A delicious medicinal delicacy from Dagestan - urbech made from pumpkin seeds: learn how to prepare and use it correctly
In Dagestan, urbech has been eaten since ancient times. In difficult living conditions with a meager diet, urbech literally helped the mountaineers to survive thanks to its unique composition.
Pumpkin seeds are second only to oysters in terms of zinc content. Zinc is necessary for the absorption of vitamin E and the production of male hormones. It is involved in the synthesis of anabolic hormones. The seeds also contain other essential microelements, vitamins and amino acids.
What is Urbech
Urbech – it is a thick mass of dried or roasted seeds, nuts or apricot kernels. It is produced by cold pressing. This is an ideal, nutritionally balanced product not only for raw foodists and vegetarians, but also for anyone who wants to diversify their menu. Urbech is made from pumpkin, flax, sunflower, hemp, sesame, and poppy seeds; nut butter is made from walnuts and hazelnuts, almonds, peanuts, and cashews.
The paste quickly restores strength due to a huge complex of useful elements and rapid absorption. The disadvantages of urbech include its high calorie content, so take it in the morning during breakfast or in the evening before 18:00, 1 teaspoon.
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Benefits of pumpkin seeds and honey
Urbech acts as tonic and remedy for the following diseases:
- Pumpkin seeds, containing zinc, phosphorus, copper, manganese, amino acids, vitamins A, B, C, D, E, K, help with prostatitis, infertility, and get rid of parasites.
- Flax seeds have a beneficial effect on a woman’s hormonal levels and increase immunity.
- Hemp seeds lower cholesterol levels and improve the cardiovascular system.
- Sunflower seeds also reduce cholesterol levels and improve skin condition.
- Apricot kernels contain vitamin B17, which fights cancer cells, as well as potassium, calcium, iron, iodine and zinc.
- Walnuts help with anemia, hypertension and headaches caused by vascular spasms.
- Sesame seeds are a powerful antioxidant, a source of calcium, copper and magnesium and vitamins A, B, C and E.
- Poppy is a leader in calcium content, also contains vitamins A, C, D, E and fights parasites.
- Hazelnut urbech strengthens bones and tooth enamel, increases immunity, improves heart function, and removes toxins from the body.
- Almond paste helps with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system, kidneys, and improves immunity.
- Peanut urbech is eaten for weight loss, heart disease and to prevent diabetes.
- Urbech made from cashews is useful for anemia, metabolic disorders, depression, asthma, bronchitis, and for strengthening the cardiovascular system.
How to cook urbech from pumpkin seeds
Ingredients and preparation:
- You will need 200 g of pumpkin seeds, 40 ml of olive oil, add salt or sugar to taste. This paste can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three months, but only if you do not soak the seeds first. Too much moisture will quickly cause the paste to become moldy.
- It is better to pre-dry the seeds in the oven or in a frying pan and grind them in a blender or coffee grinder.
- After grinding the pumpkin seeds, add olive oil to make the mixture paste-like. You can use unscented sunflower oil or butter.
- Add salt, sugar or honey to taste, transfer to a jar, cover with a lid and put in the refrigerator.
How to use urbech correctly
Pasta is eaten before meals, without mixing with other dishes.. It is advisable to consume no more than 3 teaspoons at one time.
Urbech in the traditional cuisine of Dagestan is a nutritious sweet dish made from nut paste, honey and butter.. Products are taken in a 2:1:1 ratio. They eat it with tea instead of the usual sweets, flavor porridge with it, make sandwiches with bread, after cooling the urbech in the refrigerator.
Use in folk medicine against worms
Cucurbitin, found in pumpkin seeds, is harmless to humans, but lethal to parasites.. Therefore, urbech made from pumpkin seeds is a harmless and effective remedy for the treatment of parasitosis.
Recipes:
- Grind 2-3 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds and mix with a small amount of olive oil. Leave the mixture overnight and eat it in the morning an hour before meals.
- Grind 300 g of seeds, mix with a small amount of honey, eat for breakfast. After 30 minutes, drink 1-3 teaspoons of castor oil. The amount of oil depends on age. Children – 1 teaspoon, adults – 2-3. Children under 6 years old should consume 50-70 g of seeds, children under 12 years old – up to 100 g of seeds, teenagers – up to 150 g.
Contraindications
Urbech is contraindicated for allergy sufferers and obese people. Women during pregnancy can use this product only if they are not allergic to its components. During lactation - take with caution, after consulting a pediatrician.
Tips and tricks
Pumpkin seeds Before use, wash and dry in a warm oven.
Attention! When roasted, the seeds lose some of their beneficial properties.
Cut off the ends of unhulled seeds with scissors and, pressing on the edge of the seed,, free the kernel from the peel. A greenish film is left on the seeds - it contains cucurbitin, which destroys parasites.
With the addition of a small amount of oil, urbech becomes more uniform and soft. In Urbech you can use not only olive and sunflower oil, but also flaxseed, hemp, corn, soybean, sesame, mustard, cedar, coconut, ghee and cocoa butter.
Sandwich mass is made from crushed pumpkin seeds, adding seasonings, cheese and garlic to taste.
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Reviews
Reviews about the medicinal treat are positive, both from adherents of a healthy diet and from those who do not adhere to the principles of vegetarianism or a raw food diet. Most often, the convenient form of the product, pleasant taste and nutritional value are noted.
Irina Ivanova, Moscow: “Six months ago, I learned that there is such a food product - urbech. These are seeds or nuts ground into a paste, sometimes a mixture of both. Based on the substances that are useful and necessary for my body at the moment, I opted for pumpkin seed pastes. The first thing I liked was the color. Rich green, I love this shade. The second is taste. Very nice - fresh pumpkin seeds. I was afraid that it would be bitter, but there is no bitterness. I use the paste as a “spread” on bread and add a teaspoon to porridge. You can eat it just like that, but you can’t eat a lot of it – it’s very, very filling. And with some bread and ginger tea it’s delicious.”.
Tatyana Smirnova, Perm: “I know that pumpkin seeds are very healthy, but cracking them is tedious, and peeled kernels are expensive and are eaten quickly. The best solution for me is pumpkin seed paste, the so-called urbech. Even after one spoon you feel full. I can't eat more at one time. Sometimes I eat it with some drink, sometimes with cottage cheese. Can be spread on bread. I advise lovers of seeds and nuts and all adherents of natural products to try this urbech.”.
Yulia Nikitina, Kazan: “The product is high-calorie. I use it strictly in the morning, no more than a dessert spoon, since I have a tendency to be overweight and watch my diet. A dessert spoon of urbech in the morning gives me enough strength and energy for the whole day.”.
Liliya Stepanova, Tomsk: “After a week of use, I felt lightness in my body, as if I had been freed from all waste and toxins. Later I found information that urbech actually promotes this effect.”.
Conclusion
Pumpkin urbech is made from dried pumpkin seeds, which are ground in a blender or coffee grinder. Supplements depend on the method of using urbech: as a tasty treat, nutritional supplement or medicine. When consuming the mixture, it is important to remember the dosage, depending on age and disease. It is best to eat urbech before breakfast. If twice a day, then the second time, due to the high calorie content of the mixture, is until 6 pm.