Ingredients:

• buckwheat – 1 cup
• water – 2 glasses
• salt – 0.5 tsp.
• butter

In East Slavic culture and, in particular, in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine, buckwheat occupies a special place of honor and plays a very important role. Delicious healthy soups and porridges are prepared from buckwheat, it is even added to cutlets, and excellent pancakes are made from buckwheat flour. Numerous honey lovers and beekeepers, of course, know buckwheat honey, dark, with a reddish tint and a slight bitter taste - this is also thanks to buckwheat!

Buckwheat has long become a truly national product for us, but not everyone knows that its homeland is very far from us - this is Northern India. Buckwheat began to be cultivated a long time ago, more than 5 thousand years ago, but it came to our region relatively recently, as scientists believe, this happened during the Mongol-Tatar invasions.

Since ancient times, people have noticed that both the plant itself and the cereal that is eaten have medicinal properties. Folic acid, which buckwheat is very rich in, stimulates hematopoietic processes and helps remove radiation from the body. In addition, buckwheat contains many other equally useful microelements and compounds. Amazingly, when growing buckwheat does not require any fertilizers or herbicides, that is, it can rightfully be called an environmentally friendly product!

Even 20 years ago, buckwheat was considered a shortage, but now its choice on the shelves of shops and supermarkets is huge. Nothing prevents us from preparing delicious porridge or some other healthy dish from it. The main thing is to learn how to cook buckwheat correctly. A slow cooker is ideal for this, so let's see how to cook buckwheat in a slow cooker. Manufacturers made sure that every owner of this miracle machine could prepare such a healthy porridge, because almost any model of multicooker is equipped with the “buckwheat”, “porridge”, “pilaf”, “rice” or “stew” programs. By choosing any of them, you can cook delicious crumbly buckwheat in a slow cooker if you maintain the correct proportions and take into account small but important nuances.

As a rule, take 2 glasses of water for 1 glass of buckwheat. Buckwheat will turn out especially tasty if you lightly fry it (without using oil) in a multicooker bowl before cooking. To make the buckwheat crumbly, pour boiling water over it. That's probably all the recommendations. Today I want to tell site visitors about how to cook buckwheat in a slow cooker so as to preserve all its beneficial properties. To do this, I use the “keep warm” or “warm” mode (on my model PHILIPS HD3077/40 this program is called exactly that).

Cooking method

1. 
   So, to cook buckwheat in a slow cooker, I will need, of course, buckwheat itself, water, salt and a slow cooker.
2. 
   The first thing I do is sort out the cereal, rinse it thoroughly under running water and let the liquid drain.
3. 
   The next step is to heat the buckwheat, pouring it while still wet into a bowl.
4. 
   This process occurs without the use of oil and the cereal should be stirred periodically.

   To do this, I select the “fry” program, it takes 5-7 minutes.

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   While the cereal is fried, I put the kettle on the stove - I need the water to boil. Next, I pour boiling water over the buckwheat, add a pinch of salt, close the lid of the multicooker and switch it to the “keep warm” mode.
6. 
   After just 1 hour, crumbly and healthy buckwheat is ready in the slow cooker.
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   Now, to taste, you can flavor it with butter, sugar, pour milk, or use it as a side dish.

I follow a similar algorithm if I choose the “stew” or “porridge” mode for cooking buckwheat, with the only deviation - the cooking time is reduced.

You can cook buckwheat by steaming it with boiling water in the evening; after calcination, it is enough to simply place the grain in a bowl, add hot water, close the lid and leave until the morning. The only thing is that before you serve this buckwheat to the table, you will have to heat it up.

As you can see, cooking buckwheat in a slow cooker is not very difficult - just follow these recommendations, choose the cooking method you like and go ahead!

A day that begins with a hearty and healthy breakfast promises to be full of good deeds and a great mood. What could be better?! Therefore, I often prepare crumbly buckwheat porridge for breakfast for myself and my family. Thanks to the magical assistant of the multicooker, the porridge is cooked while I’m still sleeping. 🙂 Delicious crumbly buckwheat cooked in water in a slow cooker will easily and simply replenish your body’s energy reserves even early in the morning if you cook the porridge as described in my recipe with step-by-step photos.

