Buckwheat in a slow cooker pressure cooker

Low-calorie side dish for any meat dish! Buckwheat in a slow cooker pressure cooker is a very tasty and healthy porridge. We all love her with any additions. And there are never any difficulties with its preparation.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 16 % 4 g
Fats 4 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 80 % 20 g
101 kcal
GI: 0 / 100 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook buckwheat in a pressure cooker? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Buckwheat can be cooked in any quantity. The main thing is to adhere to the proportions - two parts of water per one part of buckwheat.Only with this proportion does the porridge always turn out crumbly and does not boil. By the way, with the same proportions it can be cooked in a saucepan.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Fill the buckwheat with water and rinse it well. You can change the water several times, depending on how quickly the water from it will remain clean. Then all the water from the buckwheat must be drained.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the washed buckwheat into the bowl of a multivaki pressure cooker.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour the buckwheat with the necessary amount of water, add a little salt and put the bowl in a slow cooker. Close the lid. Turn on the "Cereals" mode for 10 minutes. In a pressure cooker, everything is prepared much faster than in a conventional slow cooker due to the fact that a lot of pressure is created in it. Be guided, nevertheless, by your model.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    After the specified time, you will hear a beep notifying that the porridge is ready. All the liquid was successfully absorbed into the buckwheat.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Mix the buckwheat and you will see how crumbly it is. Arrange it on plates and serve it to the table.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Such buckwheat can be used as a side dish to meat dishes.You can pour meat gravy. Or you can pour milk and add a little sugar. In any form, it turns out very tasty! Bon appetit!

If you plan to use ready-made buckwheat only for a side dish, then you can cook it not on water, but on meat broth, for example. In this form, it will be the most fragrant and satisfying.

How to choose high-quality buckwheat? When buying, pay attention to its appearance. The grains should be of the same shape and size. There should be no debris or crushed grains in the lower part of the package. Brown buckwheat cooks faster, as it is made from factory-baked grains. Green buckwheat takes longer to cook. It is considered more useful, but has a specific taste.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Buckwheat (whole grain) - 335   kcal/100g
  • Dark buckwheat flour - 333   kcal/100g
  • Light buckwheat flour - 347   kcal/100g
  • Boiled buckwheat - 163   kcal/100g
  • Buckwheat - 313   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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