Out of curiosity I bought buckwheat flour, but I do not know how to make a good dough from it. Bashny.Net

Flour is not the most high-calorie product, but people who monitor their health try to avoid flour food. The fact is that ordinary wheat flour of the first grade is cleaned from the most useful ingredient - fiber. Therefore, bread is called fast carbohydrates, because without fiber, bread is quickly absorbed by the body and deposited on the sides. Buckwheat flour, especially cooked at home, wins both in composition and nutritional value of the product.

For comparison, 100 g of wheat flour averages 350 calories. They contain 10 g of protein, 1 g of fat, 76 g of carbohydrates. 100 g of buckwheat flour is also 350 calories, but it is 13 g of protein, 1 g of fat and 70 g of carbohydrates. At the same time, buckwheat is considered the queen of croup for a reason, it contains a number of vitamins: B, P, C, and also iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iodine.



For health, buckwheat is not a cereal crop, so it does not contain gluten, which many avoid in our time. Regular introduction of products from buckwheat flour can normalize metabolism and reduce blood cholesterol. Buckwheat stabilizes the functioning of the nervous system and normalizes the brain.



Buckwheat flour is a good choleretic. To do this, 1 tbsp of flour should be added to a glass of kefir and leave kefir in the refrigerator for one night. Before breakfast, you need to drink kefir the next day. With buckwheat flour, jelly with walnuts is also prepared for atherosclerosis, digestive problems.



With reduced hemoglobin, a mixture of dried fruits is prepared in equal parts with 2 tbsp. l. buckwheat flour and honey. The tool should be taken 1 tbsp. l. three times a day. Buckwheat flour is also used for the first feeding of infants. From six months, you can begin to introduce buckwheat porridge into the baby's diet from flour on water or milk.



For beauty, buckwheat flour, due to its composition, is effective as masks for skin and hair. To moisturize dry skin, you need to mix 1 tbsp of flour with egg yolk and 1 tsp of honey. The mask removes inflammation, peeling and moisturizes the skin.

For the whole body, you can prepare a mask of buckwheat flour with milk, salt and honey. Such a mask should be applied to the skin after taking a bath and hold for 15 minutes, then washed off with warm water. The skin after the mask with buckwheat flour becomes velvety and tender. Milk moisturizes, flour with salt acts as a scrub.



Mask made of buckwheat flour is good for eliminating fatty hair. Mix 100 g of buckwheat flour with milk and juice of half a lemon. The mixture should be thick, like fatty sour cream. Apply the gruel to the hair roots after washing your head. Brush your hair with a comb and spread the mask along the entire length. In 30 minutes, wash the mask with running water. After this mask, the hair becomes soft and thick.



To prepare buckwheat flour, you must first go through it. Wash the cereal with cold water 2-3 times to get rid of debris. Pour the cereal in the coop and wait for the water to run. After the water drains, the cereal should be dried in a dry pan on a small fire.

Roast the cereal in the pan, stirring it with a spoon from time to time, for 7-10 minutes. Take the buckwheat off the fire and let it cool on a paper napkin. In an hour, grind the cereal in a blender. Ask the cereal through the sieve and grind what's left on the sieve again. Pour the cereal into a dry sealed container. Buckwheat flour makes delicious pancakes, buns and bread. Most often, flour must be mixed with wheat flour to keep the dough in shape.