Having a box of buckwheat and a little cook imagination, you can daily feed the family with new porridge. The main trick is to heat the grits on a hot hot frying pan, before adding water to it, then it will turn out fragrant and crumbly.
For family dinner: crisp buckwheat porridge on the water
Buckwheat porridge often becomes unloved because of improper cooking. There is a secret here. Buckwheat can not be immediately put in boiling water - porridge will turn out boiled and not very tasty.
Required:
- 400 ml of boiling water;
- 200 g of cereals;
- salt to taste.
Time: 20 minutes. One serving: 112 kcal.
Cooking:
- Before cooking, buckwheat must not only bust, but also washed thoroughly. For washing it is good to use a sieve.
- After washing, be sure to dry with a cotton napkin (towel). To make porridge crumbly, the grits need to be roasted in a preheated, dry skillet until golden brown. 5 minutes is enough.
- Bring the water to a boil before sending the cereal into it, then remove the brown foam with a spoon, pour in the refined oil. Reduce heat, cook for 8 minutes.
- Remove from the stove, cover, leave for 5 minutes, salt to taste.
Note: many manufacturers indicate on the packaging that the cereal is clean. This is all too exaggerated, be sure to wash and sort out.
Schoolboy breakfast: buckwheat porridge with milk
To milk is not burnt, add it to buckwheat when it is almost ready.
It will take:
- 400 g of cereals;
- 500 ml of water;
- 35-40 ml of refined oil;
- 1 l of milk;
- 8 g of salt;
- 40-50 g butter;
- sugar to taste.
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes. Calorie: 120 kcal.
Cooking:
- Boil a kettle in advance, let the boiling water for porridge be at hand.
- It is necessary to sort the croup, wash it. Then put in a saucepan, salt, pour in vegetable oil and boiling water. After boiling, reduce the heat to minimum, cover the pan with a lid.
- After 15 minutes, add milk, continue cooking (10 minutes).
- Arrange the porridge into plates, add sugar, cube of butter to taste.
Tip: it is better to add sugar after boiling milk, reduce the heat, porridge should be ready in 10 minutes.
Dietary dinner: buckwheat with onions and carrots
Buckwheat vegetables fried in butter give a very special taste. Such porridge can be a side dish for fish or meat, but in itself is an excellent dish.
It will take:
- 1 cup of buckwheat;
- 1 large onion;
- 2 medium carrots;
- 2 glasses of water;
- to taste salt, pepper;
- 50 ml of refined + 80 g butter.
Cooking time: 20 minutes. Portion: 154 kcal.
How to cook:
- Grate the carrots, chop the onion into cubes.
- Fry the onions and carrots in a frying pan with vegetable oil, add butter, then cook over low heat.
- Prepare buckwheat: bust thoroughly, rinse in two waters. Put in a pan to the vegetables, mix gently.
- Pour buckwheat with vegetables with boiling water. This volume will need 400 ml of water.
- Season to taste, continue cooking until all the liquid is absorbed.
Housekeeping note: if the company at the table is going to be large, then the number of initial products should be increased.
Vegetarian dinner: buckwheat porridge with mushrooms
This porridge is for those who care about their food, but do not want to sacrifice pleasure. It is perfect for healthy nutrition for vegetarians, it only has easily digestible proteins and vegetable fats.
It will take:
- 1 cup of buckwheat;
- 400 ml of pure water;
- 200 g onions;
- 500 g of champignons;
- all spices to taste.
Cooking takes: 25 minutes. Portion: 179 kcal.
How to cook:
- Prepare grits: sort, put in a sieve and rinse.
- In a saucepan with a thick bottom, dry buckwheat, pour boiling water.
- After boiling, remove the brown froth, reduce the heat.
- While the porridge is cooked, fry the mushrooms in the refined oil with the onions.
- Combined buckwheat with roasted mushrooms, salt and warm for a few minutes.
Council: to the dish it is good to serve whole-grain bread roasted in a toaster.
Gourmet dinner: buckwheat porridge with porcini mushrooms
If you combine buckwheat with fried mushrooms, you get a very satisfying dish. Yes, and the taste of this porridge will be more interesting.
