Cooking buckwheat gravy at home

Buckwheat can be called not only one of the most popular side dishes, but also the most delicious of cereals. It perfectly saturates, enriching the human body with energy. Previously, aromatic buckwheat was cooked in the oven, generously seasoned with butter, seasoned with mushrooms and onions, hard-boiled chopped eggs.

Today, the hostesses have changed their favorite dish somewhat, because gravy is now used for its refueling, and there are many branded recipes in every family. Despite the deviation from the classic recipe and the absence of ovens, the ancient dish pleases with its unique taste.

Important features of making gravy

Dressing for any side dish should become not only tasty, but also a useful addition, since cooked buckwheat is itself considered a bland dish. Do not forget that buckwheat porridge is very useful as a source of proteins, amino acids, and microelements, essential for health promotion, which are irreplaceable for humans.

Therefore, in order to prepare the correct gravy for buckwheat porridge, you need to know some of the features of the products:

if beef or chicken is chosen for the meat sauce, then it should be a sirloin or brisket
it is better to prepare a fragrant mushroom sauce from fresh forest mushrooms, if they are not available, ordinary champignons will do
vegetable dressing is prepared with onions and carrots, seasoning with tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, not forgetting about herbs and spices
gravy with flour, onions and peppers, seasoned with tomato paste, this is a recipe for an instant gravy when there is a minimum of food in the house
based on milk, sour cream, cream, you can also prepare sauces for buckwheat porridge, but you cannot do without onions, flour and seasonings

If you decide to make gravy, you will have to get the necessary utensils. You will need a frying pan (preferably cast iron), it is advisable to stock up on a saucepan, as well as a bowl, a small saucepan. The hostess, of course, cannot do without a knife, a cutting board and a grater.

To prepare the sauce, its meat and vegetable components should be washed well. Cut the meat product into small pieces, pre-peeled vegetables - chop with a knife or on a grater.

Popular gravies for buckwheat porridge

The traditional choice of dressing for buckwheat is meat or mushrooms. Meat of any kind gives the garnish satiety and a special taste, enhances the thickness of the porridge. Unusually delicate taste of mushrooms, their unique aroma and consistency will turn buckwheat porridge into a real delicacy.

Meat sauce for buckwheat porridge

When choosing a meat ingredient, you can focus on beef, pork, veal, chicken are suitable. The most popular is the seasoning with beef, it has a wonderful taste and excellent appearance. Pork gravy can stratify the meat and add extra fat to the porridge. With chicken meat, the dressing will be amazingly tender, dietary. How to make beef gravy? It's not difficult at all.

What you need:

beef tenderloin - 400-500 gr.
onions - one medium-sized head
three tablespoons each of wheat flour and butter
instead of tomato sauce or tomato paste (diluted with water), you can use tomato juice
salt, a set of spices

What to do:

In half a tablespoon of melted butter in a pan, fry the meat cut into pieces, stirring it
Add beef broth there and stew a little, but not until fully cooked, because you will still need to add vegetables
While the meat is stewing, fry the chopped onion with carrots in half a spoonful of oil, then combine it with the meat
In the remaining two tablespoons of oil, brown the flour in a saucepan with a little hot water
In order for the gravy to be homogeneous, without lumps, the flour brew should be constantly stirred.

When the flour mass becomes creamy, it is added to the meat, not forgetting about salt and spices. Tomato sauce lovers can season them with gravy and simmer, lowering the heat, until the meat is cooked. Before serving, sprinkle the ready-made buckwheat dressing with finely chopped dill or parsley.

Chicken gravy for buckwheat

Thanks to chicken meat, the porridge dressing turns out to be of an especially delicate taste, it is suitable for diet food. For gourmets, you can prepare a dish according to a special recipe with the addition of garlic and mushrooms. This version of the gravy softens the chicken meat, gives it a special flavor, and it's not difficult to prepare the dish.

