Slow Kitchen Notes

← All recipes · September 21, 2026

Buckwheat with mushrooms and onions

Toasted kasha, browned mushrooms, a lot of onion. The dinner I make when I can't decide.

Serves
3
Time
35 min

Ingredients

  • 1 cup buckwheat groats
  • 2 cups water or stock
  • 300 g mushrooms (button, or forest ones if you have them)
  • 2 onions, butter, salt, pepper
  • Dill or parsley to finish

Method

  1. Toast the buckwheat in a dry pan until it smells nutty, 3–4 minutes.
  2. Add salted boiling water, cover, and cook on the lowest heat 15 minutes. Leave covered off the heat.
  3. Meanwhile brown the onions slowly in butter, then add mushrooms and cook until the liquid is gone.
  4. Fold everything together and finish with herbs.