Simple and tasty buckwheat dishes

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  hotter

• Cooking time:

  1 hour

Ingredients

• buckwheat
• meat
• onion
• carrot
• garlic
• tomatoes
• butter
• salt
• vegetable oil

Buckwheat is a healthy cereal, however, not everyone likes it, especially children. From such a product, you can cook not only milk porridge, but also prepare a variety of dishes. We offer several simple and delicious recipes with photos that housewives should take note of.

Buckwheat in a merchant's way

Merchant-style buckwheat is a very tasty dish that can be prepared from this healthy cereal. For a recipe with a photo, you will need the simplest ingredients, but first you need to rinse the buckwheat well in order to clean the grains of dust and starch.

Ingredients:

• 200 g buckwheat;
• 500 ml of water;
• 400 g of meat;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 3-4 cloves of garlic;
• 300 g of tomatoes;
• 30 g butter;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 4-5 st. l. vegetable oil.

Preparation:

Cut any meat into cubes

Cut the tomatoes in half, cut out the stalk and rub on a coarse grater, discard the skin. Fresh vegetable can be replaced with 1 tbsp. a spoonful of tomato paste

• Grind the carrots with a coarse grater.
• Chop the onion into small cubes.

• Pour oil into the cauldron, lay out the meat.
• As soon as the meat juice has completely evaporated, add the onion, fry for a couple of minutes until the onion is translucent.

• After we fall asleep the carrots, fry for another couple of minutes
• Then add salt, pepper and squeeze out the garlic.

• Dilute the grated tomatoes with water.
• Put buckwheat on the meat, do not mix, fill it with tomato paste.

• Cook over medium heat, do not close the cauldron with a lid.
• As soon as the water boils down to the level of buckwheat, put a piece of butter, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes.

Stir before serving

For such a dish, you can use any meat, but it turns out very tasty with beef. You can also replace water with chicken, meat or vegetable broth.

Buckwheat with cabbage

This combination of ingredients may seem strange to many, but buckwheat and cabbage make a delicious dish. At the same time, the proposed recipe with a photo is very simple, so we advise you to try it, you will definitely like the result.

Ingredients:

• 1 head of cabbage;
• 3 carrots;
• 1 onion;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 3-4 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 1 glass of buckwheat;
• 2 glasses of water;
• 30 g butter.

Preparation:

Pour buckwheat into a saucepan, pour boiling water, add salt and put pieces of butter. Mix everything, put it on the stove and bring to a boil. Then we cover with a lid and let the cereal brew

At this time, rub the carrots on a coarse grater

Chop the onion with quarter rings

• Heat the oil in a frying pan and lightly fry the onions and carrots.
• Then add cabbage cut into small pieces, fry a little. After the vegetables, salt and simmer under the lid.

• We shift the finished cabbage with onions and carrots to buckwheat, mix everything, and the porridge is ready.
• Buckwheat with cabbage can be served as an independent dish or as a side dish for meat.

Buckwheat with chicken and vegetables

Buckwheat goes well with vegetables and meat products, so the choice of dishes from this cereal is very large. There is a simple recipe with a photo of a delicious treat - buckwheat with chicken and vegetables.

Ingredients:

• chicken drumsticks;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. l. sour cream;
• 300 g buckwheat;
• 400 g vegetable mixture;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 3 chili pepper rings;
• 500 ml of water;
• 0.5 tsp hops-suneli;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

We wash and dry the legs of the bird with paper towels. Squeeze peeled garlic onto the meat, add salt, pepper, suneli hops and put sour cream. Mix everything and leave the shins to marinate for 40 minutes

• Put the frozen mixture of vegetables in a preheated pan, fry until the liquid evaporates.
• Salt and continue to fry until tender, but no longer than 10 minutes, otherwise the vegetables will become limp and lose all their beneficial properties.

Pour well-washed buckwheat into the mold, add the fried vegetables to it, mix and distribute over the entire mold

• Salt the buckwheat with vegetables a little, pepper and put a few rings of chili pepper on top.
• Then we spread the chicken drumsticks on the grits.
• Pour boiling water into the mold so that the liquid level is higher than buckwheat.

We send the dish to the oven and cook for 40-50 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C

To make buckwheat crumbly, it can be calcined in a dry frying pan for 5 minutes before cooking.

Buckwheat with meat balls

Another simple recipe with a photo of a delicious dish that can be quickly and easily prepared from cereals is buckwheat with meat balls. An excellent choice for a hearty lunch or dinner.

Ingredients:

• 300 g buckwheat;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 onion;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• 2 bay leaves;
• dried greens to taste;
• 2-3 st. l. water;
• 300 ml of water;
• 150 ml sour cream;
• 1 tomato.

For meatballs:

• 500 g minced meat;
• 2 onions;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• 1 tbsp. l. sour cream;
• 1 tsp salt;
• black pepper to taste.

Preparation:

• We wash the buckwheat well, fill it with boiling water.
• Dice the onion.
• Grind the carrots on a coarse grater.

• Pour oil into a frying pan, pour onions and sauté until translucent.
• After adding carrots, fry for 1-2 minutes.
• Then pour in the grated tomatoes or put 1 tbsp. a spoonful of tomato paste, as well as water.
• Next, we send sour cream, salt, pepper, bay leaves and dried herbs, mix.

• Then we squeeze out the garlic, stir everything again and remove from heat.
• Put any minced meat in a bowl.
• Grind the onion and garlic using a blender.

Put the grated vegetable mixture into minced meat, also add salt, pepper and put sour cream for juiciness. Mix everything and form medium-sized balls

• Grease the form with oil and spread the buckwheat, after draining the water from it.
• Fill the cereal with half the filling, mix.

