What is Urbech? “Live” Urbech - what is it and how to eat it Urbech at home

You will learn what urbech is, what its benefits and harms are, what types there are and what recipe to prepare it at home. We’ll also talk about how to use it, where you can buy it and how best to store it. There will also be reviews about the product.

Urbech - what is it?

(from the Avar word urba, which means ground flax seeds) is a paste of nuts or seeds ground on stone millstones. This is a traditional Dagestan dish. It has been popular among mountaineers for centuries for its nutritional value and unique set of useful substances.

In fact, Urbech is one of the first representatives of what is now called superfood. This is a product in which the content of nutrients and vitamins is several times greater than all previously known values.

For example, urbech made from dark flax seeds contains a record amount of Omega 3 fatty acids. That is, three times more than in fish oil.

There is a lot of calcium in sesame urbech. It is absorbed much better than calcium obtained from milk.

The benefits and harms of Urbech

Urbech is a 100% live product. Natural paste (seed or nut). It does not contain preservatives, sugar or any flavoring additives.

Below we will take a closer look at the benefits and harms of each type of product. Each type consists of different starting products. It is on the basis of the primary product that the benefits and contraindications of natural paste are determined.

Linen urbech

Flax Urbech has always been valued due to its enormous value. This natural paste is very beneficial for human health! This is an excellent prevention of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis.

Linen urbech

Very good for the liver. Cleanses it and removes toxins. Good for all digestion. That is, for the stomach and intestines. For gastritis, it is very useful because flax also has enveloping properties.

Also promotes weight loss. Normalizes a person's weight and fat. Lots of fiber and vitamins. Therefore, flour and flaxseed oil are very often used for healing.

Good for the health of hair, skin and nails. Nails with sesame and flax urbech are very well strengthened. They stop peeling and breaking. The hair begins to shine. The skin is cleansed. A good rejuvenating effect is observed.

The only contraindication is individual intolerance. For example, with allergies.

At all, good breakfast- this is oatmeal + prunes, dried apricots and raisins. And if you add another 5 grams to it. flax, it will be a super breakfast! I recommend to everyone!

Children can be given flaxseeds from the age of three.

IN folk medicine Urbech made from flax is widely used in the treatment of cough and bronchopulmonary diseases. And also for gastritis, ulcers and skin diseases.

Of course, it’s impossible to talk about flax without mentioning its effect on rheumatic diseases. For example, a bag of heated flax seeds is applied to a toothache, after which it is removed.

They also make infusions and use them to wrap the sore joint. In addition, they make it from the seeds, which is also rubbed onto diseased areas.

There is also a special type of pasta that can be consumed patients with diabetes mellitus. It is made from white flax seeds.

Sesame Urbech

Sesame seeds are the record holder for calcium content. It is in the form of a paste that it is most easily absorbed by the body.

Sesame Urbech

Useful for pregnant women and nursing mothers. Also good for athletes and anyone with an increased need for calcium.

There is also a lot of magnesium in sesame urbech. This has a calming effect on the nervous system. The taste is very tasty. When you open the jar, the aroma immediately begins to resemble the taste of sesame halva.

Urbech from hemp

Urbech made from hemp is a record holder for chlorophyll content (a plant analogue of human hemoglobin). Therefore, anyone with anemia and lack of hemoglobin will benefit from this type of product.

Urbech from hemp

Urbech made from hemp seeds also contains a lot of protein. Therefore, I recommend it to athletes and people who engage in heavy physical activity.

Has a beneficial effect on the human nervous system. Improves vision, immunity and heart function. Helps with insomnia. Strengthens hair and nails. Reduces the risk of infertility. Improves potency.

For overweight people, use this product carefully. It can help you gain weight quickly. Also not suitable for those who have stones and gallbladder diseases.

Urbech from apricot kernels - benefits and harm

The main value of urbech made from apricot kernels is that it contains a record amount of the substance (vitamin B17). It has a detrimental effect on cancer cells. It is often used for the prevention of cancer.

Urbech from apricot kernels

In addition, the product itself has a beneficial effect on the respiratory tract. Helps with cough, laryngitis and bronchitis. Also useful for the kidneys and constipation. Has a mild laxative effect.

Allergies are a contraindication. If you take it in very large quantities, there is a risk of poisoning, nausea and headaches.

Coconut Urbech

Coconut urbech helps to build muscle mass very well. Normalizes cholesterol levels in the blood and also prevents the occurrence of atherosclerosis.

Coconut Urbech

It is also very useful to use this product for bloating, gas formation and gastrointestinal diseases. The immune system is also strengthened. Has antitumor effect.

