How to germinate buckwheat and how to use it? How to germinate buckwheat at home How to germinate green buckwheat seeds

A lot has already been said about healthy eating today, and every day an increasing number of people change their habits for the sake of health. On the shelves of stores every now and then you can find colorful inscriptions: “GMO-free”, “Cholesterol-free”, “Organic products” and the like. But not all of the inscriptions may be true. People who are concerned about their health strive to get the most out of the foods they eat, and not just saturate the body with food. They put the benefits of products in the first place, and few people know that the products familiar to all of us hide incredible benefits.

So, for example, our favorite buckwheat is not only delicious cereal, it is also famous for its usefulness, especially if you include in your diet cereals that have not been subjected to heat treatment - frying -.

Giving preference to a healthy diet and switching to healthy foods, it is very important to maintain a balance and monitor the variety of dishes, because if you constantly eat the same foods, then there will be no benefit, and such a diet will get bored very soon. Green buckwheat enriches and makes a special variety in the diet, which can be prepared in several ways: soaking, steaming, sprouting. And if there are no questions about the first two methods, everything is familiar here, then a logical question is brewing at the expense of the latter: “How to germinate green buckwheat?”.

Buckwheat, and especially green, is a “magic” cereal: it contains such an amount of vitamins, minerals and trace elements necessary for the body that it is prepared in every family and the most suitable option is chosen. The use of buckwheat has a positive effect on the general condition of the body, it helps to increase hemoglobin, strengthen the immune system, promote cell regeneration, normalize metabolic processes in the body, in addition, this cereal is very useful for people with diabetes and because of this, following a strict diet that limits consumption of potatoes and bread.

Green sprouted buckwheat is especially useful; this is justified by the fact that in the first days after the sprout appears, the processes occurring in it are very similar in nature to those that occur in our gastrointestinal tract during the digestion of food. The percentage of nutrients that are absorbed by the body when eating sprouted grains is several times higher than when eating grains prepared in the usual way.

If you have made your choice in favor of germinated grains, but do not know how exactly to germinate green buckwheat, it does not matter, this is a fairly simple process, which we will discuss in detail below.

How to germinate green buckwheat at home

Green buckwheat is germinated due to its beneficial properties, in this form it is much easier to digest by the body with low energy consumption during digestion. Sprouts are rich in protein and vitamin C. If we draw an analogy between green sprouted buckwheat and ordinary buckwheat, then the first one is undoubtedly more useful.

But before learning the rules of how to germinate green buckwheat at home, you need to learn how to choose the right grains for sprouting.

Perhaps the most important point is that you need to choose exactly green buckwheat, because these grains did not lend themselves to heat treatment, unlike fried brown or steamed, they are still “alive”, and only they are able to sprout.

If you approach the issue seriously and choose the right cereal, then sprouting green buckwheat at home will not cause you any difficulties.

  • It is optimal for germination to stop at high-quality cereals of the last harvest, ideally, if it is “organic cereals”, that is, an ecologically clean place was chosen for sowing and no chemicals were used in the growing process;
  • Autumn or spring is the most optimal time to germinate buckwheat at home;
  • Carefully study the grains: their integrity should not be violated, and the color must be uniform green and beige;
  • There is no obligatory condition for purchasing buckwheat in a store or on the market, the most important thing is that the grains are of high quality.

Before you start germinating green buckwheat at home, you will need to carry out the following activities:

  • Choose the right dishes: try not to use plastic plates, it is better if you place the grains in a glass, porcelain or ceramic container.
  • Pick up shallow and wide dishes for soaking grains;
  • Be sure to thoroughly rinse the cereal, it is advisable to rinse several times. Rinse as many times as necessary so that the water drained from the cereal is clear;
  • Prepare clean water. It can be spring or filtered water;
  • Find a piece of gauze or bandage.

How to germinate green buckwheat for food

After buying the “right” grains and completing the preparation stage, you can proceed directly to the most important and interesting thing - the germination of buckwheat grains. The process is quite fascinating, at first glance, it seems time-consuming, but in fact there is nothing complicated here, everyone, even inexperienced ones, can handle it.

