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Why is buckwheat considered healthy? Which one to choose? How to properly cook buckwheat porridge?

Many people know from childhood that buckwheat is useful. However, not everyone knows what its benefits are, how it affects the body, as well as how to cook it correctly to maximize its benefits.

nutrition expert, founder of GetVegetable, a nutrition delivery service.

Buckwheat has a unique composition of useful vitamins and minerals. It positively affects the work of the body, strengthens it and protects it from various diseases.

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Why is buckwheat so useful?

Elena: Buckwheat contains about 50 health-promoting nutrients. This is almost twice as much as in any other cereal. Among them: potassium that strengthens blood vessels, magnesium favorable for the heart, iron that increases hemoglobin. Buckwheat – a leader in the content of vegetable protein. Rich in B vitamins (B1, B2), it also contains useful amino acids, folic acid and copper.

If you eat buckwheat regularly, it:

will help to eliminate toxins from the body;
improve brain function;
reduce bad cholesterol;
improve the quality of your hair and skin;
reduce the risk of anemia;
favorably affects the gastrointestinal tract;
normalizes sleep;
stabilizes psycho-emotional state.

Buckwheat is also useful for those who sit on a diet and watch the weight – it is long enough digested and has a low calorie content.

Buckwheat is combined with many products, including milk, vegetables, meat, greens. You can make buckwheat side dishes, cook porridge for breakfast, make casseroles, cutlets and even bake pancakes (from buckwheat flour). Earlier in Moscow, according to Vladimir Gilyarovsky’s description, there was a popular dish of buckwheat: “On the sidewalk in front of the tents there were pie-makers, pancake-makers, traders of buckwheat fried in lean oil”. According to the recipe, raw eggs were beaten into the viscous buckwheat porridge, then lay the mixture on a baking tray and baked.

How to cook buckwheat properly?

Cooking buckwheat is quite simple, but there are several important points that should be taken into account when cooking it.

First, the groats need to be picked over, so that there were no black grains in it.
Rinse the buckwheat well several times until the water is completely clear.
If you want perfect buckwheat and you have the time, dry it and roll it in a frying pan for five minutes. Then it will have a richer flavor.
When boiling, add cold water. It should be twice as much as the groats themselves.
Cook buckwheat for about 25 minutes on low heat with the lid closed. Do not forget to stir it constantly and make sure that the water does not evaporate – otherwise the buckwheat will burn.
When the porridge is cooked, add a little salt and, if desired, a little oil (you can add a little butter or an alternative, such as coconut oil or ghee oil).