How to cook buckwheat groats perfectly
Learn how to cook buckwheat the best way and enjoy this gluten-free seed in almost your meals
Servings: 2 cups
Calories:
Cost: 2€
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw buckwheat groats
- 1 teaspoon all spice or cinnamon or ginger or cumin
- pinch of salt
- 3 cups boiling water
- 2 tablespoon cold-pressed olive/coconut oil
Instructions
- Heat your pan and pour dry buckwheat groats
- Toast at moderate-high heat and keep on stirring to avoid burning the groats
- You'll smell and see the toasting, add spices and salt. stir well
- Lower completely the heat and wait for a minute
- Gently, pour a little amount of water at a time stirring till the bubbling reduces
- Increase the heat till boiling takes place.
- Cover the groats and leave them to simmer till all the water is absorbed
- You'll hear a kind of rainy noise when the water is absorbed completely
- Cut off the heat, add oil and gently stir the groats to mix with oil
- Cover and wait to cool. You can serve your buckwheat hot or cold
- Cooked buckwheat will store well in a closed container in your fridge for up to a week.
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