Instant Pot Buckwheat Porridge is a delicious gluten free plant based breakfast that'll keep you full for long. This buckwheat groats porridge is naturally sweetened with ripe banana & made with plant based milk. It's super healthy, packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and lots of fiber! This porridge is also dairy free.
Buckwheat Groats Porridge
Nothing beats a nutritious flavor packed breakfast that helps to kick start the day with a healthy note. And this creamy buckwheat porridge is just that. You'll love the neutral mild subtly sweet flavor.
Make it with your favorite plant based milk like almond, soy milk, rice milk, cashew milk or coconut milk. Top it with your favorite nuts like chopped almonds, pecans or walnut and lots of delicious raisins to make it a wholesome nutrient dense breakfast porridge!
It's a super versatile gluten-free vegan recipe that you can also make nut-free by choice! Just skip the nuts from the recipe and sub the nut milk with rice milk or soy milk.
What is Buckwheat?
Despite it's name buckwheat is not a wheat or a grain, it's a seed just like Quinoa and amaranth. It belongs to the family of pseudocereals which means it shares many similar properties like cereals but it doesn't grow on grasses unlike cereals. Buckwheat groats has a distinct tringle shape.
Buckwheat is naturally gluten free making it a great choice for a variety of special diets. Buckwheat groats are also nutrient dense whole grains making it an ideal choice for plant based whole food diet. It's a wonderful healthy alternative for grains.
You'll love the slightly nutty flavor and the chewy texture of buckwheat. It's s staple ingredient in Polish, Russian and several Middle Easter cuisines and mainly harvested in the northern hemisphere, especially in Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Find the Ingredients with actual measurements at the bottom of the post. The list below is just a reference.
- Buckwheat groats: Buckwheat groats are naturally gluten free, grain free and vegan.
- Plant based milk: We used almond milk. You can sub it with rice milk, soy milk, cashew milk, or coconut milk. The plant based milk gives the porridge a creamy texture and elevates the flavor. You can also cook the porridge with normal water instead of plant based milk.
- Sweetener: We used ripe banana to naturally sweeten the raw buckwheat porridge. You can also add a few tablespoons maple syrup in addition to the ripe banana. Add the maple syrup to individual serving bowls or add it to the porridge after the pressure cooking cycle is over.
- Flavorings: Cinnamon. We love lots of cinnamon. You can also add a pinch or two or nutmeg for extra depth of flavor.
- Add ons: We added golden raisins. You can also add dark raisins, chopped mejdool dates and chopped nuts for healthy fats and more flavor. We garnished this instant pot buckwheat porridge with chopped almonds. You can add chopped walnuts, pecans or even macadamia nuts.
Tips for success
- Toast buckwheat groats: You can toast the buckwheat groats for 2-3 mins stirring constantly on the sauté mode set on normal heat. This will help build more flavor and elevate the nuttiness and the earthiness of the buckwheat groats.
- More flavor options: Add about 2 heaped tablespoon organic cocoa powder to the pressure cooked porridge with a few additional splashes of almond milk. Stir well to mix well. Chocolate buckwheat porridge is no doubt addictive!
- More topping choices: If you are not allergic to nuts than you can top the buckwheat porridge instant pot recipe with nut butters like almond, cashew or peanut butter. You can also give this gluten free porridge a flavor boost by topping it with fresh berries and chopped fruits like apples, peaches, pears etc.
- Buckwheat porridge consistency: Today's porridge recipe doesn't have a runny consistency. It's more on the thicker creamier side because that's how we love it. However, if you prefer more thinner or runny consistency do add more plant based milk once the pressure cooking cycle is over.
- Sweeten it even more: Add chopped mejdool dates to your porridge or a few tablespoons of maple syrup. You can always make this healthy buckwheat porridge recipe your own.
How to cook buckwheat porridge in instant pot?
Find the detailed step by step recipe along with measurements + Video at the bottom of the post.
Step #1 Dump Ingredients
- Dump ingredients: Add the rinsed and drained buckwheat groats, ripe banana, raisins, cinnamon and almond milk into the steel insert of the instant pot.
Step #2 Pressure cook & serve buckwheat porridge
- Pressure cook & serve: Secure the lid of the instant pot and pressure cook on high for just 5 mins followed by 10 mins natural pressure release. Give the porridge a good mix, mash the banana pieces with the back of your ladle to incorporate them well into the gluten free porridge and serve the porridge immediately with your favorite toppings. You can also add more plant based milk now to thin out the porridge as per your liking.
Stove top method
We will use 3:1 ratio of water to buckwheat groats to cook the buckwheat on the stove top.
- Rinse buckwheat: Rinse the buckwheat groats under running tap water. Drain them well.
- Cook buckwheat: Add 3 cups warm water into a deep bottomed saucepan. Add the rinsed buckwheat groats and bring it to a rolling boil over high heat on the stove top. Do not cover. Lower the heat to low, cover and cook for 10-12 mins or until the water is absorbed by the buckwheat groats.
