How to cook buckwheat on water?
Many people include buckwheat porridge in their diet.It has excellent taste, benefits the body. This article will tell you how to cook buckwheat on water.
What should be the proportions?
To buckwheat porridge was delicious, rich and had a wonderful aroma, you need to correctly calculate the proportions of the products during cooking. The optimal ratio is one to two (one cup of buckwheat for two glasses of water). That is, for 1 liter take 0.5 kilograms of the product.
Time for preparing
Boil buckwheat grains need to strictly up to a certain time. Otherwise, they may lose all their beneficial properties. If you cook cereal on water, remember that it should be cooked for 15-20 minutes. The main ingredient is recommended to lay out in a pot after boiling.
How to cook in a saucepan?
For the preparation of delicious and nutritious meals you will need following ingredients:
- buckwheat (1 cup);
- water (2 cups);
- salt;
- granulated sugar;
- butter.
To quickly cook tasty buckwheat, you first need to wash the grains in the cooled liquid and sort them out manually. The remaining mass is poured into a deep pan. On top of the buckwheat poured liquid. After to the contents of the pan need to add salt and sugar. All this is cooked until the cereal absorbs all the moisture. Then the dish is laid out on plates. To each portion add a slice of butter.
You can make delicious buckwheat with the addition of some additional ingredients. For example, when cooking, you can mix buckwheat with sea salt, vegetable oil and onions. Pour the prepared grains into the pan. Fill them with filtered cold water and bring to a boil. In a boiling mass, add a little sea salt and black pepper. Cover the pan tightly with a lid and let the grits cook until ready.
To make the dish more saturated, it is recommended to serve it with vegetables.
While buckwheat is on the stove, these ingredients should be prepared. For vegetable dressings, carrots and onions are most often taken. Both products are passed through a large grater. They are then crushed by hand with a knife. The resulting vegetable mixture is placed in a saucepan. There they add vegetable oil. Vegetable mass is fried. It is better to wait until a light golden crust appears on the products. At the end, the vegetables are well peped and salted.
Porridge is removed from the plate and mixed with roasted vegetables. On top you can put a small piece of butter. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed, laid out in plates. In this form, the dish is served at the table. Before that, it can be decorated with chopped greens.
How to cook with the help of technology?
Currently, there are various step-by-step recipes for cooking buckwheat porridge using special kitchen equipment. The dish can be prepared:
- in the microwave;
- in the slow cooker;
- in a double boiler.
In the microwave
Washed and dried buckwheat is poured into a kitchen bowl. It is better to take a glass bowl. From above the product is completely filled with water. Her temperature can be any. After that, the croup is thoroughly mixed and covered with a lid. In this form, it is sent to the microwave for a few minutes. The power of technology should be maximum.
When the mass becomes viscous, add a little more water to it, so that it becomes more liquid. Do not forget at the end to sprinkle the resulting porridge with salt and put butter on it. After that, the dish is once again put in the microwave for a short time so that it “later”.
In the slow cooker
Buckwheat is washed well several times. Then the prepared cereal is placed in the multicooker bowl. The product should immediately be sprinkled with salt. Many housewives recommend adding also some sugar, but this is optional.
On top of the buckwheat grains is poured cooled clean water. The device is tightly closed with a lid. Then include it. Remember that in this case the dish will cook a little longer (at least 30 minutes).After that, take out the porridge, sprinkle with herbs and put butter into it.
In a double boiler
A product prepared in such conditions can retain all the properties that are useful for the human body. The grains are sorted and washed. Then they are laid out in a special bowl, which comes complete with a double boiler.
Fill the cereal with water and lightly salt it. Turn the steamer on, placing it at the desired level. Set the timer on the device for 40 minutes (in this device porridge also cooks longer than in a conventional saucepan). After the beep, open the lid and check the cereal readiness. If it is not fully prepared, leave it in the machine for a few more minutes. At the end, add butter to the dish, stir and serve.
In packages
Most housewives prefer to cook buckwheat on the water in portion packets. In the pot you need to pour 1.5 liters of filtered drinking water. It must be brought to a boil. To the boiled liquid salt is added to taste. Then put two bags of buckwheat into it. For more flavor in the dishes you can put a few bay leaves.
With this method, buckwheat porridge is cooked as much as in the classic cooking of dishes in a saucepan. Moreover, during cooking capacity does not need to cover the lid.
Ready-made bags are taken out of the dishes and placed in a colander. They are waiting for all the liquid to drain. After this, the bags are neatly cut with a regular knife. The finished product is laid out in a plate, add butter. For more flavor and taste, you can add crushed garlic heads, greens or a few tablespoons of olive oil.
How to steam the cereal in a thermos?
This method of cooking buckwheat is perfect for those people who want to lose weight. Steamed in a thermos cereal is the lowest calorie. In addition, such a dish retains all the properties that are beneficial to humans.
To cook such porridge, you need to manually sort through all the grains and rinse them thoroughly under clean water. This will help get rid of plant debris and burned particles. Prepared croup poured into a thermos. It is recommended to pre-wash it. Then warm water is poured. It is slightly salted. Capacity closes the lid. The product is left in a thermos at night in a cool place.
Buckwheat, made according to this recipe, it turns out the most useful. The only negative is that it may turn out to be a bit dry, as the grains can remain stiff. If you want the porridge to be soft and tender, then you should fill the container with boiling water.
It is important to remember that buckwheat grains cooked in a thermos can be eaten only for one day. Therefore, do not use too much of this product at one time.
How to cook in pots?
To make buckwheat in such containers, first wash it and reassemble. At the same time, warm the oven to a temperature of 130 degrees. Place the prepared ingredient in the pan and place it briefly on the stove, while stirring constantly. This is necessary in order to slightly dry the grain. Due to this, they acquire a more intense brown color and bright aroma.
Fried buckwheat is laid out in clay or ceramic pots. From above it is completely poured with cool water, salted to taste. If desired, add some sugar. Also add a slice of butter. The pots are sent to a preheated oven.
After 30 minutes, remove them and mix the contents thoroughly. Then again cover the container with a lid and let them "languish" for another 35-40 minutes. During this time, porridge should be sufficiently steamed. Water will not remain, it will absorb buckwheat. Arrange the finished product in plates and serve to the table.
In porridge it is permissible to pour a couple of tablespoons of olive oil for the best flavor and taste. For saturation, you can enrich the dish with tomatoes, carrots, parsley or garlic heads.Cereals prepared in this way are considered dietary, so they are perfect for those who want to lose weight.
Useful tips
Remember that before you send the cereal to boil, remove all garbage and dust from it. Bad grains, dirt and impurities will be felt when using the dish, which will spoil its pleasant taste.
In order to cook a certain amount of product, you need to accurately calculate how much cereal should be taken. Remember that in the process of cooking its volume will increase by 2-3 times, so just one full cup should be enough to feed several people.
If you want your porridge to become as fragrant as possible, then before cooking you should send the cereal to a hot frying pan. Calcination is done until buckwheat crackles a little. It will take about five minutes. If you want to use buckwheat as a side dish with spices, it is recommended to carry out its preliminary roasting with coriander.
Before cooking, pay attention to cooking tanks. To cook fragrant buckwheat, you need to choose pans with a thick bottom. Water for this can be used only filtered, drinking. It is worth considering that buckwheat absorbs all the harmful properties of dirty and poor-quality fluid.
It is important to choose the right cereal. The best option is buckwheat. That it is considered a product of the first grade. This option is a whole and large grains of the same size. The buckwheat of this sort practically does not contain garbage and impurities. She has husks too little. But despite this, this kind of buckwheat still needs to be washed well before cooking.
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