Buckwheat in our side is very popular due to its taste and undoubted benefits for the body.
It is recommended to include in the diet of children, people aged and those who regain their strength after any illness, unless, of course, there is an individual intolerance to the product.
And not surprisingly, the cereal contains a large number of useful trace elements and vitamins.
Buckwheat in milk - general principles of preparation
Buckwheat is good as a side dish for any meat or fish dish, all kinds of dishes are prepared from this cereal: this is pilaf, and pancakes, pancakes. But, perhaps, the most delicious is obtained from buckwheat porridge: friable, sweet or meat, hearty or light, in water or milk.
You can make buckwheat in milk in various ways: on the stove, in the oven, in a slow cooker. They also add meat, mushrooms, vegetables, as well as fruits, berries, nuts. It is usually seasoned depending on the recipe with salt, sugar, honey, but other spices can also be used - onions, cardamom, a mixture of peppers, herbs and more.
Before cooking, buckwheat must be sorted out so that there are no small objects, pebbles and other debris, then it is thoroughly washed to remove dust. But, if there is no desire to mess with cereals, you can buy already sorted packaged buckwheat, and even one that does not need washing - in bags.
As soon as the buckwheat is ready for cooking, it is poured with milk, flavored with butter and spices and simmer under a closed lid over low heat. If additional ingredients are added to buckwheat, then they also undergo preliminary preparation: they are cleaned, washed, cut, mashed, boiled, fried, etc.
1. Buckwheat in milk: a classic recipe
Ingredients:
• 500 ml of milk;
• 500 ml of water;
• a glass of buckwheat;
• 2 tbsp. l Sahara;
• a pinch of salt;
• a quarter pack of oil (50 g).
How to cook buckwheat in milk:
1. Sort buckwheat, removing possible debris, unpeeled buckwheat. Rinse thoroughly in cold water.
2. In a saucepan with a thick bottom, boil water, pour prepared cereals into it. As soon as the water boils, reduce the heat to a minimum, cover the pan with a lid, simmer for five minutes.
3. In a separate saucepan, bring the milk to a boil, pour it into the porridge.
4. Add salt and sugar to taste. Shuffle.
5. Continue cooking over the same low heat for about 10-12 minutes, stirring porridge from time to time.
6. Put the butter in the porridge, mix thoroughly again.
7. Remove the buckwheat from the heat.
8. Wrap the pan with a warm blanket or a large towel, let the buckwheat stand in the heat for 10-15 minutes to reach full readiness.
9. Serve buckwheat in milk with fresh fragrant bread. If desired, a little honey can be added before serving.
2. Buckwheat in milk with a banana: a recipe for a children's table
Ingredients:
• half a glass of buckwheat;
• a glass of milk;
• large ripe banana;
• a pinch of salt;
• 2-3 tablespoons of granulated sugar;
• 20 g almonds.
How to cook buckwheat in milk with a banana:
1. Pour milk into a saucepan, add buckwheat, after sorting it out and rinsing thoroughly.
2. Cover the pan with a lid, set medium heat.
3. Once the milk boils, mix the porridge, put sugar and salt to taste.
4. Set a slow fire. Strain until the cereal completely absorbs milk, about 10 minutes.
5. While the porridge is cooked, peel the banana and chop it to a puree state.
6. Almonds lightly fry in a hot dry frying pan, grate with cereal.
7. Mix the prepared porridge with banana puree, serve, sprinkled with almond flakes.
3. Buckwheat in milk: a recipe for weight loss
Ingredients:
• a third of a glass of buckwheat;
• a pinch of salt;
• water;
• milk of 1% fat content.
How to cook buckwheat in milk for weight loss:
1. In the evening, sort out the cereals and put in a suitable bowl. Rinse well.
2. Boil water.
3. Pour boiled buckwheat, leave overnight.
4. In the morning you will have to slightly salt the already steamed cereal and pour it with milk to taste.
4. Buckwheat in milk with apples in a slow cooker: a recipe for a dietary table
Ingredients:
• 600 ml of milk;
• a glass of buckwheat flakes;
• one sweet and sour apple;
• a spoon of honey;
• a pinch of ground cinnamon;
• 1 tsp butter;
• for serving berries and nuts.