Peanut urbech

This peanut urbech can be taken in its pure form. In itself it is a complete and independent product.

Peanut urbech

It is useful because it has a mild choleretic effect. Therefore, it is recommended for liver and gallbladder diseases. Also for stomach diseases, gastritis and ulcers.

The paste itself has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin, hair and nails. Improves hearing and memory. And in men it increases potency.

I should also note that peanut butter is the cheapest of all types of Urbech. As a rule, it is affordable since the nut itself is inexpensive.

Another problem concerns both urbech and pasta. Nut allergies became an acute social problem in the 90s. In particular, peanuts are considered one of the heaviest and most allergenic foods.

That is why peanut products are banned in many medical and school institutions. Well, don't forget about calories. In 100 gr. nut butter contains 600 kcal. By the way, there is an excellent one on our website. Be sure to use it!

Walnut Urbech

Urbech made from walnuts helps very well in preventing cancer. There are antitumor properties. In addition, it has a beneficial effect on brain activity.

Walnut Urbech

Very useful for those people who are engaged in mental work. It is also useful for men, as this product increases potency.

Since there is a lot of magnesium, it has a good calming effect on the nervous system. This paste is also recommended for those who are underweight.

It is also very useful for anemia to increase hemoglobin. The acidity of gastric juice is also normalized. It helps digestion.

Almond Urbech

Almond urbech is most expensive product from the listed types. After all, the nut itself is expensive, but at the same time very tasty. The main property is the removal of heavy metal salts. In general, these are the harmful substances that we actively absorb every day in cities with poor ecology.

Almond Urbech

The product is also very rich in amino acids and protein. Moreover, it has a well-balanced composition of amino acids. Therefore, it can be safely recommended to athletes and people who are engaged in physical labor.

Remember that this is a high-calorie product. It is also contraindicated for children under 3 years of age. A little older can be given, but in very small quantities. Contraindicated for diseases of the gallbladder, stomach and liver.

Cashew urbech is useful because the original product contains a substance that strengthens tooth enamel and gums. Its taste is quite specific and moderately sweet.

This type of product strengthens the cardiovascular system and has a rejuvenating effect.

Of all the species, this one is the most valuable product. The beneficial properties are very diverse. This contains many missing nutrients for those on a raw food diet. This product will be especially valuable for them.

Also, if you take it in moderation, you will be able to improve memory, vision, and digestion. There is still a chance to prevent cancer.

Urbech from milk thistle: benefits and harm

Milk thistle urbech is useful for getting rid of waste and toxins. It helps pregnant women avoid toxicosis. Some doctors recommend using it for cancer.

Urbech from milk thistle

Helps avoid cardiovascular diseases. This product will help normalize metabolism and reduce weight.

It treats acne well, as well as psoriasis. Improves the health of hair, skin and nails. Increases human immunity. Very good for the liver.

If we talk about harm, then this type of product should not be used if you have allergies, nausea or diarrhea. There is also a contraindication for people with diarrhea and epilepsy.

Urbech from pumpkin seeds

Urbech made from pumpkin seeds strengthens the walls of arteries well. Therefore, it is useful to use against atherosclerosis and varicose veins. The product has a mild diuretic effect, which is useful for kidney and bladder problems.

Urbech from pumpkin seeds

Also improves memory and brain activity. It also reduces fatigue. Therefore, if you have increased brain activity (students, scientists, etc.), then I recommend this type of natural paste.

Strengthens the nervous system, blood vessels and heart.

In large quantities it causes hypovitaminosis and stool retention. Also, large doses contribute to the appearance of ulcers and salt deposition.

Urbech from chia seeds

Urbech made from chia seeds improves the functioning of the digestive system. Rejuvenates the body, strengthens bones and teeth. Reduces cholesterol and improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system.

Urbech from chia seeds

It also has a beneficial effect on the nervous system. By preserving fluid, it promotes good functioning of cells in the body. Contains a lot of calcium.

Urbech from black cumin

Black cumin urbech is good to use for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It also removes various waste products, which is beneficial for the kidneys and liver.

Urbech from black cumin

Strengthens hair growth. Has a beneficial effect on the skin. Helps with bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia.

It is very useful for women, as it helps with diseases of the genital area. This product also makes it easier to recover after childbirth.

Use this type of product no more than 2 tsp. in a day. If you are allergic to cumin, it is better to completely avoid using it.

Urbech: recipe at home

The recipe for making urbech at home is very simple. It is prepared from various seeds or nuts by slowly grinding on stone millstones. This processing method allows you to preserve all the beneficial properties and substances contained in the original products.

