Buckwheat porridge is an unusually healthy dish. It is great for both adults and baby food. The technology for preparing porridge for children has certain features.
Buckwheat is a source of valuable proteins, vitamins, microelements. It is especially rich in B vitamins, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, zinc. It contains almost all the valuable components that are necessary for the normal functioning of the body.
In order for the use of buckwheat porridge to bring maximum benefit, you need to learn how to choose the right cereal. It should not be too dark, and it should not contain a large amount of impurities. It is better to give preference to kernels, and not crushed cereals or instant food. In the process of processing and industrial grinding, buckwheat loses some of its useful properties.
Before starting culinary processing, the cereals must be sorted out, while removing all foreign impurities, and then pour it into a colander and rinse under running water.
For kids, you need to cook buckwheat prodel, which is a crushed kernel, or even buckwheat flour. The grinding process is best done on your own. It is not very difficult, but in this case it is possible to preserve almost all the valuable components of the cereal.
You can grind buckwheat in a coffee grinder. You can also pour a small amount of cereal onto a wooden board and crush the buckwheat with a rolling pin.
Buckwheat porridge is excellent as a first complementary food. Babies can be given it after 6-7 months. In this case, it is necessary to take into account some of the features of its preparation.
To cook porridge for babies, you need to pour 100 milliliters of water into a small bowl or small saucepan and add 1 teaspoon of buckwheat or flour to it, and then put the dishes on the stove. When the water boils, you can reduce the heat and cook the buckwheat for 7-10 minutes. The finished porridge turns out to be quite liquid. It can be spoon-fed to your baby or poured into a bottle with a nipple.
After the child reaches 10 months, you can offer him a thicker porridge. For 100 milliliters of water, you can take 2-3 teaspoons of chopped buckwheat flour.
After a year, children can be offered buckwheat porridge cooked in milk. To prepare it, you need to pour into a saucepan half a glass of buckwheat, half a glass of water and cook until the water has evaporated almost completely. After that, you need to add half a glass of milk to the pan and boil for another 5 minutes. In this case, cow's milk can also be replaced with diluted milk formula.
Milk is a fairly allergenic product. That is why milk porridge should be introduced into the baby's diet with great care. If there are signs of allergy, you should exclude it from the menu and cook buckwheat only in water.
Older children can cook whole buckwheat porridge. To prepare it, you need to pour 2 cups of water into a saucepan, pour a glass of buckwheat into it, bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat and then cook under a closed lid for 20 minutes. After the end of cooking, it is recommended to wrap the pan with a warm towel for 5-10 minutes to steam the cereals.
