Homemade Menu. 8 ways to prepare PP dishes from buckwheat

Buckwheat is one of the most versatile and popular products today. If you have already managed to stock up on groats for the year ahead, it’s time to think of ways to diversify your home diet. After all, perhaps, few people want to eat fresh buckwheat on water every day.

We have selected for you eight simple recipes for PP-dishes, which can be served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And even for dessert!

Buckwheat Pancakes

Ingrediënten:

• Buckwheat flour (ground buckwheat) – 1 cup;
• leavening agent – 1 teaspoon;
• almond milk – 1 cup;
• almond paste – 1 tablespoon;
• lemon juice – 1/2 tablespoon;
• sweetener to taste.

Preparation method

Pour the washed buckwheat greens into a blender and blend well to make buckwheat flour. Use a sieve to get rid of any large lumps.

Dump the flour into a large bowl and mix with the baking powder. In another small bowl, mix the milk, sweetener, lemon juice and almond paste. Combine all the ingredients together. If the batter is too thick, add a little water.

Heat a skillet with a drop of vegetable oil in advance. Fry the pancakes on both sides in the same way as regular pancakes.

Buckwheat with kefir

Ingrediënten:

• buckwheat – 100 g;
• kefir.

Preparation method

If you are going to eat this dish for breakfast, it is worth preparing it from the evening. Wash the buckwheat and pour it into any container with a lid. For example, in a large glass. Fill the groats with kefir and stir well, so that the liquid reaches the bottom. Pour a little more kefir on top of the buckwheat (1-1,5 cm). Cover the contents with a lid and put it in the refrigerator overnight.

In the morning, take out the finished dish and serve on a plate. Breakfast can be diversified with fresh fruit.

Buckwheat soup

Ingrediënten:

• meat (any: beef, lamb, chicken, turkey) – 500 g;
• buckwheat – 200 g;
• potatoes – 500 g;
• carrots – 200 g;
• onion – 150 g;
• garlic – 2-3 cloves;
• vegetable oil;
• herbs, salt and pepper to taste;
• bay leaf – 3-4 pcs.

How to cook

Cut the meat into small pieces and pour water in a pot. Boil for an hour. At this time, chop the onion, and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the potatoes into small cubes. Buckwheat should be rolled on a dry frying pan.

In vegetable oil, fry the onion and add carrots to it. Throw potatoes into the broth, salt and bring the liquid to a boil. Add buckwheat and simmer for about 10 minutes. Put in the broth onions, carrots, bay leaf, salt, pepper and herbs. Bring to readiness, after which add garlic to the soup, minced through a garlic press. Allow the dish to infuse under a lid for 15 minutes.

Baked buckwheat with vegetables

Ingrediënten:

• buckwheat – half a package;
• zucchini – 2 pcs;
• ui - 1 stuk
• wortelen - 1 stuk;
• sweet pepper – 1 pc;
• garlic – 1 clove;
• tomato juice – 0,5 l;
• water – 0,5 l;
• herbs, salt, pepper and seasonings to taste.

How to cook

Chop all the vegetables and lay them out in layers in a baking dish. At the end, pour buckwheat into it and distribute evenly. Mix tomato juice, water and salt in a container. Pour the vegetables and groats with the resulting liquid. Cover the mold with foil and bake in the oven for about an hour at 180 degrees. If necessary, add a little more water to the dish during the cooking process.

Buckwheat cutlets

Ingrediënten:

• buckwheat – 1/2 cup;
• ui - 1 stuk
• mushrooms – 7 pcs;
• parsley – 1/2 bundle;
• garlic – 1 clove;
• water – 1/2 cup;
• salt, pepper and smoked paprika to taste.

Cooking method

Chop the vegetables as you prefer. But onions are most conveniently diced, and mushrooms – slices. First fry the onion until golden, then add mushrooms to it and keep on the fire for about 5 minutes. Pour a little water into the pan, throw in the garlic and stew for another 5 minutes.

Put the chopped parsley, boiled buckwheat and everything you fried into the blender. Add salt, pepper and smoked paprika to taste and blend until smooth. Be sure to form cutlets with wet hands, coat in flour or breadcrumbs and fry for about 5 minutes on both sides over medium heat.