What is urbech and how to use it for health benefits?

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

What is urbech and how is it prepared?

Already in the name “urbech” there are southern notes. Dagestan is considered the birthplace of the product, where it is eaten in almost every family.

The following plant components can be used as raw materials:

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

The raw materials are placed in stone millstones and crushed. Under high pressure, the plant mass releases oils with which the cake is impregnated. The result is a homogeneous thick paste.

Since the temperature in the millstones does not exceed 40 degrees, the components retain vitamins and microelements, and fats do not oxidize. Oils prevent seeds (nuts) from drying out.

The shelf life of real Urbech is no more than 2 weeks, and after opening the jar – up to 5-6 days in the refrigerator. If upon purchase you see a shelf life of 6 months, it means that either the seeds have been heat-treated, or the manufacturer has added chemical preservatives to the paste.

How to eat urbech - 6 ways

How to eat Urbech correctly? Since ancient times, Dagestan mountaineers took this product with them when they faced a long trek in the mountains. They ate pasta in its pure form or as a bite with pita bread. Nutritious food helped satisfy hunger for a long time, restore physical strength, and saturate the body with all the necessary vitamins. And today they eat ground seeds with everything.

Self-catering snack

How much urbecha to eat per day? One tablespoon is enough, since the product is high in calories. It is advisable to eat urbech in the morning with a glass of clean water. This will help you perk up and wake up your digestive organs.

Sandwich paste

Many people are accustomed to eating hearty sandwiches with sausage and cheese before work. However, such a snack over time results in heart and vascular diseases and obesity. Replace your traditional breakfast with healthy toast made from whole grain bread with urbech.

If you wish, you can prepare a sweet paste. Mix 50 g of urbech with 40 g of butter and 50 g of honey. Melt in the microwave or in a water bath. Adding a little cocoa powder makes a great alternative to Nutella.

Vegetable salad dressing

From urbech 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, avocado, and celery. To prepare the dressing, mix 2 tbsp. l.urbecha from flax or hemp, 2 tbsp. l. olive oil and 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice.

Filling for pancakes, buns and cakes

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

Cereal cookie ingredient

Store-bought cookies are saturated with harmful confectionery fat and contain a lot of sugar and E-additives. If you have urbech at home, prepare the delicacy yourself.

In a deep container you need to mix:

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

Mash all the ingredients thoroughly and form into flat cakes. When they dry, they will turn into vitamin cereal cookies.

Milk drink

Even cocktails are prepared from the oily product. It is advisable to use urbech with a sweet taste:

• coconut,
• almond,
• linen.

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

How not to confuse superfood with unhealthy dessert

You are unlikely to be able to prepare urbech at home. If you put seeds or nuts through a blender, you get a powder instead of an oily mass. So you will have to buy the paste in the store.

There are three types of outlets where Urbech is sold:

• eco-shop (including online platforms);
• raw food shop;
• department of a hypermarket with dietary and diabetic products.

Read the label carefully.Real Dagestan pasta does not contain sugar, preservatives, thickeners, or refined vegetable oil. If the seeds were fried in advance, then what you have in front of you is probably not an urbech, but an ordinary dessert.

The benefits of different types of urbech

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

Linen

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

Urbech made from flax contains vitamins A, C, group B, potassium, magnesium, zinc. It contains a lot of fiber, which improves digestion and prevents constipation, dysbiosis and obesity.

Other healing properties of the paste:

• improves the appearance of skin and hair;
• reduces the level of “bad” cholesterol;
• good for the psyche;
• removes toxins from the body, helps cope with the symptoms of food poisoning;
• speeds up metabolism;
• can be used in the diet of a person suffering from ulcers.

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

Sesame

Even higher in calories and fat than urbech made from flax. 100 grams contain 585 kcal, 25 g of fat and 12 g of carbohydrates. The great thing about the paste is its high calcium content, which makes it good for bones and teeth. It also contains vitamins A, E, ascorbic acid, potassium, magnesium and iron.

Useful properties of sesame urbech:

• promotes muscle building;
• reduces inflammation 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.

The product is rarely eaten as a stand-alone snack. It is slightly bitter and has an earthy aftertaste. Mix urbech with honey or maple syrup. The paste is suitable for making raw food candies and cookies.

Coconut

Coconut urbech is a joy for those who are on a diet. Calorie content of 100 grams is 354 kcal, that is, less than most types of pastes. Among the useful substances, there 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 performance.

Coconut urbech tastes sweet and aromatic, so there is no need to mix it with honey or other sweeteners. Many people willingly eat pasta in its pure form. It also goes well with whole grain bread, crackers, and cereals. Coconut mixture makes a delicious smoothie.

Hemp

Let us immediately note that hemp seeds do not contain narcotic components, unlike leaves. Hemp urbech is often used in the nutrition of athletes, as it contains a record amount of protein - 30 g. Vegetarians also love 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.

Healing qualities of hemp seed paste:

• frees the body from radionuclides;
• relieves constipation and dysbacteriosis;
• thins the blood, prevents the formation of blood clots;
• lowers the level of “bad” cholesterol;
• normalizes heart rate and blood pressure.

The taste of hemp Urbech is viscous, tart, grassy.It is rarely eaten in its pure form. Used as a salad dressing and addition to sweets.

If you don’t like taking multivitamin complexes from the pharmacy, pay attention to Urbech. Herbal paste will restore physical strength, strengthen the immune system, and have a positive effect on appearance. A large amount of protein and fiber will keep you full for 3-4 hours, even if you eat a drop. Before consuming the product, make sure that you do not have food intolerance to the main component.