Buckwheat has long been famous in Russia for its taste. Only millet was more popular. Buckwheat porridge is hearty and healthy. In addition, it is a source of slow carbohydrates that go into energy and are not stored in fat depots. Dietary and delicious product!
How to cook buckwheat simply and tasty
First you need to sort out the nucleus and select the black, split, deformed. Many housewives neglect this rule and do not sort out buckwheat. But then, during the meal, black nucleoli can come across the tooth - this can ruin the lunch.
Should salt be added during cooking? Yes, half a teaspoon per 0.5 kg of cereal. It is necessary to salt after the water has boiled. Keep in mind that almost all sauces involve salt in the composition, so do not overdo it with spices directly in the process of cooking cereals.
The amount of water is a sore point for many housewives. If you pour it in excess, the nucleoli will boil and you will get an unpleasant-looking brown mass. The optimal ratio of water to cereals is two to one. Bring to a boil, add half a teaspoon of salt. And then simmer over the slowest fire for 20-40 minutes. It is necessary to wait for the water to boil completely. In the process of cooking, do not climb into the pan with a spoon - mix cereals to nothing.
Mushroom sauce - aromatic and delicious
The taste of buckwheat porridge goes well with champignons, oyster mushrooms, chanterelles. Lean buckwheat gravy with mushrooms is easy to prepare and requires a minimum of time.
Ingredients for the sauce and method of preparation:
- Champignons, chanterelles or oyster mushrooms (if so many mushrooms are not available, you can take one sort) - 400 grams. Finely chop.
- Pour two tablespoons of sunflower oil into a pre-hot pan. Fry chopped onion until golden brown.
- Mix the mushrooms and the fried onions. At this stage, salt (a teaspoon of salt is optimal, but proceed from your taste preferences, someone likes a more fresh taste of food).
- When the mushrooms are almost ready, put the cooled boiled buckwheat in the pan. Mix everything with a spatula. We serve to the table.
Mushrooms are rich in proteins and essential amino acids. They also contain trace elements (magnesium, calcium, zinc, selenium). In combination with buckwheat, a dish with excellent properties is obtained: simple carbohydrates and proteins will saturate the body for a long time and there is no need to worry about adding extra centimeters to the waist.
Buckwheat porridge with meat sauce
The combination of buckwheat with lean meat is ideal. In addition, such a dinner is ideal for people watching their figure. In this dish, the optimal combination of proteins, fats and simple carbohydrates.
Buckwheat gravy with meat is easy to prepare. The choice of meat depends on the preferences of the hostess. Someone prefers veal. Losing weight people can use chicken or turkey fillet. You can add pork, but try to choose only pieces of meat with a minimum fat layer, otherwise the dish will turn out to be far from dietary. Here is the prescription:
- Finely chop the meat into pieces, salt, pepper. You can add spices to taste: coriander, oregano, Provence herbs, nutmeg.
- Minced meat with buckwheat is also good. The principle of preparation is the same. Instead of wasting time slicing meat, you can just use minced meat.
- Fry finely chopped onions and carrots in a pan until golden brown.
- Mix the meat, onion. Add 50-60 ml of water. Tomim over low heat.
- At the end of cooking (five minutes before the end) add a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise. If it scares with its calorie content - you can replace it with cream. Stir well.
- Meat sauce is ready! You can add it separately to a plate with buckwheat porridge, or you can mix it directly in a pan.
Buckwheat porridge with tomato paste sauce
A recipe that was popular in Soviet times. Tomato paste is cheap, every housewife has it. Such buckwheat gravy will be fragrant, satisfying and at the same time low-calorie.
Preparing the sauce: mix a tablespoon of tomato paste, 30 ml of sunflower oil, finely chopped onions, mashed carrots on the smallest grater. Salt and pepper can be added to taste.
Calcine all the ingredients over low heat, after about ten minutes add pre-boiled buckwheat groats. Mix, leave to insist ten to fifteen minutes over low heat.