- Make porridge: Add the plant based milk to the buckwheat groats, mashed ripe banana as a sweetener, cinnamon and mix every thing well. Bring the porridge to a low simmer for just 30 seconds.
- Garnish & serve: Serve into individual bowls. Garnish with berries, chopped fruits, nuts, nut butters, chopped dates, raisins and enjoy the healthy buckwheat porridge.
Overnight buckwheat porridge
Overnight buckwheat porridge is so easy to make for busy morning breakfast. It's the perfect healthy breakfast choice for super busy moms or a busy family. Just soak the buckwheat overnight, add milk and your favorite toppings the next morning and enjoy a bowl of your favorite raw buckwheat porridge.
- Soak: Soak the rinsed buckwheat groats with normal water overnight in the fridge. Use 3:1 ratio of water to buckwheat groats.
- Garnish and serve: Next morning the buckwheat will become soft and plump and resemble the consistency and texture of cooked buckwheat. Add plant based milk, sweetener like maple syrup, and your favorite toppings like raisins, dates, nuts, fruits, berries, nut butters and seeds like hemp, chia and serve the overnight buckwheat porridge. So easy and so convenient.
Serving Ideas
You can serve this creamy vegan buckwheat porridge with fruit salad or a simple fruit of your choice. You can also serve it with a glass of your favorite plant based milk.
Leftovers and storage
Fridge: Store the buckwheat groats porridge for up to 3 days in the fridge in air tight containers.
Freezer: You can freeze this instant pot buckwheat kasha for up to 2 months in heavy duty individual size freezer safe containers or bags. This way it's so easy to grab a portion, thaw overnight in the fridge and than reheat following the reheating directions shared below.
How to reheat
Reheat the instant pot kasha in the microwave oven on high for 1 min. Add a few splashes of plant based milk and than reheat the porridge.
Thaw the frozen porridge overnight in the fridge first and than reheat following the above directions.
FAQs
Buckwheat porridge is made by pressure cooking buckwheat groats with any plant based milk, sweetener of your choice (you can also use fruit as a sweetener). You can than top the porridge with berries, fruits, nuts, nut butters, hemp, chia seeds, coconut flakes, ground flax meal, dates and raisins.
Yes, buckwheat porridge is super healthy. It's a great source of potassium, iron, fiber, protein, manganese, magnesium, copper, zinc and vitamin B6.
Buckwheat porridge has a subtle creamy nutty flavor with a mild chewy texture.
Yes, buckwheat groats are naturally gluten free.
No, buckwheat groats are not keto friendly but they have low glycemic index.
You can eat raw buckwheat groats only if you soak them overnight. This will make the groats easy to digest and also tasty. You can also cook the groats and consume them just like you consume any grain.
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Instant Pot Buckwheat Porridge
Equipment
- 1 6 quart instant pot
Recipe Video
Ingredients
- 1 cup buckwheat groats - **rinsed and drained well.
- 3.5 cups almond milk - **you can use other plant based milks.
- 1 banana - **use ripe banana.
- ½ cups raisins - **we used golden raisins. Rinse and drain the raisins.
- 3 tablespoon almond - **chopped into thin slices used as topping.
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Dump ingredients
- Rinse the buckwheat groats under running tap water and drain them well using a colander or mesh strainer. Transfer the rinsed buckwheat groats into the 6 quart instant pot insert.
- Add the chopped ripe banana, the alomnd milk, rinsed raisins and ground cinnamon.
Pressure cook
- Secure the lid of the instant pot, seal the valve and pressure cook on high for just 5 mins. Once the pressure cooking cycle is over the instant pot will begin to beep. Wait for 10 mins natural pressure release and than release the rest of the pressure manually by moving the valve from the sealing to the venting position. Open the lid carefully when the floating metal pin on top of the lid drops.
- Give everything a good stir and mash the banana with the back of your ladle to incorporate it well into the porridge. At this stage you can add more almond milk to thin out the porridge as per your liking. You can also add a few tablespoons maple syrup to increase the sweetness of the buckwheat porridge. We didnot add any extra plant based milk or maple syrup. Serve the porridge immediately with chopped nuts, berries, fruits, nut butter. Scroll up to find Tips, step by step process shots and also flavor/toppings variations. Enjoy!
Notes
- Buckwheat: Do not use buckwheat cereal. Use buckwheat groats only.
- Plant based milk: You can use any of these plant based milk to make this buckwheat porridge - almond milk, oats milk, cashew milk, soy milk, coconut milk, rice milk.
- Sweetener: You can use few tablespoons agave or maple syrup to increase the sweetness of this porridge. We did not use any.
- How to naturally sweeten: You can add about ½ cup finely chopped dates along with the sliced ripe banana before pressure cooking the porridge. This will naturally sweeten the buckwheat groats porridge. You can also add more ripe bananas to add more sweetness.
- Toppings: Chopped nuts like almond, walnut, pecans. Berries, chopped fruits, nut butters are wonderful options.
- Raisins: Both dark and golden raisins will work well in this recipe.
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