Russian
Grechnevaya Kasha (Buckwheat Porridge with Milk)
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Grechnevaya Kasha (Buckwheat Porridge with Milk) is Russian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the buckwheat groats in cold water and drain well.
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Combine the groats with the water and a pinch of salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
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Cover and simmer 10 minutes until the water is absorbed and the groats are tender.
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Stir in the milk and sugar and simmer 5 minutes more, stirring, until creamy.
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Spoon into bowls, top each with a pat of butter, and serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Russian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Grechnevaya Kasha (Buckwheat Porridge with Milk), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Grechnevaya Kasha (Buckwheat Porridge with Milk) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Gorohovyi Sup (Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 13 g
- Carbs
- 53 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 7 g
- Sodium
- 260 mg
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Grechnevaya Kasha (Buckwheat Porridge with Milk) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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