Groats buckwheat: GOST, how to choose and how to cook

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Buckwheat is a popular cereal crop that appeared in Russia in the 7th century. It is rich in vegetable protein and many valuable vitamins, which makes it especially popular among adherents of a he althy diet. In today's material, we will figure out how to choose the right cereal and what to cook from it.

Types and varieties

On the shelves of modern stores there is such a wide range of this product that an ignorant hostess can easily make the wrong choice. To avoid annoying mistakes, you need to find out what kind of buckwheat is.

Ground is the largest variety made from whole grains by removing the husk. It can be green or fried and is divided into grades I, II and III. It makes a crumbly porridge.

Prodel is a cheaper type of cereal made from split grains. It contains less vitamins and fiber and is used to cook viscous porridges.

In addition to the core and prodela, you can find the so-calledSmolensk grits and buckwheat flakes. These varieties do not require long-term heat treatment and serve as an excellent basis for making viscous porridges.

Recommendations for selection

Back in 1974, a technological law was developed to regulate the quality of buckwheat. GOST of that time is still valid and most manufacturers adhere to it. Therefore, when choosing a product, you need to look at whether such information is indicated on the package.

An important criterion for assessing the quality of a product is the country of origin. Imported grain grown in China has a rich brown hue and high humidity. It is not stored for as long as the domestic counterpart, and is inferior to it in quality.

In our stores, mainly packaged buckwheat is presented. And factory packaging often does not allow you to adequately evaluate its contents. Therefore, when you bring the purchased product home, you need to immediately print it out and check if it has mold and musty smell. If you find that a damaged product is hidden behind a beautiful wrapper, you have every right to return it to the seller. The wholesale price of buckwheat for 1 kg starts from 45-50 rubles. Having figured out how to choose cereals, you can begin to consider recipes for dishes that can be prepared from it.

Porridge with vegetables

This unusual and very tasty dish can be both a full meal and an excellent side dish for meat or poultry. It is cooked in the oven, thanks to which almost all useful vitamins and trace elements are preserved in it. To feed them to your household, yourequired:

• 200g buckwheat-core.
• 500ml filtered water.
• 100 g sweet pepper.
• 50 g carrots.
• 50 g onion.
• S alt, spices and vegetable oil.

First of all, you need to take care of vegetables. They are cleaned, rinsed and ground, and then passivated in a small amount of vegetable oil and transferred to a refractory dish. Pre-sorted and washed cereals are also sent there. All this is s alted, seasoned, poured with water, covered with foil and cooked at 180-200 0C for 45-50 minutes.

Milk porridge

Those who have a large family will surely come in handy with the recipe below. Buckwheat makes a very tasty, and most importantly, he althy milk porridge, which will be an excellent breakfast for adults and small eaters. To serve it with your morning meal, you will need:

• 2 cups filtered water.
• 1 cup buckwheat kernels.
• 200 ml milk.
• S alt and sugar (to taste).

The sorted and washed cereals are poured into a suitable container, poured with s alted water and sent to the microwave for seven minutes. After the specified time, the finished porridge is sweetened and supplemented with boiled milk.

Flatcakes

Ground buckwheat can be not only the basis for making porridges, but also the secret ingredient of fluffy sweet pancakes. To treat your loved ones with unusual pancakes, you will need:

• 1 cup bread flour.
• 2 cups of crumbly buckwheat porridge.
• ½ glass of milk.
• 2 eggs.
• 1 apple.
• 1 tsp baking powder.
• 1 tbsp l. honey.
• S alt and vegetable oil.

To begin with, s alted eggs are beaten with honey and milk. Baking powder, sifted flour, mashed porridge and chopped apple are gradually introduced into the resulting mass. All this is well mixed and fried in portions in hot vegetable oil.

Porridge with meat and vegetables

This delicious and nutritious dish will harmoniously fit into the daily menu. It is a successful combination of meat, cereals and vegetables, which means that lovers of simple homemade food will surely like it. To prepare it specifically for lunch or dinner, you will need:

• 3 cloves of garlic.
• 1 carrot.
• 1 onion.
• 1 cup buckwheat.
• 500g of any lean meat.
• S alt, water, vegetable oil and spices.

Pre-washed and dried meat is cut into not too small pieces and fried in hot oil. When it is browned, it is supplemented with carrots, onions and garlic. At the next stage, meat and vegetables are poured with a small amount of filtered water and stewed over low heat. Fifteen minutes before the end of the heat treatment, washed buckwheat, s alt and seasonings are poured into a common bowl. All this is brought to full readiness, and then laid out on plates and served hot.

Cheese casserole

This sweet dish will make a good breakfast for anyone who loves food cooked in the oven. To make this casserole yourself you will need:

• 500 g cottage cheese.
• 200 g sour cream.
• 1 cup buckwheat.
• 2 apples.
• 1 egg.
• Raisins, sugar, butter and water.

The sorted and washed cereals are poured into s alted boiling water and boiled until tender. The resulting crumbly porridge is cooled and supplemented with cottage cheese, sour cream, sugar, steamed raisins, chopped apples and a beaten egg. All this is mixed, transferred to a greased form and baked at a moderate temperature for a quarter of an hour.

Soup with buckwheat

Unioned fruit gives the first courses not only a special taste, but also additional nutritional value. To cook a rich and easily digestible dinner for yourself and your family, you will need:

• 500g chicken meat.
• 3 potatoes.
• 1 carrot.
• 1 onion.
• 1 cup buckwheat.
• S alt, water, herbs and spices.

First we need to do the chicken. It is washed and boiled in s alted boiling water. After some time, the resulting broth is supplemented with slices of potatoes, sautéed vegetables and fried cereals. All this is seasoned, brought to readiness and sprinkled with chopped herbs.