Emma Miller
There is one culinary tip that will make your buckwheat porridge crumbly and flavorful. To achieve this effect, you will need a little baking soda in the right proportion.
You may not guess what is put in buckwheat so that the grits are stripped of their specific smell and bitterness, are airier, and cooked much faster. This unexpected ingredient is the usual baking soda. The most important thing is to add the baking soda to the buckwheat in the right amount and at the right time.
The key rule when boiling buckwheat is to respect the proportion: for one portion of buckwheat you need to take two portions of water. If you want your buckwheat to be more crumbly, use a ratio of 1 to 2.5.
How much baking soda to add to buckwheat – what you need to know
Put the baking soda in the boiling water, it needs very little – as much as will fit on the tip of a knife. After that, pour the rinsed groats.
If you decide to add soda when boiling buckwheat, you should put much less salt.
How to cook buckwheat with baking soda – what you need to know
Salt the water in the pot, wait for it to boil, and add the baking soda and half as much buckwheat as the liquid is poured. Turn the heat down to low, cover the pot with a lid, and simmer the buckwheat for 20 minutes.
Then add oil to the buckwheat, cover the pan with foil, cover it with a lid, and put the buckwheat in a warm oven (“Keep warm” mode) and leave the garnish to infuse for an hour or even two hours. The buckwheat will absorb excess moisture, and then the porridge will become crumbly and fragrant.
How to cook buckwheat overnight is useful
Green buckwheat is considered the most useful since it is simply harvested and dried, it is a living “product”, which can even be sprouted. It retains more useful substances than brown buckwheat, which has been heat-treated. Brown buckwheat has been calcined and is already “dead”.
To make the healthiest side dish you will need a regular thermos. Take green buckwheat, put it in a thermos, add oil and pour hot water – this is how to cook buckwheat healthily. Cooked in this way buckwheat can be eaten in an hour.
Pay attention that the thermos should have a wide neck so that you can wash it later from the porridge.
