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How to cook buckwheat pilaf: a simple recipe for an unusual dish
06.03.2023 11:00
Updated: 14.04.2023 12:16
The basis of pilaf is rice. But this is if we mean the classic version of the dish.
The popular dish can be made from other grains, for example, buckwheat.
It will be no less delicious. And some gourmets will like buckwheat pilaf much more than rice pilaf. And all thanks to the unusual and bright aroma.
It is quite easy to prepare a non-standard version of a well-known dish of oriental cuisine.
Ingredients
To prepare buckwheat pilaf you will need the following products:
- buckwheat - 600 g;
- beef (or other meat) cut into small cubes - 600 g;
- grated carrots - 400 g;
- onions, cut into strips or cubes - 200 g;
- olive oil - 100 ml;
- butter - 100 g;
- salt and spices to taste.
Cooking process
First, you should heat up the vegetable and meat bases. To do this, add mixed oil (100 ml olive oil + 50 g butter) to the cauldron.
Prepared onion should be poured into a container with hot oil mixture. After a minute, meat should be added to the container.
When the meat component is half-ready, add the carrots to the cauldron. After thoroughly mixing, pour a liter of water over the mixture in the dish.
Once the liquid starts to boil, add salt and spices. Reduce heat and wait for about 60 minutes.
While the meat and vegetable components are cooking, you need to heat up the cereal in a frying pan. It is desirable that the buckwheat is sautéed in 50 grams of butter.
The heated cereal component should be poured into the cauldron, after which the heat should be increased. There is no need to stir the contents yet. The contents of the container should be filled with water so that the liquid is 1.5 cm higher than the buckwheat.
You need to wait until the liquid has completely boiled away. At this stage, there should be no lid on the cauldron.
But after the water has completely evaporated, cover the pan and reduce the heat. After 30 minutes, the buckwheat pilaf will be ready. All that remains is to stir the contents of the cauldron well.