We have prepared a detailed description for you and outlined step by step how to properly germinate green buckwheat for food. So let's get started.

  1. Buy green buckwheat grains. Only green and no other: ordinary cereals will never germinate and your expectations will be in vain.
  2. Determine the required portion of cereal for sprouting. There are absolutely no restrictions here, everyone calculates the volume of a portion purely individually; we note that it is best to germinate cereals with a small margin (literally for 2–3 days), this will save you from having to return to the germination process every day;
  3. Very important! Be sure to rinse the seeds, even if they look clean - this is not an indicator. Rinse preferably under running water at least three times. You can wash the cereal in a way convenient for you: under running water, or pour the grains and later remove those that have floated to the surface.
  4. Next, you need to place the washed grains in the dishes where they will germinate.. It is better to choose wide glassware - it is convenient to lay out the grains in one layer on it.
  5. Separately, it is worth talking about water. For germination, you can not take ordinary tap water, it is necessary that the water be purified, but in no case boiled. Pour the grains with clean water in the proportion: pour three parts of water into one part of buckwheat.
  6. Get ready to wait. After about three hours, the grains will be twice their original size. That is why the dishes should be wide. If mucus starts to appear around the cereal, do not worry, there is nothing to worry about, just the cereal will need to be rinsed again under water.
  7. Have you decided to properly germinate green buckwheat for food? Do not leave the seeds to swell for more than ten hours, otherwise an irreversible fermentation process will begin and such grains will have to be thrown away. They cannot be eaten.
  8. Rinse the buckwheat after the first two to three hours of swelling and spread it in a thin layer on the surface of the dishes used for sprouting, and cover with one layer of gauze.
  9. Next, close the dish with a lid, but you don’t need to close it tightly, leave the air flow, the grains should breathe. For about a day, place the container in a warm place, and once every ten hours it is necessary to wash the cereal, but this must be done very carefully so as not to injure the sprouts.
  10. When the set time has passed, you can notice small sprouts, no more than two or three millimeters, they are optimally suited for eating.
  11. When the sprouts have reached the desired length, you can remove them from the heat and put them in the refrigerator, this way the growth will be stopped, or you can immediately start cooking your favorite dishes.

Before you germinate green buckwheat at home, carefully go through each of the painted steps and prepare everything you need to implement your idea. Feel free to start sprouting green buckwheat, and after a couple of days (this is the time period required for the grains to become as useful and tasty as possible), you will be able to taste sprouted green buckwheat and fill your body with the useful elements it needs.

Buckwheat is very popular in the food culture of almost all Slavic peoples. Some consider her the "queen of cereals", others treat her with some coolness. But adherents of a healthy diet, especially raw foodists and dividers, prefer such a product as sprouted buckwheat.

What is this product?

Many cereals are germinated for a healthy diet, for example, the same wheat, lentils or peas. Everyone knows that it is in the state of the first tender sprouts that the grain is able to give all its most useful ingredients: vitamins and microelements. This is due to the fact that germination gives impetus to the awakening of energy, due to which the future plant begins to develop. At the same time, the complex substances contained in the grain break down into simple proteins, carbohydrates, fats and amino acids, which are much easier to digest by our body.

Buckwheat sprouts are no exception, they also significantly enhance the nutritional value of cereals.

For sprouting, the so-called green buckwheat is used - groats, which, unlike brown buckwheat, are not treated with hot steam. That is why it does not lose its germination capacity and the grains, with sufficient moisture, can produce excellent sprouts.

By the way! Choose green cereals for germination. You can find it in pharmacies, health food stores or on the portals of the worldwide web.

Benefit and harm

On many Internet portals, the title above is very popular. Let's try to describe the properties of today's product based on these messages. What are the benefits and harms of sprouted buckwheat?

Benefit

In order to evaluate the usefulness of the product, first of all, we turn to its chemical composition. Buckwheat contains eighteen amino acids and many macro- and microelements that are beneficial for our body. This combination increases the resistance to diseases of the human immune system, improves the structure of the skeleton and reduces the risk of atherosclerosis.

