DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Buckwheat Kasha
Also known as: roasted buckwheat kasha, Гречневая каша
Russian and Ukrainian toasted buckwheat groats with butter.
About Buckwheat Kasha
Buckwheat kasha is a cooked-groat side dish in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine. Natasha Kravchuk’s basic family version uses toasted buckwheat, filtered water, unsalted butter and sea salt.
Toasted buckwheat brings a nutty grain flavour, with butter adding richness and sea salt providing the simple seasoning. The author describes enjoying it plain with butter, with a pickle alongside.
The finished dish consists of distinct kernels rather than a smooth porridge. This profile follows her rice-cooker branch, which specifies hot service and offers additional finishing butter.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Buckwheat Kasha
Natasha Kravchuk’s plain toasted-buckwheat kasha.
- Toasted buckwheat groatsBase
- Filtered waterLiquid
- Unsalted butterCooking medium
- Sea saltSeasoning
- Extra unsalted butterFinish · Optional finish · Optional
- PickleAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Toasted buckwheat groats: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Toasted product retained; no wheat relationship inferred.
- Filtered water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main cooking water; method conditional adjustment consolidated without extra required quantity.
- Unsalted butter: Milk
- Sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Extra unsalted butter (optional): Milk. Distinct explicitly optional finishing allocation.
- Pickle (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Generic author accompaniment; vegetable and formula unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Russian Cuisine
- Ukrainian Cuisine
- Russian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Ukrainian Canadian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.