What is urbec and how to use it for health?

Over the past 5 years, eating right has become easier: superfoods are sold in eco-shops and special departments of hypermarkets. In the article you will learn what urbec is and how to use this product of Caucasian national cuisine. It has a lot of protein, healthy vegetable fats, vitamins.

What is urbec and how is it cooked

Already in the name "urbec" sound southern notes. The homeland of the product is Dagestan, where it is eaten in almost every family.

The following plant components can be used as raw materials:

• seeds of flax, sesame, pumpkin, poppy, caraway, hemp;
• nuts - almonds, pine nuts, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts;
• coconut;
• apricot or peach kernels;
• cocoa beans.

Raw materials are placed in a millstone of stone, crushed. Under high pressure, the plant mass releases oils that impregnate the meal. The result is a uniform, thick paste.

Since the temperature in the millstone does not exceed 40 degrees, the components retain vitamins and trace elements, and fats do not oxidize. Oils do not allow seeds (nuts) to dry out.

The shelf life of this urbec is no more than 2 weeks, and after opening the jar - up to 5-6 days in the refrigerator. If you see a shelf life of 6 months when you buy, it means that either the seeds were heat-treated or the manufacturer added chemical preservatives to the paste.

How to eat urbec - 6 ways

How to eat urbec? Since ancient times, the Dagestan highlanders took this product with them when they were to go on a long transition in the mountains. They ate pasta in its pure form or in the bite with pita bread. Nutritious food helped to satisfy hunger for a long time, restore physical strength, saturate the body with all the necessary vitamins. And today, with what just do not eat ground seeds.

Self snack

How much urbeca is there per day? One tablespoon is quite enough, as the product is high-calorie. It is advisable to eat urbec in the morning with a glass of clean water. This will help you cheer up and wake up the digestive system.

Sandwich paste

Many people are used to eating hearty sandwiches with sausage and cheese before work. However, such a snack eventually results in heart and vascular disease, obesity. Replace your traditional breakfast with a healthy urbech whole grain bread toast.

You can make sweet pasta if you wish. Mix 50 g of urbeca with 40 g of butter and 50 g of honey. Melt in the microwave or in a water bath. If you add a little cocoa powder to the mass, you get a great alternative to Nutella.

Vegetable salad dressing

From urbec you can prepare a spicy dressing that will go well with any salad of fresh vegetables and herbs. The most pleasant taste is obtained by combining pasta with tomatoes, carrots, avocados, celery. To prepare dressing, mix 2 tbsp. l urbeca from flax or hemp, 2 tbsp. l olive oil and 1 tbsp. l lemon juice.

Filling for pancakes, rolls and cakes

The thick texture and high fat content make urbec a good alternative to the cream. Use a product made from nuts, coconut, peanuts. You can spread pancakes with a thin layer of pasta and roll them into rolls. Or soak with cakes of cake of the future.

Cereal biscuit ingredient

Shop biscuits are saturated with unhealthy confectionery fat, contain a lot of sugar and E-additives. If you have an urbec at home, make a treat yourself.

In a deep container, mix:

• 1 cup oatmeal;
• 0.5 cups of grated carrots;
• 0.5 cup dried apricots;
• a handful of chopped dates;
• 2 tbsp. l any nutty urbec.

Knead all the ingredients well and form flat cakes. When they dry, they turn into vitamin cereal cookies.

Milk drink

Even smoothies are made from an oily product. It is advisable to use urbec with a sweet taste:

• coconut,
• almond,
• linen.

Put in a blender 2 tbsp. l pasta, 2 bananas, cut into small circles. Pour 300 ml of cow or oat milk. Beat mixture for 3 minutes.

How not to confuse superfood with a harmful dessert

You can hardly cook an urbec at home yourself. If you pass seeds or nuts through a blender, instead of an oily mass, you get a powder. So you have to buy pasta in the store.

There are three types of outlets in which urbech is sold:

• eco-store (including online sites);
• raw food shop;
• hypermarket department with dietetic and diabetic products.

Read the label carefully. As part of this Dagestan pasta there is no sugar, preservatives, thickeners, refined vegetable oil. If the seeds have been pre-fried, then before you are probably not urbec, but a regular dessert.

The benefits of different types of urbec

The beneficial properties of the paste depend on what components are included in its composition. Let's see what value the urbec of flax, sesame, coconut and hemp will bring to the body.

Linen

Historically the first type of urbec. It is prepared from dark seeds, therefore it has a “chocolate” color. It tastes sweetish. In 100 grams of paste, 534 kcal, 18 g of protein and 42 g of fat. There are few carbohydrates.

Flax urbech contains vitamins A, C, group B, potassium, magnesium, zinc. It has a lot of fiber, which improves digestion and serves as a prevention of constipation, dysbiosis and obesity.

Other healing properties of the paste:

• improves the appearance of skin, hair;
• reduces the level of "bad" cholesterol;
• useful for the psyche;
• removes toxins from the body, helps to cope with the symptoms of food poisoning;
• speeds up the metabolism;
• can be used in the diet of a person with an ulcer.

Flax urbech goes well with bananas, avocados, dried fruits and even chocolate. It is spread on whole grain bread and added to cereal.

Sesame seeds

Even caloric and fatter than flax urbec. In 100 grams - 585 kcal, 25 g of fat and 12 g of carbohydrates. The paste has a high calcium content, which makes it good for bones and teeth. Also in the composition are vitamins A, E, ascorbic acid, potassium, magnesium and iron.

Useful properties of sesame urbeche:

• promotes muscle building;
• reduces inflammatory processes in the throat, oral cavity, relieves pain;
• reduces the acidity of gastric juice, serves as a prevention of gastritis and ulcers;
• helps with chronic fatigue.

As an independent snack, the product is rarely eaten. He is a bit bitter, has an earthy flavor. Mix urbec with honey or maple syrup. Pasta is suitable for making raw food sweets and cookies.

Coconut

Coconut Urbech is a joy for those on a diet. Calories of 100 grams - 354 kcal, that is, less than most types of pastes. Among the useful substances are vitamins C, E, B3, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium.

Coconut paste has the following properties:

• accelerates metabolism, preventing obesity;
• strengthens the immune system;
• improves the appearance of skin and hair;
• removes toxins;
• normalizes intestinal microflora;
• increases efficiency.

Coconut urchin tastes sweet and aromatic, so you don’t need to mix it with honey or other sweeteners. Many willingly eat pure pasta. It also goes well with whole grain bread, crackers, cereals. A delicious smoothie is made from coconut mass.

Hemp

Just note that hemp seeds do not contain narcotic components, unlike leaves. Hemp urbech is often used in the diet of athletes, as it contains a record amount of protein - 30 g. Vegetarians also like the product. Calorie content of 100 grams - 570 kcal.

The composition contains zinc, phosphorus, potassium, iron, manganese, calcium. The product is also rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

The healing properties of hemp seed paste:

• frees the body from radionuclides;
• relieves constipation and dysbiosis;
• dilutes blood, prevents blood clots;
• lowers the level of "bad" cholesterol;
• normalizes heart rate and blood pressure.

On the palate, hemp urbech is viscous, tart, and grassy. In its pure form, it is rarely eaten. It is used as salad dressing and as a complement to sweets.

If you do not like to take multivitamin complexes from a pharmacy, pay attention to urbec. Plant paste will restore physical strength, strengthen immunity, have a positive effect on appearance. A large amount of protein and fiber will allow you to stay full for 3-4 hours, even if you eat a drop. Before using the product, make sure that you do not have food intolerance to the main component.