It is also important that fresh sprouted green buckwheat is an excellent cleansing product. When it is used, toxins are removed from the body, which is undoubtedly a very important factor. This is especially important for people who are overweight or who have digestive problems.

Reference! One hundred grams of green cereal contains:

  • proteins - 12.6 grams;
  • fat - 3.3;
  • carbohydrates - 62;
  • water - 14;
  • dietary fiber - 1.3.

The great benefits of sprouted buckwheat are in the phospholipids contained in it, which are so popular today, at least as many commercials claim. These substances are able to rejuvenate the body and reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood. This is also facilitated by unsaturated acids, such as "Omega-3", the content of which in green cereals is also high.

Organic acids in sprouted buckwheat, let's remember the advertisement again (!), regulate the acid-base balance.

You can still give a lot of advantages of buckwheat, but for today we will limit ourselves to the data given.

Harm

It was always surprising that it turns out, no matter how useful this or that product is, there will always be a fly in the ointment. With regard to sprouted buckwheat, these are just three factors:

  • individual intolerance;
  • increased blood clotting;
  • overdose.
We will not talk about the first case, since this is already clear, but the increased content of routine in green buckwheat really makes this product enhance the effect of blood clotting, which is important for some people.

Frequent and increased consumption of green buckwheat can cause gas and other problems with heaviness in the stomach, so when using popular cereals, you need to remember a sense of proportion.

Germination

We turn to a conversation about how to germinate buckwheat. In fact, this process is quite simple, but still, some rules will have to be observed.

Purchase

Let's start with a trip to the store. In order for the product to be useful and really alive, you need to choose cereals carefully. Transparent packaging will clearly show you the composition of the grains contained in it. They should be aligned, the same color, not have extraneous inclusions.

The shelf life of cereals should not exceed one year, that is, it should be from a new crop. After opening the package, make sure that the smell of buckwheat is natural, vegetable, without foreign aromas and mustiness.

Attention! Only a fresh product can be useful!

Soak

Before sprouting green buckwheat, it must be thoroughly washed in a sieve or colander. Moreover, this must be done with greater care than when handling ordinary steamed brown cereals. This naturally follows from the characteristics of product processing - steam additionally cleans the grain from dust and dirt.

Germination of buckwheat, by the way, can be carried out directly in the same sieve or colander under a damp, clean cloth.

Many copies are broken in the issue of the timing of germination. Some argue that the process lasts 10-12 hours, others say more than a day. It seems to us that everything depends on the state of the cereal and the temperature in the room, so it is better to navigate not by time, but by the size of the seedlings. The strongest energy is observed in newly hatched grains, when the sprouts do not exceed half a centimeter in length.

Of course, the seedlings cannot reach such a length at the same time, but they should not exceed ten millimeters.

Let's summarize the conversation about germination by describing all the steps in detail:

  1. Thoroughly wash the buckwheat in several waters.
  2. We distribute the grains in a thin layer, 10-15 millimeters on a plate or in a sieve.
  3. Fill the buckwheat with water so that it covers the grains by a centimeter, lower the sieve into a pot of water to the desired depth.
  4. Cover the top with a damp cloth.
  5. After 5-6 hours, the water must be drained, and the grits should be washed from the unpleasant mucus that has appeared. however, some raw foodists like it and eat it.
  6. We cover the swollen washed cereal again with gauze and leave to germinate.
  7. When the sprouts reach the desired size, you can cook the healthiest dishes or eat them in the form of cereals.

Recipes with green buckwheat

Forgive me, supporters of a healthy diet, but green buckwheat porridge is very tasty and to some extent healthy, so let's start the description of sprouted buckwheat recipes with cooking porridge. Then we move on to more healthy dishes.

Simple buckwheat porridge

There are two ways to prepare this porridge. They differ in the soaking time of the grains. In the first, simpler version, you need to soak the cereal in water for at least half an hour. The second method involves boiling already germinated cereals. For a glass of cereal, you need to take three glasses of water.