Put meat balls on top of the buckwheat

• We water everything with the remaining fill.
• We send the dish to the oven for 30-40 minutes, temperature 190 ° С.

You can add any spices to buckwheat, the main thing is not to interrupt its natural taste and aroma.

Buckwheat with vegetables in a slow cooker

Many housewives love to cook buckwheat dishes in a multicooker, since with the help of such a kitchen appliance the cereal languishes and at the same time retains its taste, aroma and most of the vitamins. We offer a simple recipe with a photo of buckwheat with vegetables. The dish turns out to be delicious and is especially suitable for those who are fasting.

Ingredients:

• 400 g buckwheat;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 1 zucchini;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 tomato;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 2 tsp salt;
• 650 ml of water.

Preparation:

• Use a food processor or grater to grind the carrots and zucchini.
• Cut the onion, bell pepper and tomato into small cubes.

• Pour the oil into the bowl and add the onions first, then the peppers, tomatoes, carrots and zucchini.
• Put the washed buckwheat on top, salt and fill everything with cold water.

• We do not mix anything, but close the lid and cook the dish for 30 minutes in the "Groats - rice" mode.
• After the signal, mix the groats with vegetables, put them on a plate, sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs and serve.

If buckwheat is soaked in cold water overnight, then the cereal will cook much faster. In just 5-7 minutes, you can cook buckwheat milk porridge for breakfast.

Grechaniki - buckwheat cutlets

We offer another recipe with a photo - buckwheat cutlets. The dish turns out to be tasty, satisfying, and cooking such Greek people is very simple and quick.

Preparation:

• 1 kg of meat;
• 300 g buckwheat;
• 2 eggs;
• 2 onions;
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• salt and spices to taste.

Preparation:

• We drive eggs into the minced meat, add salt, any seasonings for meat and put one onion chopped in a blender.
• Next, add the pre-boiled buckwheat and knead everything thoroughly.
• From the resulting mass, we sculpt oblong cutlets, that is, Greek people, and immediately put them in a mold.

• Fry the remaining onion until golden brown and spread over the buckwheat cutlets.
• Fill everything with tomato sauce and put the dish in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 40-50 minutes.

If you need to cook lean cutlets from buckwheat, then boil the cereals until tender, add chopped onions with carrots, spices, starch and a little oil to it. We make cutlets from such minced meat and fry until tender

Buckwheat casserole with mushrooms and cheese

Such a recipe for buckwheat dishes will especially appeal to those who adhere to proper nutrition and monitor their figure. At the same time, the casserole turns out to be tasty, nutritious, and only 140 kcal per 100 g of the product.

Ingredients:

• 300 g buckwheat;
• 200 ml of milk;
• 4 eggs;
• 200 g of mushrooms;
• 1 bell pepper;
• 100 g of cheese;
• salt and seasonings to taste.

Preparation:

• Pre-boil buckwheat until cooked.
• Shred mushrooms with thin slices.

• Cut the bell pepper into rings.
• To pour into a bowl, drive in eggs, pour in milk and shake until smooth.

Put part of the buckwheat into the mold, then part of the mushrooms and part of the bell pepper. Repeat layers until all ingredients are gone

Fill the contents of the form with egg filling, sprinkle with cheese on top and send to the oven for 20 minutes, temperature 200 ° C

If you want to further reduce the calorie content of the dish, you can use only whites for pouring or leave 2 egg yolks

Buckwheat in a pot

Cooked buckwheat in a pot turns out to be very tasty, aromatic and satisfying. This dish can be served both for a family and for a festive table.

Ingredients:

• 200 g buckwheat;
• 450 g of meat;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 onions;
• 0.5 tsp hops-suneli;
• 0.5 tsp turmeric;
• 2 bay leaves;
• 1/3 tsp mixture of peppers;
• vegetable oil.

Preparation:

• We take any meat to taste and cut it into pieces.
• Grind the carrots into cubes.
• Cut the onion into small cubes.

• In a frying pan, fry the pieces of meat until golden brown and also sauté the onions and carrots.
• In the process of frying the meat, add all the spices and salt.

• Now put meat in a pot, fried vegetables and well-washed buckwheat on top.
• Add a little salt to the groats, fill them with hot water. Cover the pot with a lid and put it in the oven for 40-50 minutes, temperature 180 ° C.

During the cooking process, the lid of the pot cannot be lifted, as well as its contents must be mixed. Until the dish is cooked, it is better not to interfere with the process.

Buckwheat with cottage cheese

If your children do not like buckwheat, then be sure to cook buckwheat with cottage cheese for them. This is a sweet buckwheat casserole that will definitely please both little fussy and adults.

Ingredients:

• 1 glass of buckwheat;
• 400 g of cottage cheese;
• 3 eggs;
• sugar to taste;
• semolina;
• butter;
• vanillin.

Preparation:

1. Boil buckwheat until tender.
2. We drive eggs into the cottage cheese, add sugar to taste and vanillin, beat until smooth.
3. Add buckwheat to the curd mass and stir with a mixer at low speed.
4. Grease the form with butter, sprinkle with semolina and spread the resulting mass of cereals and cottage cheese.
5. We send the casserole to the oven for 45-50 minutes, temperature 170 ° C.
6. If desired, you can bake cookies, a chocolate cake with prunes from buckwheat flour, and delicious ice cream from buckwheat honey.

Many people consider buckwheat useful, but too simple cereal. Its taste depends a lot on how well it is cooked. We hope that the proposed recipes with photos have convinced you that dishes from "boring" buckwheat can be tasty, varied and original.