It also takes on an accessible form. That is, it is crushed to such an extent that it turns into a thick viscous homogeneous mass. Thus, it is better and easier to consume than the original product itself.

Cooking urbech at home

A coffee grinder will not work here, since it can only grind flax seed flour. And here the process of crushing the seed kernel and at the same time grinding with millstones to obtain a viscous mass is important.

In general, to obtain urbech, you will need a mill with stone millstones and the original product (flax seed, chia seed, pumpkin, and so on). During the crushing process, a natural paste will already be released. Then it can be put into containers for storage and subsequent use.

But there is another way. However, it is less useful than the previous one. But you can also use it at home.

Take 500 gr. flaxseed, pre-dried in a dehydrator. If you don’t have a dehydrator, you can dry it in an oven or fireplace. But unfortunately, the temperature there is not maintained as precisely as in a dehydrator.

The drying temperature should not exceed 40 °C. This is necessary so that the beneficial substances and vitamins in the original product do not disintegrate.

In general, we take 500 gr. dry seed and pour into a blender and grind.

Now you need to heat up the millstones (included in the package of the melangeur). You can reheat it in a dehydrator. This is necessary so that the oil is extracted faster.

Working millstones in a melanger (urbech maker)

Then we pour the crushed seed on top of the millstones and make sure that the millstones do not stop. They can stop if too much product has been poured in and the power of the melanger begins to be insufficient.

Now all that remains is to wait for the melanger to prepare the urbech. From time to time you need to take a look. And when oil starts to separate from the flour, the mixture will thicken and stick to the stones. Then you will need to use a spatula to clean it.

This procedure takes about three hours.

If you make it from a softer product (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, etc.), then it will take an hour and a half to prepare.

So, after an hour of working in the melanger (mill), the mass begins to become thick.

Be sure to monitor the temperature. If it approaches 40 °C, then stop everything and let the product cool. You can put the container in a colder place. After which you need to turn the melangeur back into operation.

It is worth saying that flax urbech is the heaviest among all. Therefore, when preparing it in a melangeur, the temperature can reach 50 °C. For other softer products it will be significantly lower. Therefore, be careful here!

So, after 3 hours, urbech made from flax seeds will be completely ready.

Mini mill with stone millstones

If you don’t have it, I recommend buying it or ordering it from workshops. There are quite small models that will not take up much space in the kitchen. They are practical and convenient to use. Then you definitely won’t have a headache about how to cook urbech at home.

In principle, it will also work in melange. Many people use this method. However, you need to carefully monitor the operating temperature. This is especially true for flax.

How to use urbech correctly

Now let's talk about how to use urbech correctly. Muslims most often eat it during the holy month of Ramadan. After all, it’s easy for them to get enough. It is also used not only as a delicacy, but as a nutritious and tonic.

Flax flour and crushed flax seeds are also used in other countries around the world. So in Canada, Germany and the Scandinavian Islands they are added to bakery and confectionery products. It is also added to meat and fish semi-finished products.

In Abkhazia, ground flax seed mixed with honey and nuts is a favorite national dish.

Urbech with oatmeal cookies

Urbech paste can be consumed with honey, sugar or butter. So it turns into a satisfying delicacy.

The flaxseed product with butter and honey is similar to a delicate chocolate spread. In terms of taste and benefits, this chocolate is significantly superior to common cocoa analogues.

For cooking sweet dish, Urbech is heated and mixed with melted butter and honey. Do not bring to a boil. The proportions of all ingredients are approximately equal. Everything is adjusted to taste.

Melted urbech with butter is consumed in liquid form as a sweet. They season porridge with it or cool it in the refrigerator and eat it spread on bread.

In order for the living Urbech product to be better absorbed, you can eat it with juicy vegetables. They will make it softer, less viscous and more watery with a rich taste.

Sesame and peanut pastes can be safely consumed in their pure form. But the flax product must be mixed with honey or bread! It’s just that in its pure form it sticks tightly to the palate and is very difficult to swallow.

The easiest way to eat urbech is to mix it with honey. 3 spoons of paste to 1 spoon of honey.

Urbech makes excellent energy bars. Below I give a special recipe. Now we will prepare dried cranberry and cashew bars.

Energy bars

Ingredients:

1. Dried cranberries
2. Cashew
3. Figs (pre-soaked in water)
4. Pumpkin seeds

Pour all these ingredients into a blender. Add additional oatmeal there and then chop everything. Next, pour the contents into a separate bowl.