  1. Put the pot on the stove and bring the water to a boil.
  2. We pour the grains into the water and again wait for the water to boil. At this time, remove the foam and add salt to the porridge.
  3. After the water boils again, turn off the heat and insist the grains under the lid for 15-25 minutes.
  4. When the water is absorbed into the cereals, the buckwheat is ready.

With this preparation, useful substances are preserved in the maximum amount. Porridge will be even more useful when steaming cereals in a thermos for 4-6 hours.

You can add additional ingredients to the finished porridge according to your taste, for example:

  • butter;
  • dried apricots or prunes;
  • raisin;
  • cardamom;
  • any berries;
  • fennel.

Porridge with pumpkin

Pumpkin itself is very useful, therefore it can enrich buckwheat porridge. To prepare this dish you will need:

  • green buckwheat - 80 grams;
  • milk, whole or baked - 250 milliliters;
  • sweet pumpkin pulp - 100 grams;
  • prunes or dried apricots;
  • honey - 10-20 grams;
  • cardamom, fennel, nutmeg to taste.

The order of preparation is as follows:

  1. Prepare buckwheat, soak in a quick or long way.
  2. Cut the pumpkin into 1 centimeter pieces.
  3. Add pumpkin pieces to warmed milk.
  4. Bring to a boil and boil the pumpkin in milk for about five minutes.
  5. Add the washed buckwheat to the pan.
  6. After boiling, turn off the heat and let it brew for 15-30 minutes.
  7. Put the porridge on a plate and add the rest of the ingredients.

Live sweet breakfast

In this and subsequent recipes, sprouted buckwheat will be used. Dishes from such a product are most useful. For a "live" breakfast we need:

  • buckwheat - 100 grams;
  • any nuts - 50 grams;
  • honey - 50 grams;
  • any fruit: apples, pears, plums, pineapple - optional.

Preparing it is very simple - take and mix the ingredients.

breakfast is serious

The seriousness of this salad is that, unlike the previous one, it does not contain sweet ingredients.

  • sprouted buckwheat - 150 grams;
  • olive oil - 1 tablespoon;
  • salt, dill, sesame.

This breakfast is also very easy to prepare. Groats are salted to taste and seasoned with oil, ground sesame seeds and finely chopped dill.

non-greek salad

Sprouted grains of buckwheat can also be used in the preparation of various vegetable salads. The composition of one of the interesting recipes is given below:

  • "live" buckwheat - 200 grams;
  • sweet pepper - 2 pieces;
  • small zucchini - 2 pieces;
  • anchovies or sprats - 2-4 pieces;
  • salt and pepper to taste.

All ingredients must be cut into small pieces and mixed with sprouted buckwheat grains. Put the salad on a dish garnished with arugula or other lettuce leaves.

strawberry dessert

Finally, we will again delight lovers of sweets with a strawberry dessert with sprouted buckwheat. To prepare it, you need to take the following products:

  • sprouted buckwheat - 200 grams;
  • raw almonds - 1 glass;
  • strawberries - 1 glass;
  • dates - 1 cup;
  • cocoa powder - 2 teaspoons;
  • melted coconut oil or honey - 50 grams.

Cooking yummy in this order

  1. Soak the dates for half an hour to make them softer.
  2. Grind all ingredients in a food processor or blender.
  3. At the end, add oil or honey.
  4. Form small cakes.
  5. Put the cakes on a baking sheet, previously greased with oil.
  6. Dry in the oven with the door open for half an hour at a temperature of 35-40 degrees.

Such preparation will not reduce the usefulness of the products that make up the dish.

Let's finish the article with a video recipe from green buckwheat:

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I have already talked about how easy and. Today I will tell you how to germinate green buckwheat quickly and easily at home, buckwheat is obtained without mucus, and it can be used immediately for food or for cooking other dishes.

We fill the washed buckwheat with clean filtered or good drinking water, depending on your capabilities. Soaking time is only 1 hour, but nothing bad will happen if more time passes.

