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Flat Buckwheat Balls takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Flat Buckwheat Balls takes 10 minutes to cook.

Flat Buckwheat Balls makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Flat Buckwheat Balls are:

1 cup of previously cooked or soaked buckwheat, whole groat
1/4 cups of grated mozzarella cheese, part skim milk
One medium sized egg
A low fat coating, such as dried bread crumbs, cereal crumbs or bran (Nutritional value is for 1/2 cups of toasted wheat bran, but you can use a gluten free coating, too)

Here is how you make Flat Buckwheat Balls:

You need previously cooked or soaked, and cooled buckwheat for this recipe! Buckwheat needs to be dry and cold for the integrity. Mix buckwheat, grated mozzarella and egg in a bowl. You may want to add salt and spices to taste at this point. If you do, add them to your food tracker for accurate tracking.Make walnut sized balls (I make 16 balls and flatten them so that they will cook more easily). Roll the balls in the coat of your choosing. Cook the balls in a non-stick pan with a non-fat cooking spray for about 5 minutes. If you use any oil, don't forget to add that separately to your tracker.Makes 4 servings. (Each serving is 4 balls.)Translated (and modified to be low-cal and low-fat) from: http://www.karabugday.com/index.php?goto=tarif_det&hid=2Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TERRAMATER.

The nutritional information for Flat Buckwheat Balls is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 157.2

• Total Fat: 5.2 g
• Cholesterol: 55.5 mg
• Sodium: 84.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.3 g
• Protein: 9.5 g

The dietary needs meet for Flat Buckwheat Balls is Gluten Free