Cooked buckwheat in the microwave

Crumbly buckwheat cooked in a microwave oven! I have never considered a microwave oven as a technique for cooking, and not for heating. But the buckwheat cooked in the microwave turned out to be very crumbly, and it was not difficult to cook it at all! Everything is very simple and accessible!
Natalia TsybulskayaAuthor avatar
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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 14 % 7 g
Fats 22 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 65 % 33 g
246 kcal
GI: 0 / 100 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make cooked buckwheat in the microwave? Prepare all the products. Pay special attention to the choice of buckwheat. It is not worth saving on it, so always choose cereals from a reliable manufacturer. Such cereals are clean, without foreign impurities and do not contain larvae of cereal beetles. Even in the store, consider buckwheat directly in the package: the seeds should be smooth and clean. I always use homemade, high-quality oil with a fat content of at least 82%.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Inspect the cereal well again, if necessary, remove the garbage and rinse well under running water. For this purpose, it is best to use a sieve. Rinse the buckwheat until the water is completely transparent.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Prepare dishes that can be used in a microwave oven. Let me remind you once again that in no case should metal dishes and other kitchen utensils, as well as dishes with a gilded pattern, be used in microwaves - the microwave will spark and may burn. But ceramic, glass, porcelain, wooden and even paper dishes are allowed and recommended for use in microwave ovens. Put the buckwheat in a bowl.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Take the bowl deeper, because buckwheat will greatly increase in volume. Fill it with water. Take water at the rate of 1 cup of buckwheat 2 cups of water. Add a little salt.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Place in the microwave on a rotating glass stand.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Cover with a special lid for use in a microwave oven. Cook at maximum power for 5 minutes (I have a power of 1000, but it can be from 800 to 1200), - the water will boil. Then reduce the moshness to a minimum (400-600) and cook for another 10 minutes. Then leave the dishes with buckwheat in the oven for another 5 minutes. It is necessary that the water is completely absorbed into the buckwheat.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Add butter to the finished buckwheat and mix.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Delicious and crumbly buckwheat is ready! Enjoy your meal!

All the secrets of cooking buckwheat and how to choose it correctly so that the dish is delicious, read the article "The usual buckwheat. Do we know everything about her?"

How to cook delicious dishes in the microwave? It's easy and simple if you read an article about all the subtleties of cooking in microwaves.

Keep in mind that microwaves don't work the same way. The cooking time and recommended power may differ from those stated in the recipe. Read the instructions for your device and take into account the features of your equipment.

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
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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