After soaking buckwheat, it is necessary to drain all the water, be sure to leave nothing! You can hold the buckwheat itself with your hand and drain the remaining droplets.

During this time, the buckwheat has been saturated with water and is ready for germination, now it is important to ensure “normal breathing” for it, for this we distribute wet buckwheat throughout the germination container, it sticks well to the walls of the dishes, but despite this, it is better to choose dishes with flatter and wide edges - this will facilitate the distribution of buckwheat. Now that our buckwheat is spread in a thin layer, we cover it with a breathable cloth - it can be gauze or a cotton towel.

After that, we clean the buckwheat in a warm, dark place that excludes drafts, for example, in a kitchen cabinet. And we are waiting. You don’t need to mix anything or additionally moisten, buckwheat germinates well on its own. According to this method, it should germinate within a day, but this happens much earlier. After about 12 hours, buckwheat sprouts.

Sprouted buckwheat is obtained without mucus, you can additionally rinse it, and it is ready for use. If you do not plan to eat it in the near future, then it is better to put it in the refrigerator, where the processes of further growth slow down.

Everyone has long known that buckwheat must be germinated in order to get all the benefits of grain for yourself. After all, it is in the germinated grain that contains the maximum amount of vitamins and minerals.Many times more than in unforgiven dry grain and than in an already grown plant. Sprouting the grain, you thereby "revive" it. And by adding “revitalized” grains to your diet, you noticeably enrich your food - making it more nutritious and easily digestible! After all, brown roasted buckwheat will never germinate, which means that it is not alive and will not be able to transfer its valuable nutrients to you. Brown buckwheat is roasted at high temperatures to keep it longer. Only a living product sprouts, and this is green buckwheat - not killed by exposure to high temperatures.However, for some reason it is believed that germinating grains is long and dreary. And I know that very often not everyone succeeds in germinating green buckwheat at home the first time. Therefore, I decided to describe in detail how to sprout green buckwheat at home, so that everyone can enjoy this super-healthy Russian product.

I’ll tell you step by step how to quickly germinate green buckwheat at home:

1). Pour green buckwheat with drinking water at room temperature. And leave for one night. If some grains immediately float up, then they can be carefully removed from above and thrown away, since these are “dead grains” and they will not germinate anyway. Water needs to be poured a lot - about a third more than the volume of dry grain.

2). In the morning, thoroughly rinse green buckwheat with tap water. You will see that when soaking buckwheat, a lot of mucus was released. This is fine. Just this mucus and you need to properly rinse. If this mucus is not washed, then buckwheat simply will not germinate, since mucus interferes with germination. In the same way, if you want to sprout flax, it must be washed out of mucus. However, I use unsprouted flax with mucus, as it is very helpful in cleansing the intestines.

3). After you wash the green buckwheat, you need to cover it on top with a ventilated lid or a clean cloth and leave it to germinate at room temperature. It is not necessary to close it tightly - it is important that the buckwheat "breathes" and does not deteriorate. It is not necessary to fill green buckwheat with water. It will be wet after rinsing - that's enough. Please note that you need to spread green buckwheat on a sprouting tray in one layer (otherwise the lower layers of buckwheat will not germinate, because they will not “breathe”).

4). Then we just wait for the sprouts to hatch. At the same time, every 8-12 hours we wash green buckwheat with water. It takes just a couple of minutes, since there will be no more mucus and the buckwheat will be washed quickly. Such washing is necessary to moisten the buckwheat - this promotes germination. I wash in a colander.

5). Buckwheat germinates in about a day. And if you germinate a lot of buckwheat and can’t eat it all at once, then it’s better to store it in the refrigerator. Sprouted buckwheat is stored in the refrigerator for about 3 days. In principle, it can be stored in the refrigerator for longer, but it will begin to germinate further. But the most useful substances are concentrated in sprouts 1-3 mm long. Therefore, it is better to germinate buckwheat for a day so that there is no more left.

This is how easy and fast you can sprout buckwheat at home.