So, we need:

— buckwheat — 3 multi-cups;
— water — 6 multi-glasses;
— sea salt — 1 teaspoon;
- butter - to taste.

How to cook buckwheat in a slow cooker using water

Sort the buckwheat so that there is no debris, if any. Measure out the required amount of cereal using a multi-glass. This is a special glass for a multicooker. Pour the buckwheat into a multibowl.

The amount of water should be twice as much as cereal. Then the porridge will be crumbly. Pour water into the multi-bowl.

Add sea salt. It is much more beneficial for our body; it contains a lot of iodine.

Mix the cereal with a special multicooker spoon. Close the lid and turn on the “Porridge” program for 40 minutes.

I make this porridge for breakfast, so I add all the ingredients in the evening, turning on the delay start. If buckwheat porridge is cooked with a delayed start, it will swell overnight and will take less time to cook. 25-30 minutes is enough.

Opening the lid after the signal, we will see crumbly buckwheat porridge. The aroma will immediately fill the kitchen. How much I love the aroma of buckwheat porridge; waking up to it in the morning gives me great pleasure.

I won’t write how beneficial it is for our body, because those who watch their diet and lead a healthy lifestyle already know this.

All you have to do is add butter and you can serve a magical breakfast.

May your morning be good and your breakfast healthy! Enjoy your meal!

In addition, buckwheat porridge cooked in a slow cooker will be an excellent side dish for spicy dishes.

Among all cereals, buckwheat holds the record for the content of vitamins and minerals. In addition, it contains Omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, amino acids and phospholipids. Buckwheat must be present in the diet of people suffering from iron deficiency anemia and a tendency to form blood clots. This porridge helps effectively fight excess weight and reduce blood cholesterol levels.

In our article we will tell you how to deliciously cook crumbly buckwheat in a saucepan and in a slow cooker. We will offer you a choice of several interesting recipes for porridge with meat, onions and carrots, mushrooms and stewed meat. A step-by-step description will help you avoid difficulties in the process of preparing the dish.

How to prepare buckwheat for porridge?

Every housewife can prepare a tasty and healthy side dish. At the same time, it is important to adhere to some subtleties and nuances so that you get really tasty and crumbly buckwheat, and not a viscous porridge. Below we will tell you step by step how to prepare the cereal for subsequent cooking.

Firstly, no matter how expensive and high-quality buckwheat you buy, it contains low-quality kernels and small debris. You should definitely get rid of it by sorting through the dry cereal scattered on the table. This will improve the taste of the finished dish.

Secondly, buckwheat must be washed under running water, placing the grain in a fine sieve. Then it is poured onto a cotton towel and dried at room temperature for about 20 minutes.

Thirdly, in order for the buckwheat to be crumbly, the dried grains must be calcined in a dry frying pan. Stirring constantly, keep it on medium heat for about 4 minutes.

Now you can start cooking directly. We’ll tell you how to prepare tasty crumbly buckwheat in the recipes below. Let's start with the traditional option - cooking cereals in a saucepan on the stove.

How to deliciously cook crumbly buckwheat?

What could be tastier than a fragrant side dish for meat or fish? Meanwhile, you can cook it simply and quickly in an ordinary pan on a gas or electric stove.

You can learn how to cook crumbly buckwheat in a saucepan from the following step-by-step instructions:

1. The cereal is sorted out, washed in a sieve under running water and dried on a towel. If desired, it can be additionally heated in a frying pan. This will make the buckwheat fragrant and crumbly.
2. Pour purified water into a saucepan and boil it. To make the porridge crumbly, there should be twice as much liquid as cereal.
3. Pour roasted buckwheat into boiling water. Add salt to taste.
4. Without covering the pan, cook the porridge for about 7 minutes.
5. As soon as the water has evaporated, add a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the buckwheat and mix. Now you need to cover the pan, remove it from the heat, and after 5 minutes put the crumbly porridge on plates.

