Buckwheat is undoubtedly considered the queen of cereals. The fact is that it contains a huge amount of nutrients and vitamins. It is recommended for anemia, digestive problems and many other diseases. This cereal is one of the first to be introduced into the diet of a child; it is also useful for older people. With all this, few people know how to boil buckwheat in such a way that it turns out friable, not boiled porridge.
Before cooking, grits should be sorted out and rinsed with cold water. This is done in order to get rid of small pebbles and various litter that can get caught in it. Before boiling buckwheat, some people prefer to slightly fry raw cereals. However, this must be done with great care, as it can begin to clap and open like popcorn. To prevent this from happening, you should very carefully stir it with a wooden spatula.
Cooking porridge is recommended in dishes with thick walls, like a cauldron or an old cast-iron. Grains are poured into dishes and poured with water in an approximate ratio of 1: 2. Porridge is boiled over medium heat until the water in it boils away. It is not recommended to interfere with it during the cooking process. After cooking, hot porridge is salted. It is recommended that you wrap it in a warm blanket for half an hour so that it is "steamed". However, it is possible to act differently, as there are several opinions on how to cook friable buckwheat . Porridge is cooked for some time over high heat. 15 minutes after boiling, the pan with it is removed from the heat and put in the oven preheated to 180 degrees, where it finishes cooking. Butter is added to the cooked porridge.
There is another way how to cook buckwheat deliciously. For this, the cereal is slightly fried in a pan and poured into already boiling water. Two parts of the cereal are taken three parts of water. While the porridge is cooking, chopped onions and carrots are fried in sunflower oil at the same time. After buckwheat is boiled, seasoning is added to it and everything mixes well. In addition, together with vegetables, you can take finely chopped mushrooms, add a spoonful of soy sauce to the porridge, and stew everything for a few minutes under a closed lid. Another option for mushroom lovers will be adding dried mushrooms to the water along with the cereal.
In addition, it is important to know how to boil buckwheat with milk. Of course, you can add milk to ready-made porridge and serve. However, boiled in milk, buckwheat has a special, unique taste. For this, half a liter of milk is taken on a glass of buckwheat. It is put on fire until it boils, after which cereal is poured into it, sugar to taste (you can do without it), and the dish is put on a small fire. Porridge is cooked for about 20 minutes, after which it is covered for a while with a lid. Milk should not completely boil away by the time the buckwheat is removed from the stove. If this still happened, then you can add a little water. This will allow porridge not to burn to the bottom of the dishes. Buckwheat with milk is seasoned with a small piece of butter. Serve this kind of porridge with jam or jam.
You can boil porridge in a fruit broth with the addition of chopped fruits and berries. To do this, bring frozen or fresh berries to a boil in a small amount of water, then remove them and pour the prepared cereal into the liquid. Five minutes before the porridge is ready, add chopped berries and sugar to it to taste.
Thus, there are many ways how to boil buckwheat so that you get not only a tasty and healthy side dish, but also a completely independent tasty and aromatic dish. Moreover, it is not at all as difficult as it might seem, and not too much time is spent.