What is the use of sprouted green buckwheat?

  • Sprouted buckwheat is useful for overweight and obesity: it regulates cholesterol levels in the body and contains proteins and carbohydrates that are easily absorbed by the body;
  • Removes toxins from the body;
  • Germinated buckwheat seeds contain a very important polyunsaturated fatty acid Omega-3: prevention of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis;
  • Contains macro - and microelements: magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, silicon, phosphorus, manganese, silicon, selenium, sulfur, copper, zinc, nickel, chromium, iodine, cobalt, fluorine, boron, aluminum, vanadium. All of them are essential for the body and perform many functions, such as acid-base balance, participation in the production of insulin, prevention of cardiovascular diseases, support for immunity and bone structure, prevention of diabetes and atherosclerosis.

Sprouted green buckwheat to all!)

15.04.2016

Hi all! My name is Vika Leping, and today I will talk about how to germinate green buckwheat and why you need sprouted buckwheat at all. This is an incredibly important product in the diet of a healthy person, and now I put it on my list of very affordable superfoods. I described the list itself in my detailed article. Very interesting, read it. And if I were writing this article today, green buckwheat would not take the last place in it.

Yes, the benefits of buckwheat are undeniable, we all (East Slavic peoples) actively eat it from infancy, this is a very popular porridge, which has always been considered a source of health. However, is the buckwheat that we used to eat so useful, and how is green buckwheat useful? We all know that this cereal is endowed with an incredible amount of minerals and vitamins (if I start listing, it will take half a page), many of them are found only in buckwheat (from other cereals), it also contains essential amino acids (tryptophan, threonine and lysine), folic acid and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Yes, the composition of buckwheat is amazing! However, the usual brown buckwheat is a pre-fried cereal that has already lost half of its useful properties. Since it is impossible to eat it directly from the pack (it is very hard), we all cooked it for 20-25 minutes, and during this time it lost another half of its usefulness from the remaining half. Therefore, nutritionists recommend that ordinary fried buckwheat be poured with hot water at night, and not boiled, so there are more benefits, and it tastes even better - more crumbly. That is why it is green buckwheat that appears in my article, the benefits of which are 100%!

In addition, the benefits of green buckwheat during germination increase at least 2 times, because the dormant grains come to life, sprout, and the sprouts contain the most useful, the most "strong" substances that give tremendous energy to start the life of a new plant! By the way, having written the word "colossal", I thought about its origin, didn't it come from the word ear and from its strength? 🙂 Reflections of a philologist. Can you imagine how many useful things you have lost all your life?

And if you do not know where to buy green buckwheat, then I will say that it is often sold in simple stores. And if not, you can always order in the online health food store. And green buckwheat itself is absolutely inexpensive, its price in Kyiv differs from the usual one by 2-5 hryvnias. It is practically identical, which cannot but rejoice, although raw buckwheat (germination is possible only with it), it seems to me, should cost less, on the contrary, because the whole roasting process is omitted. But everyone wants to make money on people's health, there's nothing you can do about it.

And a few more words about the topic loved by women. Green buckwheat for weight loss is a great option. We all know the buckwheat diet, everyone sat on it, and indeed, you can lose a couple of kilograms on it, but I do not advise practicing mono-diets. This is not a healthy approach, lose weight on proper nutrition by connecting sports to it, namely cardio. But more about that another time. Now I’ll say that green buckwheat, whose calorie content is as much as 310 calories, oddly enough, really helps to lose weight because of the desired composition of grains, it normalizes metabolism and energizes for the whole day. The main thing is not to eat it in tons, like any other product. This is an excellent source of complex, healthy carbohydrates!

And after a long preface, which is undoubtedly very important, I will proceed to the process itself. So, sprouted green buckwheat, a step-by-step recipe with a photo, or how to germinate green buckwheat.

Ingredients

Cooking method

Sprouting green buckwheat is a fairly simple process, the main thing is to know a few rules. As you can see, you only need two ingredients available to everyone. First of all, thoroughly wash the buckwheat in a sieve and transfer it in an even thin layer to a flat baking dish, for example. Although, now I already use smaller plastic containers, but I already got my hands on it, so start with a larger surface.