To taste, you can add butter, fried champignons with onions, meat, or pour warm milk over the porridge. The last version of the dish will definitely appeal to young children.

Delicious recipe with stew

This option for preparing buckwheat will definitely appeal to all lovers of hiking. It is the memories of hikes and evenings around the fire that evoke the aroma and taste of this porridge. Would you like to try it? Then prepare buckwheat with stew according to the step-by-step recipe below:

1. To begin with, the buckwheat is sorted, dried and calcined in a frying pan. The prepared cereal is poured into boiling water in a saucepan in a ratio of 1:2, and salt is added to taste.
2. When the buckwheat is ready, you can start frying the ingredients for the dressing. The onion is cut into half rings and sautéed in vegetable oil. After a couple of minutes, the stew is added to it. The dressing continues to cook for another 8 minutes. Lastly, tomato paste (1.5 tablespoons) and finely chopped garlic (2 cloves) are added.
3. The stewed stew dressing is combined and mixed.

How to cook crumbly buckwheat in a Polaris multicooker?

Many housewives confirm that with the purchase of this kitchen assistant, the process of preparing any porridge turns into a pleasure. The dishes turn out tasty, aromatic and crumbly. And this case is no exception.

In the Polaris multicooker you can prepare crumbly buckwheat both as a side dish for meat and as a main dish by adding butter or milk. In any case, it turns out to be a very tasty dish. It is prepared step by step in the following sequence:

1. Prepare the cereal for cooking. To do this, you need to sort it out, wash it and dry it on a towel.
2. Set the multicooker mode to “Baking”. Melt a piece of butter in a bowl, then add 2 multi-cups of buckwheat and fry the cereal for 10 minutes.
3. Change the cooking mode to "Buckwheat". Pour water into the bowl up to the “2 cups” line. Add salt to taste and close the lid of the device.
4. When the porridge is ready, the multicooker will turn off automatically.

Recipe for crumbly buckwheat in a Redmond slow cooker

The process of preparing this dish in a multicooker from another manufacturer is somewhat different from the previous recipe. But this makes the porridge no less tasty and crumbly.

Step-by-step instructions on how to prepare crumbly buckwheat in a Redmond multicooker:

1. Sort and rinse 1 multi-cup of cereal, transfer it to the multicooker bowl.
2. Pour 2 multi-cups of purified water. Add salt to taste and add a piece of butter.
3. Close the multicooker lid. Set the "Rice-Groats" mode for 45 minutes.
4. After the specified time, the finished porridge can be served.

It should be noted that in some models of Redmond multicookers you can select a different cooking mode - “Cereals”.

Buckwheat with meat in a slow cooker

Some housewives, in order to make buckwheat more crumbly, resort to such tricks as wrapping pots of porridge in towels and blankets. This allows the cereal to steam well or, as they say, “reach” the desired state. But owners of multicookers should not resort to such difficulties. Because even without this, the porridge turns out very tasty, especially if you cook the cereal at the same time as the meat.

You can prepare deliciously crumbly buckwheat step by step, just like in the best restaurants in the city, using the following recipe:

1. Set the multicooker mode to “Frying”. Fry the diced onion in a small amount of vegetable oil, after 3 minutes add the grated carrots, and then lay out small pieces of meat (150 g). Cook all ingredients together for another 15 minutes.
2. Pour in prepared cereal (1 tbsp.).
3. Add salt to taste and pour 2 cups of hot water.
4. Set the “Buckwheat” or “Cereals” mode for 30 minutes.
5. Stir the finished dish and serve.

Buckwheat with onions and carrots in a slow cooker

This dish can be prepared during Lent to diversify your diet. Below we will tell you step by step, how to deliciously cook crumbly buckwheat.

The recipe looks like this:

1. Pre-prepared buckwheat (1 multi-cup) is poured into the multicooker bowl.
2. Next add finely chopped onion and grated carrots.
3. Pour 2 multi-cups of water on top, add salt and pepper to taste.
4. The multicooker mode is set to “Stewing” and the time is 40 minutes.
5. You can add butter or vegetable oil to the finished dish to taste.