What you need:

500 gr. chicken fillet
100 g champignon mushrooms
medium head of onion
a few cloves of garlic
incomplete tablespoon of butter
some cream

What to do:

After washing the chicken fillet, dry it with a paper towel or a clean cloth.
The meat is cut into medium-sized strips, browned in butter, stewed for 20-30 minutes
Mushrooms are added to the almost finished meat, also cut into strips, with them the gravy will become more aromatic
Until the mushrooms are cooked, add onion (finely chop) and garlic (crush in a garlic) to the dressing
Stir the gravy, season it with salt, if desired, put a little pepper, cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for 5-7 minutes

The main highlight of this version of chicken gravy to buckwheat in the addition of cream. They are poured in at the final stage of cooking. During the cooking process, the brew is constantly stirred, after adding the cream, it is brought to a boil, but you cannot boil it.

Budget porridge dressing

It happens that people cannot often afford to eat meat for financial reasons or because of health problems. But even in this case, you should not deny yourself delicious food, you can prepare a seasoning for buckwheat without meat, but with vegetables and sausage. Students will be delighted with this recipe, they often do not have enough funds for meat products. How to make an economical gravy for buckwheat? Very simple!

What you need:

300 gr. boiled sausage, it can be replaced with sausages
vegetables - a head of onion and one carrot
a tablespoon of flour, as well as ketchup
additives to taste - a little garlic, black pepper, herbs, salt

What to do:

The carrots are grated, but not small, otherwise they will turn into porridge. Cut the onion into medium cubes
In a frying pan in heated vegetable oil, fry the onion until golden brown. Add grated carrots and chopped sausage
When the mixture is browned, add flour, slowly adding water. So that the flour does not take in lumps, the mass is constantly mixed
When the brew acquires the necessary thickness, you should reduce the heat so that the flour does not burn. For another three minutes, the gravy needs to be extinguished
You can now add ketchup, chopped herbs and garlic. Add your favorite spices to the seasoning, remembering to stir constantly. Put out three more minutes

Vegetable gravy recipe

Thanks to meat sauces, buckwheat porridge becomes much more nutritious, contributes to saturation for a long time. However, vegetable spices, when cooked correctly, are just as good as meat spices. The set of vegetables included in the gravy can be very diverse, in accordance with the tastes and availability of vegetables. Next is one of the options for vegetable dressings.

What you need:

one eggplant, can be replaced with zucchini, squash, zucchini
onion and one carrot
two to three medium tomatoes
half a glass of cream
two tablespoons of vegetable oil
a few cloves of garlic to taste

What to do:

Peel the washed vegetables, cut into cubes, they should be small
In vegetable oil preheated in a frying pan, brown the vegetable mixture
Now vegetables can be salted, seasoned with your favorite spices, chopped tomatoes, garlic, pour cream

It is important to remember that the gravy with the addition of cream should not boil. If the vegetables were large, you will have to take a little more cream than according to the recipe. Eliminating cream from gravy makes it an essential addition to fasting days. Thanks to the softening of vegetables during stewing, the gravy becomes thick and light, because it does not contain flour and animal fat.

Soy Sauce Gravy Option

This vegetable addition to boiled buckwheat is perfect for a vegetarian diet. Buckwheat seasoned with soy sauce, you can include a weight loss menu, but if the diet is not salt-free. It is important to consider that if gravy is based on soy sauce, buckwheat is cooked without adding salt.

What you need for refueling:

two stalks of leeks
three tablespoons of soy sauce
a tablespoon of vegetable oil
a pinch of pepper and sugar

What to do:

The washed leeks should be dried and then chopped. Then fry in a pan in vegetable oil until it acquires a transparent appearance
Now onion frying is flavored with soy sauce, pepper for spiciness, and sugar for a special aftertaste
Warm up the seasoning for a minute over low heat to pour it over only cooked buckwheat porridge

The easy-to-prepare gravy cannot be compared to the classic vegetable version with the addition of tomato sauce in terms of taste. To improve the already unique taste of the dish, buckwheat under soy sauce is simmered in the oven for another 20-30 minutes.

If desired, leeks can be substituted with onions with the addition of carrots and small beets. Beets are pre-boiled, cut into strips to add to vegetable frying. All year round, there is the opportunity to experiment with different sets of vegetables, improving the taste of your favorite dishes.