Fill the grain with water. Green buckwheat for sprouting should be completely covered with it, it will absorb moisture and swell. We leave somewhere for 2.5-3 hours. It is possible for a longer time, it will begin to germinate directly in the water, but "mucus" will appear. This does not mean that the sprouted buckwheat has deteriorated, this is an ordinary process, this buckwheat jelly will need to be carefully drained, the green buckwheat itself will dry out and become normal. Although there are people who eat it 🙂 I am not one of them.

After the right time, we take a sieve and pour the liquid-jelly with buckwheat into it. By running your hand along the bottom of the sieve from the outside, we help the liquid drain. We wash our hand, repeat the process until the green buckwheat for sprouting remains with a minimum amount of liquid, it is impossible to drain it all. You can still rinse the grains with purified water, but I don’t do that, the jelly evaporates anyway.

Now I wash the container in which the green buckwheat for sprouting soaked, wipe and shift the grains back, distributing them in an even layer.

Cover with a towel or container lid, leaving a strong gap. If it is not there, sprouted buckwheat may become moldy and not dry out.

We leave the container with buckwheat overnight at room temperature. The main thing is not on the window, so that the rays of the sun do not fall. And in the morning we see a wonderful picture - the germination of buckwheat gave its sprouts!

Now you know how to germinate green buckwheat! In principle, it can be eaten now, but it is advisable to let it germinate for another day or two. So, as in the photo below, it will look like in 2 days. In general, the next day it is better to put it in the refrigerator, without closing it tightly, where it will continue to grow.

Long, beautiful shoots. Here is such a cool sprouted green buckwheat - recipes with it will be later, but I will say right away: it is desirable to eat it right. For me, it is very tasty, has a rich taste, completely different from ordinary boiled buckwheat, which cannot but rejoice me, because I have never loved or eaten the latter 🙂

But if you really don’t like this taste, I’ll tell you how to cook green buckwheat: just fill it with hot water, cover with a lid and let stand for 30-60 minutes. So it will be less useful, but still much more than usual and than unsprouted in general.

I also have a cool way to add crunchiness to plain yogurt! If sprouted buckwheat dries for a couple of days at room temperature, it becomes very crispy. Even more than just dry green buckwheat, which, by the way, you can also eat with pleasure, it is not hard at all, unlike ordinary buckwheat. Dried sprouted is my favorite to eat with low-fat unsweetened yogurt, favorite fruit, coconut, flaxseeds and honey! Delicious incredible! There is a photo from my Instagram :

Well, everything. Now you have access to a new green buckwheat, cooking, sprouting, raw food and all that. And I will summarize.

Short recipe: sprouted buckwheat, or how to germinate green buckwheat?

  1. We wash the buckwheat with running water, distribute it over a horizontal container, fill it with purified water and leave it for 2.5-3 hours.
  2. After a while, pour the grain for germination into a sieve and carefully drain all the jelly-like liquid, helping with your hand from the outside of the bottom.
  3. We wash the container in which the green buckwheat lay, wipe it and shift the seedlings back, distributing them in an even layer.
  4. Cover with a towel or lid, leaving a strong gap, put in a dark place at room temperature for the night, and preferably for 1-2 days.
  5. The next day, sprouted buckwheat can already be moved to the refrigerator, where it will continue to germinate safely.
  6. Now you know how to germinate green buckwheat!

My large and detailed guide to sprouting buckwheat is finished. Hope you find it useful! And I will continue to germinate various cereals and legumes, then I will tell you about my other achievements! This process of PP and healthy lifestyle dragged me out very much. But I will not deceive you, I can afford to eat nasty things if I really want to. Although, I usually try to replace them with something less harmful. It doesn’t always work out, most recently I ate chips and my favorite Milka with Oreo chocolate at night 😀 But I don’t regret it, sometimes you can. Do you have any similar "flares"? 😀

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