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While I'll bet that buckwheat would work great for pancakes (and

buckwheat pancakes are good :-) ), you can use unsprouted whole

buckwheat (kasha) for salads too - though I like the idea of using

sprouted leaves as well. (You know, I'll bet a combination of the

two - with other things like tomatoes and red onions - would be

really tasty) :-) (Though with the rate mold grows in this area... ;-

) ) Anyway, my box has the following instructions (sorry for the US

measurements):

* boil 2 cups water or broth (with 2 tbsp butter optionally)

* add 1 cup kasha (with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper optionally)

* cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes or until most of the

water is absorbed

* fluff before serving

 

If I was going to use it for a salad (which, I think I might take a

tabouleh recipe and just substitue some kasha for the bulgar), I'd

fluff it a lot and let it cool, then add stuff.

 

(And ain't it great that it's a fruit! A wonderfully gluten-free

fruit! ;-) (I'm celiac.) )

 

Tiffany

 

herbal remedies , Persian <persian13@i...>

wrote:

> Hi,

>

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 05:31:57 -0000, tarnalberry wrote:

> > I'm unfamiliar with the description " kibbled buckwheat " , so I'm

just

> > taking a guess from your description of the result that it's not

> > kasha. Kasha is a roasted form of buckwheat that looks a lot

like a

> > very large grain bulgar that you can make salads with. There

might

> > be other forms of buckwheat you can make into a salad; that's

just

> > the one I know about.

> >

>

> So how would I make kasha for salads? Also bulgur, just cook and

cool it?

> I am not in the states, I think kasha may be available here.

>

> The buckwheat looks like hmmm well light brown tiny flakes with

darker

> flakes and maybe tiny grains, not sure, threw out the cooked stuff.

> It looks like if you had taken some hazelnuts or others with a dark

brown

> outer skin on them and ground them into tiny pieces.

>

> I might have just bought the wrong thing, I thought I read recently

about

> buckwheat and quinoa for salad grains, I am faniliar with quinoa.

>

> thanks a lot

> Persian

> >

> > > I bought some organic kibbled buckwheat, never seen it before,

I

> > looked

> > > on the net and it said cook using 2 parts water to 1 part

buckwheat

> > > for 6 minutes.

> > >

> > > I cooked it and its like porridge, its all thick and gluggy, I

don't

> > > see how I can put it into a salad.

> > >

> > > Now I have some more soaking first, while I try and find out

what

> > to do with it.

> > >

> > > Does anyone know please? Thanks a lot

> > >

> > > Persian

> >

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