Most people prefer meat patties to garnish. After all, this product is distinguished by its calorie content and nutritional value. Well, those who opted for vegetarian food or follow the figure have already been able to appreciate that buckwheat cutlets are very tasty and healthy.
Product benefits
Many experienced housewives know how to cook such delicious cutlets from buckwheat that they can rightfully compete with meat ones. Moreover, this cereal helps in the fight against excess weight, because it is not so high in calories. Buckwheat is a dietary product that is good for all people. But it is especially needed by patients with diabetes, anemia, cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the joints, as it removes excess cholesterol from the body, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, increases the hemoglobin level in the blood, strengthens teeth and bones. It also contains easily digestible proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as many minerals: cobalt, nickel, iodine, boron, zinc, copper, phosphorus, calcium, iron. To avoid getting bored with buckwheat cutlets, you can cook them in various ways.
Buckwheat cutlets
For ordinary cutlets you will need: buckwheat, water, 1 onion, 1 egg, flour, spices, vegetable oil and salt.
First you need to boil the cereal to the state of a crumbly porridge. Then leave it to cool. At this time, you need to finely chop the onion, heat the frying pan, pour a little vegetable oil, pour the onion there and fry it until golden brown. Then you have to mix the two ingredients together. Next, add salt to this mixture to taste, mix well and set aside to cool completely.
When the mass has cooled to room temperature, you can add the following components there: a raw egg, seasonings and flour. Knead to a thick consistency, mold small balls from the minced meat, roll them in flour, squeeze slightly from the sides and put in a preheated pan with vegetable oil. Fry the cutlets for 10 minutes on each side. Who loves them without a crust can be cooked in a double boiler. In this case, you do not need to turn them over, but simply set the cooking time to 15-20 minutes. The cooked dish is served with sour cream and fresh herbs, as an independent dish, or with any side dish.
Buckwheat cutlets with mushrooms
They are made in almost the same way as simple ones. Only for them will you still need mushrooms-champignons or oyster mushrooms, 800 g. You will also need bread crumbs. Buckwheat porridge is prepared here, as in the above recipe. Only dressing for minced meat is done as follows: finely chopped onion is sautéed in vegetable oil in a frying pan along with chopped mushrooms for 10-15 minutes. with thorough stirring. Then you need to allow the mass to cool down. Next, turn the prepared composition with a blender into a cream and add to the chilled porridge. Eggs and flour are not added, as they are easily glued together by the cream of mushrooms and onions. Then cutlets are molded and rolled in bread crumbs. They already have a different, also very pleasant taste. At the same time, the rating of the hostess in the house of the household will increase significantly, and guests will not bypass such a hospitable house.