Then we take Urbech ( for example, from apricot kernels) and place on the crushed mass. Two tablespoons will be enough. After adding, you need to mix everything.

If your mixture is too crumbly, you can add a little more natural paste.

Now roll the ball and spread it on the board. This can be done with a rolling pin, fingers or a plate. Next, we trim everything with a knife and put it in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Leveled mass

Now all that remains is to cut them and serve them. You need to cut into thin rectangles.

Cutting bars

Babaganush recipe

For a long time, residents of Dagestan mixed urbech in equal proportions with honey and butter. Spread it on bread or pita bread and wash it down with water.

This is such a simple and satisfying breakfast!

But over time, Dagestan urbech has become an integral ingredient in hundreds of unique and amazing dishes. Popular oriental snack babaganoush one of these. Below is the recipe.

We need 3 eggplants, 3 tablespoons of white sesame urbech, 2 tablespoons each of lemon juice and olive oil. You also need a head of garlic, parsley, salt and pepper.

Bake the eggplants in the oven until soft. When they have cooled, carefully peel off the peel and finely chop the pulp to a paste. Then add sesame urbech to the eggplant and mix well. Gradually stir in chopped garlic and parsley.

Then season with olive oil, add salt and pepper. The finished dish can be decorated with fresh herbs.

Where to buy Urbech and how to store it

Fortunately, almost everyone can buy Urbech. The gastronomic miracle is also sold in large retail chains and specialized health food stores.

Urbech price for 200 gr. ranges from 150 to 230 rubles. Of course, it all depends on the manufacturer and type of product.

Ready-made urbech from black and white flax seeds

Some manufacturers may offer special probes weighing 50 g. They are much cheaper. This option is especially useful for those who have not yet decided on the appropriate type of product. This way you can try several options at once.

It’s worth saying right away that you definitely need to distinguish urbech from simple nut butter!

This is how the chocolate mixture with the addition of hazelnuts gained worldwide fame. Resourceful confectioners from the Apennine Peninsula during the Second World War invented a paste with cocoa and nuts.

This delicacy replaced chocolate, which was in short supply. However, such a paste has nothing in common with natural Dagestan urbech.

Many nut butter manufacturers replace dessert ingredients in order to reduce the cost of the final product. Large amounts of sugar, flavorings and various preservatives neutralize the beneficial effect of eating nuts.

Unfortunately, delicious chocolate nut paste does not even come close to possessing the properties and qualities of urbech. The latter, by the way, is often called Dagestan chocolate.

The fact is that one of the types of southern treats is made from cocoa beans. It has a solid structure because cocoa butter solidifies at a temperature of 34 °C.

Urbech made from cocoa beans is a natural dark chocolate that can be consumed without pre-processing or adding to other dishes.

With such diversity on the market, everyone can find their favorite type of natural product. The assortment is truly amazing!

Choose wisely! Read the labels carefully.

Proper urbech should not contain any foreign additives! For example, flavor enhancers, sugar and synthetic fats.

The product's own oil is its natural preservative, which allows it to be well stored and absorbed.

Sometimes, in order to reduce prices and increase profits, manufacturers artificially add other cheaper oils to the product. This greatly reduces the usefulness of the product.

Store Urbech need in a dark and cool room with no sunlight. It is also often stored in the refrigerator for long-term use.

Urbech - photo

Below are photos of various types of Urbech. All pictures are clickable to enlarge.

Napoleon cake from Urbech

Urbech with milk

Crispbread with urbech

Urbech with bread

Urbech with waffles

Selling Urbech

Melanger (urbech maker)

Urbech production

That's all!

It's time to correct this omission. This unique oriental superfood is worth getting to know better and include in daily diet. It’s easy to prepare even for novice housewives, so there’s no need to focus only on store-bought pasta, which can be confusing due to its high cost.

Product history

Urbech (in Avar "urba") belongs to Dagestan cuisine. The first mentions of it date back to the 17th century, but most likely the product has more ancient origins. A thick, high-calorie paste with a high concentration of vitamins and minerals was originally intended for shepherds who made multi-day treks in search of the best pastures for their flock.

The harsh mountain climate required certain food: satisfying, gives energy, does not require long preparation, and is also light in weight and volume. Urbech fully meets all these requirements. In addition, it is known for its strong bactericidal properties, which is also important in camping conditions. The paste is used not only internally, but also externally - for lotions or compresses for inflammatory processes, suppuration of wounds, bruises.

Dagestanis traditionally try to use only “local” products for their dishes, subjecting them to minimal heat treatment. Urbech is no exception. It is believed that it contains the secret of the longevity of the Caucasian people.