Buckwheat prepared according to the recipe presented above can be included in the diet and then a positive result from losing weight will not take long to arrive.

Friable buckwheat porridge with mushrooms

This dish will appeal to every person, since it is distinguished not only by its excellent taste, but also by its pleasant aroma. When cooking, you can use not only fresh mushrooms, but also frozen ones. There is no need to defrost them at all.

Let’s imagine step by step how to deliciously cook crumbly buckwheat in a slow cooker:

1. Sort and rinse the cereal, dry.
2. In a multicooker bowl, fry first the onion, cut into half rings, and then the mushrooms in a mixture of butter and vegetable oil. Fry until the liquid evaporates in the "Baking" multicooker mode.
3. Add a glass of buckwheat to the mushrooms and onions. Add salt to taste and pour water (1.5 tbsp.) over the ingredients.
4. Change the multicooker mode to “Buckwheat”. Tasty and aromatic porridge will be ready after the device automatically turns off.

This buckwheat can be served both as an independent dish and as a side dish for meat.

Most housewives are confident that they know how to cook buckwheat porridge correctly. However, for some reason, instead of a crumbly side dish, a viscous mess appears on the table. The following recommendations will help you avoid common mistakes and help you how to properly prepare crumbly buckwheat:

1. You can cook a tasty side dish only from whole grains, while viscous porridges are prepared from prodel. It is important to pay attention to this when buying cereal.
2. Unlike rice or peas, buckwheat is never soaked. It becomes saturated with water, and when cooked, the kernels lose their shape and the porridge turns into a viscous mass.
3. If you don’t have a multicooker, crumbly buckwheat can also be cooked in the oven. The ratio of water and cereal is traditional - for 1 glass of buckwheat there is twice as much liquid.

Time: 40 min.

Servings: 3-4

Difficulty: 1 of 5

The secret to making delicious buckwheat porridge in a slow cooker

Its homeland is India and Nepal. Humanity has known about its existence for about four thousand years, and one of its names is kernel. Yes, today we will talk about buckwheat.

By the way, why do we call it that way? Because it came to us from Greece. That’s why kernels in Russia are called buckwheat. There are various recipes for cooking buckwheat in a slow cooker: with meat, with vegetables, and even as an additive to soup.

Despite the somewhat specific taste of buckwheat, it is excellent as a side dish, and for breakfast, if you pour it with milk - it all depends on how to cook buckwheat in a slow cooker.

If you decide to lose a little weight by summer, this cereal will come to your aid! Like all porridges, it is quite filling, and at the same time has a low calorie content: 313 calories per 100 grams of dry product.

Moreover, the useful elements contained in the kernel such as iron and B vitamins (of which it contains 2-3 times more than other cereals) will support your body during the period of weight loss.

Well, for those who are not losing weight, the kernel will be an excellent source of vitamins and essential micro- and macro-elements necessary for the normal functioning of the body.

Buckwheat porridge in a slow cooker is simple, its preparation will not take much of your time. Today we will prepare the following buckwheat dishes in a slow cooker: buckwheat in water in a slow cooker, and buckwheat in a slow cooker with mushrooms and meat.

Simple buckwheat porridge

Ingredients:

From the listed amount of products you can cook 2-3 servings. Therefore, if we cook for a larger number of eaters, we increase the proportions.

Step 1

A separate advantage of buckwheat is that it does not require pre-soaking, which, you see, saves time. And buckwheat in a slow cooker turns out very crumbly.

Wash the cereal thoroughly before starting to cook. You often find something like dark pebbles in the cereal - when washing buckwheat, make sure that all excess debris remains in the water.

Step 2

Place the cereal in the bowl of the multicooker, fill it with water, add salt or sugar, depending on what you want to end up with - a side dish or porridge for breakfast. If desired, butter can be added directly to the multibowl so that it melts during cooking.

