reduce the heat to a minimum, cover the pan with a lid and cook porridge until cooked (about 20 minutes).Important: you can not stir the cereal until the water has completely boiled away!
  4. Heat milk in a separate container (no need to wait for boiling).
  5. Pour hot milk into the finished buckwheat, add butter, salt and sugar to taste, bring to a boil, stirring occasionally so that the porridge does not burn.
  6. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 10 to 15 minutes.

Porridge prepared according to the recipe discussed is not only tasty, but also very useful: it contains many vitamins and minerals necessary for the body.

Cooking in a slow cooker

The easiest way to cook buckwheat is porridge with milk in a slow cooker.

The following components will be required:

  • two hundred gram glass of buckwheat;
  • half a liter of milk;
  • half a liter of water;
  • 30 g butter;
  • salt and sugar (to taste).

Carefully sort through the groats, rinse several times and place in a slow cooker. Add butter, salt and sugar, pour in pre-warmed milk and water. Close the slow cooker, select the "Buckwheat" or "Krupa" program and set the time: 30 minutes. After the device turns off automatically, the dish can be served on the table.

Slimming recipe

Calorie content of 100 g of buckwheat total 125 kcal. Together with the usefulness, this makes buckwheat cereals especially attractive for people who are watching their figure. That is why many buckwheat diets have been developed.

The classic recipe for buckwheat for diet: in the evening two hundred gram glass of cereal pour 500 ml of boiling water, cover and leave overnight. In the morning, drain the remaining water. The dish is ready to eat. To achieve the desired effect, do not add salt, sugar and other seasonings to the porridge.

Compliance with buckwheat diet (like other diets) has a number of contraindications, therefore, before making a decision on its use, you need to consult a doctor!

Buckwheat in milk for a child

Already six months old babies are allowed to give buckwheat porridge with the beginning of complementary foods.

 

The recipe for her preparation for the child is as follows:

  1. Grind a tablespoon of previously cleaned, thoroughly washed and dried buckwheat in a coffee grinder into flour.
  2. Pour buckwheat flour into a saucepan, pour 125 ml of water.
  3. Place the container on the fire, wait for boiling, reduce the flame and cook for 10 - 15 minutes, stirring constantly.

Many children do not like buckwheat, therefore, to improve the taste of porridge, it can be diluted with milk, and in the absence of allergic reactions and contraindications, add a little sugar or fruit puree (apple, banana, pumpkin, etc.).

How to cook green buckwheat in milk

For most of us, brown (fried) buckwheat is familiar, and few know about green (not fried). But precisely because of the lack of heat treatment, it contains more useful trace elements needed by the body.

Green buckwheat is not cooked according to traditional recipes. For its cooking use the "gentle" way to preserve all the vitamins.

Before cooking, rinses should be thoroughly washed and already, then proceed to cooking:

  1. Place the groats in the pan, pour water in a ratio of 1: 2 and put on fire.
  2. Wait for boiling and immediately turn off the heat.
  3. Close the pan tightly with a lid and warm it well (wrap it in a blanket or blanket) for 15 minutes.

Porridge is ready. It remains to add salt, sugar and butter to taste. Fans of dairy dishes can pour buckwheat with hot or cold milk.

With coconut milk

Coconut milk is also used to make buckwheat.

The following components will be required:

  • buckwheat - 1 two hundred gram glass;
  • coconut milk - 1.5-2 two hundred gram glasses;
  • water - 1 two-gram glass;
  • cinnamon powder - 1/3 teaspoon;
  • salt (to taste);
  • plums - 2 pieces;
  • honey - 30 ml;
  • chia seeds;
  • rice milk.

Recipe:

  1. In a saucepan, place thoroughly washed cereals, coconut milk, salt and add cinnamon. Wait for boiling, reduce the flame, cover and cook until cooked (15 - 20 minutes). It is important to control the process!
  2. Put honey and plums cut into thin slices in a pan. Sprinkle with chia seeds and cook for 5 minutes.
  3. Put the porridge on a plate, garnish with plum syrup and pour rice milk.

Buckwheat in combination with coconut milk is an indispensable source of energy, vitamins and trace elements, so necessary for the body especially with the onset of cold weather.

Buckwheat milk soup

Buckwheat milk soup is a worthy substitute for the first hot dishes during lunch.

  • To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
    200 g of buckwheat;
  • half a liter of milk;
  • half a liter of water;
  • 30 g butter;
  • salt (to taste);
  • sugar (to taste).

First boil the porridge in the water in the traditional way. Then pour milk into buckwheat and wait for the boil, stirring continuously. Milk soup is ready to serve. It remains only to add sugar and butter. Bon Appetit!

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