Buckwheat recipes Buckwheat contains no gluten and can be eaten by people suffering from gluten allergies and coeliac disease. Buckwheat noodles play an important role in the cuisines of Korea, Japan and Northern Italy. Buckwheat groats are commonly used in western Asia and eastern Europe. Buckwheat can be purchased as groats (hulled whole buckwheat), as kasha (toasted buckwheat groats), as dark milled flour and as light milled flour. Dark buckwheat flour contains bits of the dark buckwheat hull and has a much more pronounced, earthy flavor than flour milled from hulled groats which has a mild neutral flavor.