Most often, shepherds prepared a paste from brown flax seeds, first lightly frying them on wide baking sheets. They also used hemp, sesame and cumin, and during the harvest season, apricot - the seeds of the most popular fruit in Dagestan. Less often, nuts were used for Urbech: walnuts or hazelnuts, while almonds were generally considered a delicacy.

Peeled and fried or dried at 40ºC, the raw material was ground with heavy stone millstones in mills, turning it into a thick mass, the consistency is reminiscent of cream.

Attention!

Urbech in its pure form has a specific astringent taste. It is especially noticeable if the nuts and seeds are not pre-roasted, but are taken raw to increase the benefits. Not everyone who tries Dagestan pasta for the first time will unconditionally like it, you need to be prepared for this.

If the taste of the product seems too unusual, do not be upset. It needs to be mixed with liquid honey (ideally mountain) and melted butter. The resulting delicacy, after hardening, is very reminiscent of chocolate-nut butter - even children, who can be called the most demanding gourmets, eat it with pleasure.

How to cook urbech at home

The most difficult thing in this case is to reproduce the technology of grinding seeds or nuts between millstones using modern kitchen appliances. When grinding raw materials in a blender or coffee grinder, the result is dry flour, not a viscous, liquid mass.

The secret of the “correct” Urbech is precisely in the processing with millstones, which, like a press, squeeze out the oil. Then it is absorbed into the cake, which gives the desired consistency and taste, and also makes the product as healthy as possible.

How to replace industrial millstones?

Melanger or urbech-maker

Household kitchen appliance – a real mill in miniature. It is intended for making chocolate and nut pastes, so it is ideally suited for Urbech.

Melanger is the dream of raw foodists and all connoisseurs of natural superfoods. It consists of a steel bowl, inside of which granite millstones rotate, driven by an electric motor. The device is capable of grinding any ingredients, bringing them to a paste-like state.

If there is a melanger, preparation comes down to two simple operations:

1. Pre-grind 500 g of raw materials with any suitable device: blender, coffee grinder or rolling pin. This is necessary to “facilitate the work” of the mill, to protect the millstones from overheating and premature wear.
2. We load the resulting mass into the urbech maker. This should be done in portions so as not to overload the device. Too small a volume - less than 500 g, is undesirable, since the millstones will run idle and wear out. The time for complete grinding is from 1.5 to 3 hours, depending on the degree of hardness of the product. It will take about 30 minutes to grind coconut.

We make sure that the melangeur does not stop. If this happens, too large a portion was loaded at once. From time to time we remove the stuck mass from the millstones with a plastic spatula.

Melanger allows you to prepare live urbech at home, which is no different from the Dagestan super-product.
The only disadvantage of the device is the high price. But if you prepare PP products constantly, it will pay for itself.

Hand mill

This is a cheaper analogue of melanger, where the grinding of raw materials occurs mechanically. It is enough to adjust the grinding - it should be the finest so that The output is high quality urbech.

In this case, preliminary grinding of seeds is not required. The process is faster than in melangeur, but requires physical effort. Another disadvantage of a manual mill is its low productivity; it will not be possible to prepare a large amount of paste for future use. But a fresh product that has not lost its valuable properties will always be served to the table.

Blender or coffee grinder

To make a Caucasian superfood with their help, you will have to work hard. Quick grinding will not give the desired result, so processing should last 5 – 20 minutes depending on the power of the device.

A combination blender that has both a stationary bowl and an immersion element works well. Using the latter, it is easy to regulate the degree of processing of seeds or nuts by moving it in the desired direction. As the oil is squeezed out of the raw material, the dry mass will gradually begin to moisten. Such a paste will not be liquid, but the consistency of a very thick cream can be achieved.

An electric burr coffee grinder is no less convenient. To more clearly show the process of preparing a delicious multi-component pasta in it, we offer a detailed master class with photographs.

Urbech from sesame seeds and peanuts with honey

This not entirely traditional variety of oriental delicacy is quick to prepare and will delight you with its excellent taste.

Recipe information

• Cuisine:Dagestan
• Type of dish: Sweet pasta
• Method of preparation: grinding
• Servings:8
• 10 min

Ingredients:

• white sesame seeds - 150 g
• peeled raw peanuts - 125 g
• honey - 2 - 3 tbsp.

Cooking method:

Lightly dry the peanuts in a frying pan. Cool and chop coarsely. For convenience, place the peanuts in a bag and roll them out with a wooden rolling pin.


Place sesame seeds into a coffee grinder and grind.


