Season
All season

Occasions
Lunch
Dinner

Estimated
Time
40 min

Buckwheat
«Tätschli».


Ingredients for 1 serving

2–3 tbsp
Buckwheat seeds (unhusked, greenish looking)

3 dl
Water

1 leaf
Bay Leaf*

1 leaf
Pointed Cabbage


1 tsp
Black Cumin Oil

1–3 tbsp
Buckwheat flour

optional, 1 tsp
Flaxseed flour

a pinch
Galangal* (dried powder)

a pinch
Sweet Paprika* (not spicy! dried powder)

1 tsp
Tamarind

some
Rocksalt


1 tsp
Tamarind

1–2 tbsp
Tapioca starch

3 dl
Water

some
Rocksalt

1–2 tbsp
Tahini (white, fine ground)

  1. Wash and dice the pointed cabbage into thin stripes and add them to a pressure cooker. Also add a bay leaf, water and whole buckwheat. Cook on high pressure, for about 10 min.

  2. When done, open lid according to manual. If not all liquid is dissolved yet, strain through a sieve and make sure to set it aside, as we use it later. Put the cooked but dry buckwheat, cabbage mixture into a bowl.

  3. Now add flaxseed flour and one or two tablespoons buckwheat flour to the mixture. Also add the spices, black cumin oil, tamarind and salt to taste. Mix well until the ingredients combine into a compact form. Add more flour if necessary.

  4. Divide into two and sprinkle with some more buckwheat flour to form two equal balls and press them into patties (4-5 cm height).

  5. In a coated pan heat few sesame oil and fry them on low heat from both sides (keep lid closed). Also add the bay leave.

  6. Meanwhile mix tamarind, tapioca starch and salt with 3 dl of cold water or the remaining buckwheat water. Make sure there are no lumps.

  7. Now add the water mixture to the «Tätschli». Close lid and simmer for a while. The liquid should reduce and thicken. If desired, there can be stirred in white tahina to make it creamy. 

How
to

* If you’re sensible to herbs, spices and vegetables like galangal, sweet paprika or bay leaf, leave them aside. Symptoms may occur due to cross–allergies with pollen.

This is well combined with Red Cabbage, Mashed Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Fries or any other vegetable of your choice.