Kitchen appliances and utensils:
- kitchen scales;
- measuring cup;
- tablespoon;
- knife;
- grater;
- hollow-ware;
- pan;
- hob;
- teapot;
- blender
- garlic press;
- form for baking;
- cutting board;
- Oven.
Ingredients
| Product | amount |
| buckwheat | 400 g |
| drinking water | 1 liter |
| vegetable oil | 200 ml |
| leek | 2 pcs. |
| carrot | 2 pcs. |
| tomato paste | 2 tbsp. l |
| sour cream 30% | 4 tbsp. l |
| garlic | 2 cloves |
| salt | pinch |
| pepper | 0.5 tsp |
| ground beef | 500 g |
Step cooking
- We boil 0.5 liters of water and pour 400 g of buckwheat with it. Let the croup stand to steam.
- We heat the pan and add about 150 ml of vegetable oil to it. Finely chop 1 onion and send it to fry.
- Following onions, pour 2 grated carrots on a pan into the pan. Mix everything and fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Without turning off the heat, add 2 tbsp to the browned ingredients. l tomato paste, a pinch of salt and 0.5 tsp. ground pepper.
- Continuing to fry vegetables with tomato paste and spices, pour 400 ml of water to them.
- Mix the frying well and add 2 tbsp to it. l sour cream.
- We mix everything well and turn off the fire.
- Grind 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic in a blender. Add the resulting mixture to 500 g of ground beef and season with all 2 tbsp. l sour cream.
- Knead all the ingredients and form balls on the meatballs.
- We put the oven to heat up to 180 degrees. We lubricate the deep form with vegetable oil and put buckwheat there, after draining the water from it.
- Add half the resulting fill over the buckwheat. Mix everything evenly and level the surface.
- We lay out the meat balls on top and cover them with the remaining filling.
- We send the form to the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes. We take the dish out of the oven, arrange it on plates and serve.
Did you know?Buckwheat is not recommended to be mixed with sugar, since it neutralizes all its beneficial properties.
Ready-made buckwheat with meatballs is an excellent lunch option. Most importantly, it diversifies traditionally prepared cereals and will surely appeal to all members of your family.
Useful properties of buckwheat
- In addition to taste, the proposed dish has a number of useful properties, since it contains buckwheat, which:
- rich in phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, zinc and iron;
- strengthens blood vessels;
- normalizes the work of the heart and gastrointestinal tract;
- helps with hypertension;
- acts as a good antioxidant;
- in terms of protein content exceeds all other types of cereals.
Video recipe
We suggest you watch a video with a step-by-step home-made recipe for cooking buckwheat with meatballs in the oven.
Buckwheat cooked in the oven retains much more vitamins and minerals. Perhaps now this dish will become a frequent guest at your family table? We invite you to share your culinary success in the comments.