Buckwheat for breakfast: properties and recipes
Buckwheat is the most popular among all the others. It contains a huge amount of vitamins and is very beneficial for health. It can be used to make a variety of dishes for breakfast. It can be porridge, buckwheat pancakes or even jelly. In this article we will tell you how unique the composition of buckwheat is, whether it is really useful.
Benefit and harm
Everyone knows the benefits of buckwheat for the body, because it contains a large amount of minerals and vitamins, including B, P, PP, E, C. This product is also a source of iodine, copper, zinc, potassium, iron and phosphorus, but this is not yet all. In cereals were found: amino acids, Omega-3, proteins, fats and carbohydrates, fiber necessary to maintain the human body.
Buckwheat proteins are similar in value to meat proteins, however, they are digested much better and faster, without a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. In turn, carbohydrates create a feeling of satiety for a long time and give energy for the whole day. For this reason, buckwheat dishes are considered one of the best for women on a diet: after all, there are few calories in them, there is a lot of energy of clear value. Iron in the right amount saturates the body with oxygen and prevents anemia. Vitamin PP is responsible for the functioning of the circulatory system, B has a positive effect on the nervous system, and vitamin P normalizes metabolism and the functioning of the heart system.
There are a number of people who need buckwheat and can help in the fight against various diseases.So, buckwheat porridge for breakfast is necessary for people with low hemoglobin, high cholesterol, diabetes and cardiovascular pain.
Doctors recommend that this cereal be included in the diet for those who have problems with the nervous system, veins in the legs and hemorrhoids.
However, despite the huge benefits for the body and the fight against a large number of diseases, buckwheat is prohibited for a narrow circle. It turns out that some people have a congenital intolerance to buckwheat products that cause allergies. We must remember that everything is good in moderation. Despite the fact that cereals bring a lot of benefits to the body, you can’t sit on it for weeks without eating other foods. First of all, this applies to women on a diet who forget about the need to take vegetables, fruits, meat, fish and eat only buckwheat.
Recipes
There are many dishes that can be prepared from buckwheat, in addition to porridge. Below are the most popular buckwheat recipes for breakfast.
Classical
Perhaps, after oatmeal porridge, buckwheat is the most popular for breakfast.
Components:
- 2 tbsp. buckwheat;
- 800 ml of milk;
- 2 cinnamon sticks;
- 2 tbsp. l. honey.
Cooking. Pour buckwheat with four glasses of water, add salt and put on fire for half an hour. Put cinnamon in hot milk and pour honey, then cover the container with a lid and leave to infuse without fire for about fifteen minutes.
Buckwheat porridge should be served in deep bowls filled with milk.
Loose porridge
Plain buckwheat has always been popular not only as a side dish, but also as an independent dish.
Components:
- 1 st. buckwheat;
- 2 tbsp. water;
- butter to taste.
Cooking. Lightly fry buckwheat in a hot frying pan, pour into a pot of boiling water, add a little salt. Cover the container with a lid and keep on low heat for about half an hour. In no case should you mix the contents of the container, as in the end you can get an incomprehensible consistency instead of beautiful crumbly buckwheat. Serve in bowls with a slice of butter.
It is recommended to add a little cheese to buckwheat, so it will become even tastier.
Fritters with honey
Not everyone has heard about the existence of buckwheat fritters, this dish will become a healthy diet breakfast in the morning, which will fill you with energy for the whole day.
Components:
- 1 egg;
- 250 grams of flour;
- salt;
- 1 st. l. vegetable or olive oil;
- 2 tbsp. l. honey;
- 0.5 tsp soda;
- lemon juice;
- 300 ml of milk;
- 0.5 st. buckwheat flakes.
Cooking.
Pour cereal into a deep container, add salt, egg, honey and beat everything with a fork. Then you need to pour the composition with cold milk and lemon juice and leave the container with buckwheat flour to swell. When the flakes increase in size, you can pour them into a pre-prepared composition of flour with the addition of soda, put butter there and beat everything with a whisk. To avoid excessive hardness of the pancakes, it is not recommended to beat the mass until smooth, lumps should be visible inside.
Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and spread the pancakes with a spoon, flattening them a little. Fry on both sides. Arrange treats on a plate when ready.
For breakfast, serve with various jams, condensed milk or honey.
Casserole with apples and raisins
Another non-standard buckwheat recipe that family members will definitely like as a breakfast.
Components:
- 2 tbsp. buckwheat;
- 140 grams of honey;
- 2 apples, preferably green;
- 1 st. raisins;
- 1 st. l.flour;
- 2 tbsp. l. corn starch;
- 100 ml olive or vegetable oil;
- 1 tsp baking powder;
- salt to taste.
Cooking.
Cook buckwheat in the standard way. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Pour flour, baking powder, starch into buckwheat porridge and mix everything well, then pour in honey and mix again. Pour raisins with boiled water, leave for ten minutes, then transfer everything to a colander. Peel and cut apples into cubes, it is recommended to take large fruits to get more stuffing. It is necessary to mix them with raisins and add them to buckwheat together with butter. Cover the form with baking paper and put the contents of the pan on top, bake for about forty minutes.
Cool completely before serving and serve with jam or condensed milk. Some people like to add other fruits and berries, such as banana, strawberries, raspberries.
Kissel
Perhaps this is the most unusual way of cooking buckwheat, however, it is very useful. If you drink buckwheat jelly half an hour before meals every day for two months, the vessels will be cleansed, metabolism will normalize, excess salts will come out and swelling will be removed.
Components:
- 3 art. l. buckwheat flour;
- 1.5 st. water.
Pour the flour with warm water and let it brew for ten minutes. Bring a liter of water to a boil and gradually add the flour mass, lowering the heat. Boil the composition for three minutes, stirring constantly.
How to cook delicious buckwheat porridge, see the following video.