How to cook buckwheat in milk with an apple:
1. Rinse the apple, cut the peel, grate on a fine grater.
2. Pour buckwheat flakes into a multi-cooker bowl, pour milk.
3. Add honey, grated apple, cinnamon and a small piece of butter. Shuffle.
4. Set the "Milk porridge" mode for 30 minutes. After boiling, do not forget to mix the porridge again.
5. After the sound of the multicooker sounds, indicating that the porridge is ready, switch the appliance to the "Preheat" mode.
6. Soak buckwheat in milk for another 10 minutes, then serve, garnishing to taste with berries and nuts. If you wish, you can also flavor the finished porridge with a piece of butter and honey.
5. Buckwheat in milk with raisins: a recipe for a hearty breakfast
Ingredients:
• 2.5 glasses of milk;
• 1 glass of buckwheat (done);
• 1 tbsp. l Sahara;
• 50 g of raisins quiche;
• salt.
How to cook buckwheat in milk with raisins:
1. Pour buckwheat into a bowl, sort it out. Pour the prepared cereal with warm water, leave for 5-7 minutes.
2. Pour milk into a saucepan, set to boil. If you want porridge to be less high-calorie, dilute milk with plain water in proportions of one to one or two to one - as desired.
3. Thoroughly rinse the buckwheat in warm water and carefully pour it into boiling milk.
4. Put well washed and refined raisins, sugar and a little salt here. Shuffle.
5. Set the quietest fire, cover the saucepan with buckwheat and other ingredients with a lid, simmer for 8-10 minutes.
6. After cooking, to make the porridge tastier, you can wrap the pan in a warm blanket for half an hour, and season the buckwheat with sweet cream butter before serving.
6. Buckwheat in milk with mushrooms and spices: a recipe for a delicious lunch or dinner
Ingredients:
• a glass of milk;
• a glass of buckwheat;
• glass of water;
• 30-35 g of dried porcini mushrooms;
• one not too large bulb;
• black, red pepper, peppercorns;
• laurel leaves;
• vegetable oil;
• a pinch of salt and cardamom.
How to cook buckwheat in milk with mushrooms:
1. Soak dried mushrooms for 45-50 minutes in hot water. The finer the mushrooms were sliced before drying, the less time it takes to soak.
2. Squeeze out the soaked mushrooms and fry in vegetable oil together with finely chopped onions until softened. Do not pour the broth.
3. Rinse buckwheat and pour into a multi-cooker bowl, add the fried mushrooms with onions.
4. Pour spices to taste, put a couple of bay leaves.
5. Pour a glass of mushroom broth and milk. Shuffle.
6. Set the "Pilaf" mode for 40 minutes.
7. Before serving, buckwheat in milk is recommended to mix and stand for another 5-10 minutes in the "Heating" mode.
Buckwheat in milk - secrets and tricks of cooking
• Buckwheat is unpretentious cereal and, if there are no additional components, then dishes from it do not require any special preliminary preparation, nor a lot of time for cooking. Buckwheat is boiled quickly, so carefully monitor the time so that it does not happen that you undercooked it or digested it. In the first case, it will turn out harsh, and in the second - a bit dry. Properly cooked buckwheat in milk should turn out to be juicy and tender, but at the same time not boiled, but crumbly.
• For the preparation of buckwheat in milk, you can use both the kernel and the minced buckwheat flakes. Depending on which cereal you take and the time it takes to prepare the porridge will depend: the larger and whole, the longer it takes to cook.
• Do not forget to rinse and sort out cereals, unless, of course, you are using buckwheat from bags. Thanks to these quick and simple procedures, your porridge will turn out to be especially tasty and aromatic.
• Also, to give a special taste to the finished buckwheat in milk, some cooks recommend pre-frying the cereals in a dry pan.
• Spices will help to add new aromas of porridge. Depending on which buckwheat you prepare in milk: sweet or with meat, mushrooms, add herbs, garlic, cardamom, pepper, as well as cinnamon, honey and other ingredients.
