Buckwheat is the queen of cereals!

It is an essential component of a healthy diet. In no other country in the world is buckwheat as popular as in our country. It's hard to find abroad. We are accustomed to buckwheat since childhood. And for good reason.

Buckwheat porridge with mushrooms and onions

You will need:

buckwheat – 2.5 cups
dried mushrooms – 50 g
onions – 2 heads
salt – 1 tsp.
butter – 3 tbsp. l

Instructions:

Rinse the dried mushrooms, put them in a saucepan, add 3 cups of cold water and leave in the water for 1–1.5 hours. When the mushrooms swell, take them out of the water, chop them finely, put them back in the same water, add salt and cook. Add toasted cereal to the boiling water with mushrooms and stir. When the porridge thickens, set it to steep for 1–1.5 hours. Finely chop the onion and fry in a frying pan with oil. Mix fried onions with porridge.

Buckwheat breakfast

You will need:

buckwheat – 1 cup
chopped parsley - to taste
chopped cilantro - to taste
chopped celery stalk - to taste
lemon – 1/2 pcs.
olive oil – 2 tbsp. l.
soy sauce - to taste

Instructions:

Rinse the buckwheat, pour 2 cups of boiling water, salt, cover with a lid and cover with a towel. After 45–60 minutes, buckwheat can be eaten without losing any nutritional value. It's better to do this at night. Season the required amount of steamed buckwheat in a serving plate with olive oil, soy sauce, lemon juice or chopped lemon and chopped herbs, mix. Serve with chopped vegetables such as bell peppers, carrots, pumpkin, radishes, and a green smoothie.

Buckwheat soup

You will need:

chicken breast – 500 g
white onion – 2 heads
carrots – 3 pcs.
potatoes – 4 pcs.
tomatoes – 5 pcs.
buckwheat – 1 cup
water – 2 l
vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.

Instructions:

Boil the chicken breast. While it is cooking, you need to rinse the buckwheat well. Fry the chopped onion and chopped carrots in a frying pan. Cut the potatoes into strips, like the carrots. Add buckwheat to the chicken broth and cook it until half cooked for about 15 minutes, then add the fry, and after 10 minutes – potatoes and chopped tomatoes. Once the potatoes are ready, the soup is ready to eat.

Buckwheat balls

You will need:

buckwheat – 1 cup
cottage cheese – 100 g
egg – 2 pcs.
sugar – 1 tsp.
breadcrumbs – 1/2 cup
salt – 1/2 tsp.
butter – 2 tbsp. l.
sour cream – 1 tbsp. l.

Instructions:

Pour the cereal into boiling salted water (1.5 cups) and cook for 30–35 minutes. When the porridge thickens, add cottage cheese, rubbed through a sieve or minced through a meat grinder, eggs, sugar and mix. Then prepare meatballs from the porridge, roll them in breadcrumbs and fry them in a frying pan on both sides until a golden brown crust forms. When serving, you can put a spoonful of sour cream on top of each piece.

Buckwheat with pork in a pot

You will need:

pork – 500 g
buckwheat – 9 tbsp. l.
bouillon cube – 2 pcs.
onions – 2 heads
bay leaf – 1 pc.

Instructions:

Cut the pork into small pieces, finely chop the onion. Place in pots. Place 3 tablespoons of washed buckwheat in each pot, add crushed bay leaf. Fill the contents of the pots with cubed broth (chicken or mushroom). Place in the oven for an hour, bake at medium temperature.