It will take:
- 200 g of cereals;
- 100 g oyster mushrooms;
- 100 g of mushrooms (white);
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- 20 ml of soy sauce;
- 70 g onion;
- 40 g of flour;
- 70 ml of refined oil;
- 5 green onions;
- season to taste.
Required cooking: 30 minutes. Calories: 180 kcal.
How to cook:
- Buckwheat a good sort, rinse, dry. Fry in a dry hot frying pan.
- Boil white mushrooms, fry oyster mushrooms in heated refined oil.
- Prepare onions: cut into thin rings, roll in wheat flour, fry.
- Chop the garlic cloves, send to the onions. When the garlic becomes caramel color, put the white mushrooms, mix. Now it remains to add buckwheat, mix, pour in oil, soy sauce, season to taste.
- Put the porridge with mushrooms in a plate, garnish with chopped green onions.
Tip: fry the onion in a flour breading not all at once, let the rings come into contact with the heated pan - so they will be beautiful, airy and crispy.
Buckwheat porridge in haste in a slow cooker
From time to time you need to change the taste of your favorite dishes, changing the way of cooking. A great option is to cook porridge in a slow cooker. Twenty minutes - and dinner is ready.
It will take:
- 200 g of cereals;
- 400 ml of water;
- 50 g butter;
- salt to taste.
Cooking takes: 35 minutes. Portion: 118 kcal.
How to cook:
- Enumerate the grits, then rinse thoroughly. Dry on a towel and fry (5 min.) In the bowl.
- Pour 400 ml of water, add salt. Close the multicooker lid, select the appropriate program.
- When the porridge is ready, add butter, close the lid, wait 15 minutes.
Tip: You can optionally add a dish of fried onions.
Buckwheat porridge with onions in pots
When the porridge is ready, put it on the plate with a spoon, or you can eat it straight from the pot - it is still tastier.
It will take:
- 400 g of cereals;
- 150 g onions;
- dill greens;
- 60 ml of refined oil;
- salt to taste.
Preparation: 25-30 minutes. Calorie: 129 kcal.
How to cook:
- To sort the croup, wash, dry in a saucepan with a thickened bottom, stirring. Salt and, when the buckwheat becomes dry, will crumble, spread it in ceramic pots, pour boiling water.
- Cover the pots with a lid, send for 30 minutes in a hot oven. In the process of cooking do not mix, and then the porridge will not be crumbly.
- Fry finely chopped onion, add chopped dill, mix.
- Put the fried onions in the finished porridge, leave the pots in the oven turned off so that the buckwheat is well soaked.
Tip: This porridge in the pots can be prepared in advance and heated in a microwave just before dinner.
Buckwheat with fried onions and cucumber
Buckwheat porridge is nutritious enough. Changing supplements, you can easily diversify its taste. In addition to the traditional onions and carrots, you should try something unusual: fresh cucumber, sour cream and green onions.
It will take:
- 200 grams of buckwheat;
- 400 ml of pure water;
- 40 ml of refined oil;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 1 large onion;
- for serving sour cream, green onions;
- season to taste.
Time: about 30 minutes. Portion value: 145 kcal.
Cooking:
- To sort the croup, put it on a usual sieve, rinse several times. Dry on paper or cotton towels. Fry in a hot pan for 5 minutes.
- Put buckwheat in a saucepan, salt and pour boiling water. Simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Clean the cucumber and chop the straw. Cut the onion into half rings, brown it in hot oil.
- Add onion, fresh cucumber to the prepared dish, season to taste, mix.
Tip: porridge, cooked for this recipe can be served hot or chilled, like a salad, seasoned with 15% sour cream and chopped green onions.
Good cooking tips
Dry and boring buckwheat porridge will not be if:
- in a glass of cereal take 400 ml of water;
- cooking time set from 15 to 20 minutes;
- boil it under a lid over low heat;
- in the process of cooking do not open the pan and do not mix the porridge;
- The final touch is to add butter, sauteed vegetables or mushrooms.