Mix peanut pieces and sesame paste.


Melt honey in a water bath. Add honey little by little to the mixture.


Stir the nut mixture. You should get a thick paste.


Place the finished urbech in a clean jar. Store at room temperature. But to be on the safe side, it’s best to store it in the refrigerator.


One way to serve urbech is on apple slices. Sprinkle thin slices of fresh apple with lemon juice and place half a teaspoon of paste on them.




This dish can be consumed with tea, added to porridge, or used as a spread for sandwiches and toast. Urbech is very convenient to take on the road. The paste is very nutritious and does not spoil for a long time. It tastes like tahini halva.

How to use the finished product correctly

The Dagestani centenarians do not eat this delicacy with spoons. This is a high-calorie concentrated product, but most importantly, it has a pronounced astringent taste and coats the mouth, causing a not very comfortable sensation. If you want to use the mixture in its pure form as a biostimulant, you should take it in the morning on an empty stomach, 1 tsp, no more, with water.

Flax and milk thistle have the highest viscosity, the latter is also very bitter. It is difficult to eat urbech from them without flavoring additives. Another thing is nut paste: almond, coconut, hazelnut, cashew or cedar - this is the best choice for a morning snack.

However, if urbech is used not “alone”, but as a component of a more complex dish, the result will be no less healthy, but more varied in taste and more economical.

Nutella for raw foodists

The most common and fastest option is to mix the paste with honey and oil. It turns out to be a dessert breakfast or snack, helping to forget about the feeling of hunger for a long time.
It is prepared as follows:

1. The starting products are taken in the following proportion: for 100 g of paste the same amount of honey and ¼ or ½ butter. Urbech can be either store-bought or home-made.
2. Melt the butter in a water bath, stirring, add honey if it is thick and needs to be melted. Next, pour the liquid mixture into the paste and bring the product to a homogeneous state.

The resulting dish, which in Dagestan is also called urbech, is spread on toast (originally on lavash), biscuits or bread. If the mixture is made more liquid, it is suitable as a topping for pancakes or other desserts.

Instead of honey, you can add maple syrup, natural agave nectar or chocolate.

Nuts, apricot kernels and flax are ideal for sweet dishes.

There is also a salty version of “spreads” for sandwiches. Hemp, sesame, flax or pumpkin urbech is mixed with vegetable puree, adding spices or soy sauce.

Spicy salad dressing

Urbech can be used to make wonderful sauces that will highlight the taste of main courses and appetizers. To obtain the desired consistency, the base is combined with lemon juice and vegetable oil, and Natural vinegar and spices are used for piquancy.

In this case, you should pay attention to pumpkin or sesame seeds, hemp, cumin, and milk thistle.

Raw Salad Dressing Recipe

We will need:

• one of the above types of urbech - 2 tbsp. l.;
• vegetable oil, preferably olive oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
• lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.;
• soy sauce – 1 tbsp. l.;
• garlic and herbs to taste.

How to cook

Mix all ingredients in a blender and pour over the dish just before serving. An excellent dressing option for salads with pickled cheeses, avocados, seafood or boiled chicken.

Apricot porridge

Caucasian superfood is an ideal addition to any breakfast porridge.

A balanced combination of proteins, fats and carbohydrates provides energy for the entire working day, eliminating the need to “recharge” with fast food.

But apricot porridge is a special phenomenon. It, like urbech, belongs to the national Dagestan cuisine and has healing properties.

We will need:

• apricot juice – 1 l;
• water – 1 glass;
• urbech from apricot kernels – 4 tbsp. l.;
• seeded flour – 200 g;
• butter – 50g;
• sugar – 100 g.

How to cook

• Pour the juice into an aluminum pan and cook over low heat.
• We dilute the flour in water, making sure that no lumps form. The dough should be like pancakes.
• Add sugar to the boiled juice. Next, with constant stirring, pour in the “dough”. Move the spoon or whisk vigorously, otherwise undissolved lumps will form.
• When the mixture of juice and diluted flour becomes homogeneous, you can let it simmer without your intervention for 25 minutes.

Properly cooked porridge should not feel flour. If you remove the dish from the heat too early, it will not be beneficial.

• Mix Urbech with honey and melted butter and pour it over the finished porridge.

Fruit or vegetable platter

Bread plus urbech is a combination for active people who experience daily physical activity. If you don’t need extra calories, it’s better to replace baked goods with pieces of fruit or vegetables and make a raw food fondue.

What combinations will be the most delicious? The following table will answer this question.

