How to make buckwheat pancakes

It is impossible to imagine Russian cuisine without pancakes. A simple set of products - flour, egg, water or milk, and now on the table a stack of ruddy goodies smokes. And what an abundance of recipes!

We are used to the taste of pancakes made from wheat flour, but a couple of centuries ago it was a luxury for ordinary people. Pancakes were prepared from various cereals: millet, oat, pea and buckwheat. The latter was especially revered in Russia. Our ancestors said: "Buckwheat porridge is our mother, and rye bread is my father." Buckwheat pancakes served as a decoration for the festive table, not a single Shrovetide could do without them.

Nowadays, nutritionists do not favor wheat flour. Products from it are high-calorie, contain few useful substances, their frequent use becomes the cause of the appearance of excess weight. Buckwheat pancakes are a godsend for diabetics and weight watchers, as well as a great way to pamper your family with a new, healthy and tasty dish.

Classic recipe for milk

Buckwheat contains little gluten. Without it, pancakes do not hold their shape and fall apart. The addition of wheat flour makes the dough more sticky.

• Buckwheat flour: 300 g.
• Wheat flour: 100 g.
• Milk: 600 ml.
• Chicken egg: 3 pcs.
• Sugar: 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil: 4 tbsp. l
• Baking soda: ½ tsp.
• Salt: ½ tsp

How to cook:

1. Sift both flour, mix.
2. In another bowl, mix the eggs with sugar, salt and soda. Beat well, you can use a mixer.
3. Pour in milk and beat well again.
4. Pour the flour mixture into the egg, stirring to avoid the formation of lumps.
5. Add oil.
6. We grease the heated pan with oil and heat it. Frying pancakes.
7. Non-stick coating should be lubricated only before baking. The usual pan - as needed, when you notice that the dough is sticking.

Buckwheat contains less carbohydrates than other cereals. The body spends a lot of energy on the digestion of buckwheat, which makes it a dietary product. Dishes from this cereal help remove cholesterol and normalize blood sugar.

Buckwheat pancakes without wheat flour

Gluten is part of wheat flour; some people cannot tolerate this substance. Gluten can cause an allergic reaction in children. Diabetics and dieters try not to use wheat flour.

• Buckwheat flour: 300 g.
• Milk: 600 g.
• Chicken egg: 2 pcs.
• Sour cream: 2 tbsp. l
• Butter: 2 tbsp. l
• Sugar: 2 tbsp. l
• Dry yeast: 2 tsp.
• Salt: ½ tsp

Cooking:

1. Put 1 cup of milk to the side. Heat the rest of the milk to 38ºС.
2. Pour yeast with sugar into a container with milk. Set aside for 10 minutes, mix thoroughly.
3. Take a large bowl as the dough rises a lot. Pour the yeast mixture, add flour and sour cream.
4. Grind until the mixture becomes homogeneous.
5. Wrap the dishes with a blanket and leave warm for 2-3 hours.
6. Separate the whites from the yolks. Melt the butter.
7. Add the yolks, oil and salt to the dough. Knead and pour the remaining glass of milk.
8. Beat the protein until a thick foam appears.
9. Put the proteins in the dough and gently stir. The dough is ready, you can bake.

Buckwheat is rich in protein. The composition of cereals includes 18 amino acids necessary for the body. The inclusion of buckwheat in the diet helps to cope with the lack of protein for vegetarians and people who are on a diet or fasting.

Yeast-Free Recipe

Dough without yeast should be cooked in the evening, so that it comes to the morning.

• Buckwheat flour: 120 g.
• Chicken egg: 3 pcs.
• Milk: 100 g.
• Water: 100 g.
• Lemon juice: 1 tbsp. l
• Butter: 1 tbsp. l

Cooking:

1. Combine water with milk, salt.
2. Pour the flour into small pieces, mixing the dough well each time.
3. Add soft butter and lemon juice, stir.
4. Leave the dough overnight in a room, a process called fermentation.
5. The next day, mix the eggs in the mixture, the dough is ready.

Buckwheat contains vitamins of group B, trace elements: copper, boron, aluminum, phosphorus, chromium, cobalt. Elements such as selenium, titanium and vanadium are not found in other cereals. The high iron content, 5 mg per 100 g with a daily norm of 10 mg, makes buckwheat dishes useful in the treatment of anemia.

Kefir pancakes

Pancakes on kefir are more lush and delicate, with "holes". Kefir can be replaced with other dairy products, if they are sweet - the amount of sugar can be reduced.

• Buckwheat flour: 175 g.
• Kefir: 200 g.
• Water: 200 g.
• Chicken egg: 2 pcs.
• Sugar: 2 tbsp. l
• Salt: ½ tsp

Cooking:

1. Beat the eggs until foam.
2. Pour kefir.
3. Salt and put sugar.
4. Stir the resulting composition.
5. Pour the flour into the egg-kefir mixture.
6. Rub to a homogeneous state without lumps.
7. Pour in the water. We do this gradually, in parts, stirring the mixture after each serving.
8. The dough should turn out pretty liquid. The thick mass can be diluted with water to the desired consistency.

If pancakes break during baking, add wheat flour to the dough.

Buckwheat grains contain a large amount of routine. It is a natural antioxidant. Rutin normalizes metabolism, enhances the action of vitamin C.

Useful Tips

Buckwheat pancakes are "more capricious" than wheat ones. This is due to the features of buckwheat flour. So that pancakes do not become lumpy, pay attention to the advice of experienced housewives.

• Be sure to sift the flour. This saturates it with oxygen and gives pancakes airiness.
• To prevent pancakes from falling apart, you can mix buckwheat flour with rice or oatmeal, add starch.
• Dissolve salt and sugar in a small amount of liquid, and only then add to the dough.
• Mix bulk products separately from liquids.
• If you first dissolve the salt in water, and then pour it into flour, this will reduce the formation of lumps.
• To prevent pancakes from sticking to the pan, add vegetable oil to the dough.
• If the diet allows, you can add butter instead of vegetable oil.
• Buckwheat flour swells a lot. If the dough is too thick, dilute it with milk or water.
• It is easiest to use a non-stick pan for frying. Cast iron cookware is also suitable.
• Lubricate the pan with half a potato or onion.
• Buckwheat pancakes are darker than wheat. If the surface has become golden coffee, then the pancake is ready.

How to serve buckwheat pancakes?

They blend wonderfully with savory fillings.

• Mushrooms fried with onions.
• Chopped meat.
• Salty fish.
• A mixture of boiled liver with frying of onions and carrots.
• Boiled eggs and green onions.
• Cheese.
• Red caviar and buckwheat pancakes are a truly royal combination.
• For sweet fillings, fruits and berries are suitable.

Buckwheat pancake recipes for a long time remained unclaimed. Nowadays, when more and more people want to eat right, they are becoming popular again. Choose a suitable recipe, follow the tips, and a plate of delicious and healthy buckwheat pancakes will gather your family at the table.