Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.

Measure out the buckwheat and flour. Measure out baking powder, salt and water.

In a large bowl, mix buckwheat flour, flour, baking powder, and salt. Add cold water and mix well; let stand for 5 minutes.

Bring water to a boil, then stir in; let stand another 5 minutes.

Using a spoon, scoop roughly a tablespoon of batter and pour onto a hot, lightly greased cast iron pan. Using the back of the spoon, quickly spread batter in a circular motion so that it is quite thin.

When the surface is dry and the ploye is covered with holes, it is ready to be removed from the pan. Unlike pancakes, ployes are cooked only on 1 side. For best results stir batter between each ploye.