Types of Urbech	Vegetables	Fruits and berries
Linen	Carrots, cucumbers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, zucchini	Apples, plums, grapefruit
Sesame	Assorted any raw salad vegetables	Apples, pears, all citrus fruits
From pumpkin seeds	Zucchini, red and Chinese cabbage, green beans	Oranges, watermelons, pears
Sunflower	Raw carrots, garlic, green onions	Mango, sweet apples, peaches, bananas
Hemp	Tomatoes, sweet peppers, stalked celery, cucumbers	Plums, pears, tangerines, apples, oranges
Apricot kernels or almond	—	Peaches, mangoes, apricots, grapes
Coconut	—	Pears, bananas
Peanut	All types of lettuce, cucumbers, raw carrots, boiled beets	Blueberries, figs, kiwi, plums, strawberries

Hummus

The popular oriental appetizer made from chickpeas only benefits if you use sesame urbech instead of classic tahini paste.

We will need:

• Turkish peas (chickpeas) – 100 g;
• sesame urbech – 4 tbsp. l.;
• lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.;
• garlic – 2 cloves;
• salt and hot red pepper.

Preparation

1. Soak the chickpeas overnight in cold water, which is then drained, and the peas are washed well.
2. We turn all the ingredients, except urbech and pepper, into a homogeneous mass with a blender. Mix with sesame paste and add spice.

In addition to the recipes listed, the Dagestan superfood is used to make smoothies and vegan sweets, baked goods, soups, even ice cream.

The calorie content of 100 g of urbech is on average 543 kcal. This is a lot, considering that the total daily intake is 1800 kcal. Therefore, you can eat no more than 3 tsp per day. pure product.

Urbech should be introduced into the diet gradually. First 1 tsp. in the morning, then the same amount, but twice a day, and finally three. It is advisable to wash down any pasta dish with liquid - tea or water.

How to choose the “power of the Caucasus”

When choosing a unique Dagestan product in a store, those who do it for the first time get lost and are afraid of making a mistake. What do you need to pay attention to so that your purchase brings only positive emotions?

• Compound. The paste must be 100% natural - without preservatives or other chemicals. Preferably without sugar. Only the original product indicated in the title and that’s it.

Attention!

Manufacturers can add foreign cheap oils to it to reduce the cost of urbech. They are listed in the ingredient list on the label. The medicinal value of such a superfood will fully correspond to its price.

• Consistency. The “correct” paste should have medium thickness. If it is too liquid, it is better to put it aside; the technology for its production has most likely been violated.

• Aroma. If you have the opportunity to smell the product, you should definitely do so. A bright, appetizing, spicy smell is a sign of high quality.
• Why do you buy paste? If your first priority is to get acquainted with a hitherto unknown product, you should buy urbech made from nuts or cocoa beans; it has the taste of delicacies familiar from childhood.

For medicinal purposes, choose the variety that is indicated for a particular disease. Flaxseed paste is considered universal; it can be used for prevention, toning and weight loss.

How to store

The still unopened jar is kept away from sunlight, at a temperature not exceeding 20ºС. You can use a refrigerator, especially in the summer. The shelf life of the paste depends on the raw materials and must be indicated on the packaging. Since production technology may differ, this figure varies between brands. The smaller it is, the more natural the product.

On average, urbech is stored for 6–12 months, but no more. You shouldn’t buy it in large quantities; it’s better to buy more as you use it.

An open jar should be kept in the refrigerator for no more than a week. There should be no pungent-smelling products nearby.

It happens that store-bought urbech delaminates during storage. This indicates the absence of emulsifiers and thickeners in it. It is enough to shake the jar so that its contents become homogeneous again.

As you can see, an authentic Dagestan delicacy, prolonging life and improving health, is quite accessible to us today. Let's enrich our menu with another effective superfood.

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Urbech is a dish of national Dagestan cuisine. In ancient times, they were treated to warriors who spent a lot of energy during military battles and long campaigns. This product was also used by people with poor health to restore strength and energy. It is a mixture of ground sunflower seeds, flax or apricot kernels with honey and oil.

This sweet treat is suitable for decorating confectionery products, and can also be spread on a piece of bread and eaten as a snack with tea or another drink. Today it is possible to cook it yourself. Moreover, all the ingredients are available for free sale. The main thing is to select fresh ingredients so that the resulting urbech is also excellent in taste.

