Buckwheat košė, my style

2024-12-28
Source: Me
Effort: low

Pretext:

If you're familiar with russian cuisine, košė is just the lithuanian translation of kasha, I wanted to add to my list of quick and easy meals, and I wanted something that had a good ratio between protein and carbs and I think I managed to hit that fairly well while also providing a reasonably tasty low-effort meal.

Honestly this one doesn't look too good, BUT, if you're into buckwheat, it tastes great.

Ingredients:

• Buckwheat, toasted if you can find it, about 50-100g
• 60 grams of tofu
  • the firmer the better
  • feel free to use smoked or marinated
• Dried chanterelles
• 1 Small-ish (think jalapeno-sized) pepper, exact kind depends on spice preference
• Soy sauce
• Black pepper, half teaspoon
• Nutritional yeast, one teaspoon
• Garlic powder, half teaspoon
• Smoked paprika, half teaspoon

Serves One, scales easily

Prep:

• Prep a small pot
• Add the buckwheat
• Add double the volume of water
• Spike the water with about 25mls of soy sauce
• Set to simmer
• While buckwheat simmers:
  • Chop up the pepper into small bits, 2-3mm in size
  • Chop up the dried chanterelles into small bits (if not pre-chopped), 5mm in size
  • Use a fork to rip up the tofu into 5mm~ sized shapeless chunks
  • Taste for saltiness, adjust if needed
• Once buckwheat is done
  • add in the chopped pepper
  • add in the tofu
  • add in the chanterelles
  • add in all of the dry powdery ingredients left
  • mix
• Plate and serve.

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