The cereal is saturated with the aroma and taste of tomato paste and it turns out to be very tasty. The gravy recipe is very simple - be sure to try it! You can eat such a dish with smoked sausages, meat goulash, grilled chicken.
Vegetable sauce from onions, carrots and cauliflower
This lean buckwheat gravy will appeal to any housewife. You can use this dish as a side dish for meat dishes.
Finely chop vegetables: cauliflower, broccoli, onions. Three carrots on a coarse grater (you can simply cut with a curly knife). Stew vegetables on low heat for about five minutes. It is fashionable to add dill, parsley, cilantro and other herbs to taste.
Buckwheat porridge is added to the finished vegetable sauce so that it makes up 50% of the total amount of the finished dish. Keep all the ingredients on low heat for another ten minutes so that they are saturated with the aroma and taste of each other.
This option is suitable for losing weight people. The lack of oil and vegetable fat makes this dish low in calories. Simple carbohydrates will give a boost of energy for a long time.
Buckwheat porridge with creamy gravy
This option will appeal to those who are crazy about the combination of milk and buckwheat. We all know the taste of buckwheat milk porridge with butter. Nannies in kindergartens like to cook such porridge for children, only there they do not add spices and herbs.
Let's try at home to repeat something like that. For the sauce you will need:
- milk 100 ml;
- cream 25% - 50 ml;
- white flour - 1 tablespoon;
- butter - 30 mg;
- greens - dill, parsley;
- salt and black pepper to taste.
Heat the flour in a pan, add milk, cream and other ingredients. To mix. Add pre-boiled buckwheat groats. Pot another five minutes with the lid closed. Everything, you can enjoy a fragrant, tasty and low-calorie dish.
The recipe for gravy with flour and cream cannot be called simple. But it is worth choosing it. The combination of products is really successful and the dish is very tasty.
Buckwheat gravy from olives and onions
Any gourmet will enjoy Mediterranean sauce! It is very tasty to have such a side dish with meat dishes of veal, lamb, turkey:
- Pitted black olives should be cut into rings.
- Chop onion, dill and cilantro.
- Cut lettuce into thin and long strips.
- Put everything in a pan, pour olive oil. Olives and salad will give juice - you get a liquid sauce.
- Add pre-boiled buckwheat, add salt to taste.
- Strain under a closed lid for another seven minutes.
Not all people like olives: they either adore them or they don’t tolerate the spirit. Green olives have an even more specific taste (but you can add them as an experiment). But if you like olives - be sure that you will also like their combination with buckwheat. The calorie content of such a dish is low - you can safely eat and not worry about extra centimeters at the waist.
Buckwheat porridge with herbs
This is the easiest option. Even a completely inexperienced housewife can cope.
Chopped greens (parsley, chives, cilantro, dill, garlic) and fry in a pan with a minimal addition of oil. We put a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise, mix with a spatula. It turns out a fragrant and thick sauce. They can just pour the finished cereal. Or mix everything together in a pan.
This buckwheat gravy recipe is very easy to prepare and takes a minimum of time. The dish turns fragrant and satisfying. Depending on your preferences, you can enrich the taste with Provencal herbs, coriander, nutmeg.
Buckwheat Gravy
The most unusual option! To taste, this dish resembles peanut butter. True, such a recipe is not recommended for losing weight to people: because of the large number of nuts and the presence of oil, the calorie content is quite high. Moreover, it is due to fats. You can prepare such a sauce as follows:
- Grind the roasted salted peanuts (200 g) and walnuts (50 g) in a blender until fine crumbs are obtained.
- In a pan, bring to a boil a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and 100 ml of cream. Add nuts, mix with a spatula.
- Salt is not necessary. Peanuts and so will give the necessary brackish flavor.
- We spread buckwheat porridge in a pan, mix with sauce. It is necessary to let it brew for 20 minutes - let the cereal soak in the aroma of nuts.
Treat your family with such an unusual buckwheat gravy!