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Instead of following the directions on the bag, which called for a 2-1 water absorption method, I thought hey, I'm going to just boil a huge pot of water, chuck it in cook it and drain like quinoa. So guess what happened - it absorbed all the water and turned into a soggy mess which I couldn't bear to throw out because I'm from Saskatchewan so the family had to eat the delicious spinach/potato dish I made on top of that gunk - yuk!
Never again will I muck around with cooking directions and grains.

. A similar thing happened to me with millet, although I actually did follow the instructions on the package. But I still got a gooey muck. I've been scared to try cooking millet again ever since.

It's funny how you don't think about those things when you buy pre-packaged foods. Everything is already measured out for you. I can still remember times when I used to make the Kraft Mac and Cheese and just throw the whole box of pasta into a pot of boiling water without thinking about it.

Djuna

I love both buckwheat and millet. In fact I am even more fond of millet than buckwheat. But you do have to have the correct ratios.

I cook buckweat in the ricemaker same way I cook rice. Never had any problem with it and love it.

Same grain to water ratio that one uses for rice? As in do you just use the water lines that correspond to its measuring cup in the rice cooker?

There are usually two types of buckwheat on sale, namely roasted groats and raw groats.
I prefer the raw buckwheat groats. I become familar with buckwheat when living in Central Europe and consumed it regularly. I think it provides a wonderful alternative to rice. It cooks like white rice. I usually give it 12 minutes. Bring it to the boil and then simmer.

I do not use lines or even measuring cup. I just use my regular tea mug. 1 mug of buckwheat, 3 mugs of water and pinch of salt. I did notes though that the result depends on how much I am making, not just grain to water ratio. When I make small amount 1:3 ratio result is a little hard. When I make larger amount it's pretty tender and fluffy with the same 1:3 ratio. So, by experimenting I found a tea mug for which 1 to 3 ratio works the best and have been using it since.