Urbech - what is it? Useful properties and application

In recent years, more and more people are beginning to realize the harm of fast food and are trying to include in their diet natural products that are present for centuries in the national cuisines of different peoples. In particular, today with various kinds of sweet chocolate-nut pastes, stuffed with preservatives, Dagestan Urbets successfully compete.

What it is

Urbech is a dense mass obtained from seeds or nuts, as well as a special dish of Dagestan cuisine, which has exceptional nutritional value. Thanks to the observance of the ancient technology of processing raw materials, it does not lose its useful properties and is a real storehouse of useful microelements and various vitamins. In addition, pasty consistency contributes to better digestibility of the product.

Urbech: the meaning of the word and the story

Although in the North Caucasus such a delicacy is extremely popular, and a piece of bread with it is an ordinary breakfast of the Dagestani peasant, in Russia in general, few are known about him. Therefore, those who first heard the name "Urbets", what it is, try to find out by leafing through the dictionaries. What does it say?

The word "Urbech," or "Orba," means "flax." For the first time, as a name for food, it occurs in Arabic-language written sources dating back to the 18th century. However, it is obvious that Dagestan women have been engaged in the preparation of Urbets since time immemorial. The widespread spread of such pastes beyond Dagestan was hampered by difficulties in organizing their production on an industrial scale, as well as the lack of technologies allowing long-term storage of such a product that does not involve heat treatment.

Useful properties of traditional Urbets

In today's shops you can often find jars with the inscription "Traditional Urbets." What is it, it is best to learn from the books of hereditary folk healers from Dagestan, who know all the secrets of using a useful product.

And if in a nutshell, the traditional urbech is a paste made in mountain villages using special stone millstones. These mills, which are often not one hundred years old, rotate very slowly, which allows mixing of oil cake and oil in a homogeneous mass. As a raw material in order to prepare a traditional urbech, whose useful properties are recognized as official medicine, raw flaxseed is used. Such paste is recommended for those who suffer from diabetes, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, immune, cardiovascular diseases, visual impairment, and underweight or overweight.

Types of Urbets

There are many kinds of such useful treats. The most delicious is the almond urbech. What it is? The answer is simple: it is grated in a special way selected raw (not toasted), dried at low temperatures almonds. In addition, excellent varieties of Urbets are prepared from apricot kernels, peeled pumpkin seeds, peanuts and cashews. At the same time, each kind of such a paste has its own peculiarities associated with the content of certain useful substances in the raw materials. For example, apricot is useful for constipation, nephritis, and is also an excellent means for relieving cough accompanying diseases such as laryngitis and bronchitis. But pumpkin urbech is a product that is extremely rich in zinc. Therefore, its regular use, even in small quantities, is a guarantee that it will be possible to forget about such health problems for a long time as vision deterioration, the appearance of worms, skin diseases, male infertility, obesity, impotence and prostatitis. Especially pumpkin Urbech is useful for children, as it prevents growth retardation, and older people can save it from premature aging. The latter circumstance is reinforced by the fact that in the Caucasus at all times there were many long-livers who, from childhood, used traditional natural products.

Urbech in cooking

Some types of this paste are difficult to use in its pure form as an independent product. This is especially true of the apricot kernel variant, which sometimes is bitter. In such cases, it is recommended to cook a sweet dessert from an old recipe from urbach. To do this, 50 grams of the original product should take as much natural honey and 40 grams of melted butter. All the ingredients are put in enameled dishes and heated, vigorously mixing, in a water bath for 2-3 minutes, not bringing to a boil.

Another delicacy is a milkshake, which is better prepared from almond urbech. It will take 2 ripe banana, 2 tbsp. L. Walnut paste, 1 tsp. Honey, several any berries (raspberry, currant, bilberries) and 1.5 tbsp. water. All ingredients must be put in a blender and beat until smooth, and serve better with an ice cube.

From hemp urbech it turns out very spicy salad dressing. For this you need 2 tbsp. L. Of this product is mixed with the same amount of olive oil and 1 tbsp. L. Mustard.