Select the “Milk porridge” or “Buckwheat” mode. The time it takes the slow cooker to cook the side dish is about 30 minutes. Or you can select the “Delayed Start” mode and leave the porridge to cook in the evening so that you can enjoy a hot breakfast in the morning.

On a note: If you cook buckwheat in a slow cooker for breakfast, it will taste better if you use 2 multi-glasses of milk and 1 multi-glass of water. Breakfast porridge cooked in water will not be very tasty - too bland. The main thing is to make sure that the milk does not escape from the multicooker.

Step 3

When the buckwheat porridge is ready in the multicooker, do not rush to open the lid immediately. Let it sit for a while on the “Warming” mode, about 10 minutes, and serve, adding a piece of butter to each serving.

Delicious and aromatic buckwheat in a slow cooker is a great option for breakfast!

Photo recipe second

Buckwheat porridge in a slow cooker with meat and mushrooms

If the first option implied the use of porridge in two forms - as a side dish and as breakfast, then this recipe certainly acts as a denser meal.

To prepare 3-4 servings, you will need the following products:

• Buckwheat - 150 grams.
• Pork pulp - 300 grams (the recipe does not require strict adherence to this point; if desired, you can cook without meat).
• Champignon mushrooms - 300 grams.
• Onion - 1 piece.
• Carrot - 1 piece.
• Vegetable oil for frying.
• Salt and other seasonings to taste.

Step 1

Before you start cooking buckwheat in a slow cooker, let's prepare the ingredients. Wash the pork and cut it into small portion cubes (you can use chicken instead of pork), as shown in the photo below.

We will sort out the buckwheat and rinse thoroughly under water until it is transparent.

Step 2

First you need to prepare a fry of mushrooms and onions. Champignons can be used either fresh or frozen. However, if you cook from frozen foods, do not defrost them, but immediately place them in the multicooker bowl.

So, cut the champignons into slices and place them in a multi-bowl. We activate the frying or baking mode and fry in vegetable or butter until all the liquid has evaporated from the multicooker, otherwise the taste of mushrooms in the original dish will practically not be felt, instead an unpleasant watery aftertaste will appear.

Therefore, at this stage of cooking it is better to be patient. During this time, peel the onion and carrots and rinse with water.

Cut the onions into small cubes and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. However, if you decide to cut the carrots into slices or cubes, the recipe will not suffer and will be no less tasty.

Step 3

Add the onions and carrots to the fried mushrooms, mix everything with a spatula, and after 5 minutes add the chopped pieces of pork.

We will cook for 15 minutes, and then add the finishing touch - washed buckwheat. Add salt to taste and add spices - it could be a mixture of peppers, or a universal seasoning for meat.

Fill the contents of the multi-bowl with hot water - about 2 multi-cups, stir everything well.

Select the “Pilaf” mode and cook according to the standard program.

That's it, now we have both the side dish and the meat and mushrooms ready. This recipe is perfect for those who don't like to bother with cooking.

Watch another version of this dish in the video below:

Products Buckwheat - 1 glass
Water - 2 cups for crumbly buckwheat
Butter (optional) - cube weighing 30-40 grams
Salt - half a teaspoon

How to cook 1. Before cooking, sort out the buckwheat, rinse it and, to make it crispy, heat it in a dry multicooker on the “fry” mode for 5 minutes.
2. Add cold water in the proportion of 1 cup buckwheat: 2 cups water, salt the water.
3. Pour buckwheat into water and close the multicooker lid.
4. Set the multicooker to the “Buckwheat” mode (or, if there is no “Buckwheat” mode, to the “Milk porridge” or “Rice” mode).
5. Cook buckwheat in a slow cooker for 30 minutes. The water will boil in 10 minutes and the buckwheat will cook for 20 minutes. If you cook more buckwheat, then you need more cooking time. For 2 glasses of buckwheat, the time should be set not 30, but 40 minutes.
6. Add a cube of butter and stir the buckwheat.
7. For tender buckwheat, close the multicooker with a lid and let it brew for 10 minutes.