Urbech recipe

1. First you need to take any seed, such as apricot, flax, sunflower or hemp. Then you need to finely grind it in a coffee grinder. To do this, it does not need to be dried so that the beneficial qualities are preserved - this is the main highlight of the preparation. When grinding, a lot of oils are released, this is also important. There may be a slight difference in the amount of oil released; some seeds will give more, and some will give less. But there are no peculiarities in this, and this cannot in any way affect the quality of the future Urbech. You can use different seeds, for example apricot and hemp, the taste will be original, but it depends on your wishes.
2. And so, the result is a semi-finished product with the expected sweetness: these are crushed nuts in an oily mixture; perhaps they will not cause delight in appearance, but they have a whole treasure trove of minerals, vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Now you can add other products to the resulting mixture.
3. To do this, melt the butter and then carefully add honey to it. It is recommended to cook everything in a water bath to avoid burning. But you still need to stir constantly so that everything is properly dispersed. Now the mixture is homogeneous and can be used for further preparation.
4. The previously prepared nut mass is added to the melted mixture, and then everything is mixed again. Initially, it will seem a little liquid, but after cooling it will definitely acquire the desired thickness, since the oil and oil will still have a thicker consistency when cooling.
5. In a liquid state, the finished urbech is poured into containers in which it will be stored in the refrigerator, then cooled, and only then sent to a permanent storage location. The jars should be tightly closed with lids to prevent other odors from entering. Everything is not so complicated and these products can be bought.

You don't need any special culinary skills here. And the ingredients can be added in any quantities, it all depends on taste. Business tip: to keep the mixture always fresh, it must be prepared in small quantities, and one that is stored for a long time will gradually lose its beneficial qualities. So this point should also be taken into account.

When preparing the product, you can also add cocoa and chocolate, you can add additional flavorings and dyes, they do not have to be used, made on a synthetic basis, you can just take fresh beet or carrot juice. This will only make the dish more valuable and richer in nutritional components.

Product advantages

Currently, it has been established that Urbech has a number of beneficial properties. The product perfectly suppresses hunger and saturates the body with nutrients. It is suitable for athletes who put a lot of effort into training sessions, as well as for people whose work involves increased physical activity.

Urbech can also be consumed by people who need to provide nutrition to the brain. The many beneficial properties of nuts and honey give strength to the body. Metabolism is normalized, the digestive organs begin to function better, and the cardiovascular system returns to normal. The functioning of the liver and kidneys improves. The blood is renewed and enters the organs.

Neo, despite the large number of advantages of using the product, there are also restrictions on its ingestion. People with excessive body weight should eat with caution. Not recommended for use by people with allergies.

Conclusion

Urbech can be used in decorating cakes, pastries and other products. It has the ability to keep its shape for a long time. You can dip pancakes, pancakes and tabani in it.

Today it will be more economical to prepare it yourself than to buy a ready-made product in a store, especially since it will not take much time, and the preparation process itself is very simple. Perhaps these tips will be useful for thrifty and practical housewives.

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You can prepare many healthy, tasty and original dishes from flaxseed. Along with their taste, these food products are becoming popular because of their active medicinal composition, which helps to cure and prevent many ailments - diseases of the cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract, slow down the aging of the body and even prevent cancer.

Linen urbech

As a result of grinding flaxseed, you get a tasty and completely safe delicacy for your figure - urbech with flax seeds. It has long been believed that this is a Dagestan dish that belongs to oriental cuisine, but over the years this stereotype has been completely eradicated. Now urbech is prepared in different countries of the world.

What is this dish famous for and what is it? Urbech is a product that has a pasty consistency and is prepared exclusively from seeds. In addition to flaxseeds, sesame, pumpkin, sunflower seeds, apricot kernels and other ingredients are used for its preparation.

Flaxseed urbech helps satisfy hunger for a long time, since its calorie content is 535 kcal per 100 g of fresh product.

In order to prepare urbech from flax seeds, you can use white and dark grains. Like any other product that contains flaxseed, urbech is beneficial for the body, as it contains a lot of fiber, gluten, amino acids, and polyunsaturated omega fatty acids. The antioxidants contained in flax characterize this product as an excellent remedy for preventing aging of the body.

The product is also used as a cleanser that helps remove heavy toxins and improve immunity. Fiber from flax seeds, which is included in products based on them, helps improve the digestive process, preventing food from stagnating in the intestines and causing constipation, flatulence, bloating and colic.

How to prepare and eat urbech

There are several ways to properly consume flax seeds and products made from them, including urbech. For preparation, they use traditional manual technology of grinding (grinding) raw flaxseeds until the oily liquid is released from them. High temperatures are not used to process grains, so all the beneficial qualities of the product remain in it.

The only inconvenience is the impossibility of preparing this product at home, since grinding the beans in a coffee grinder or blender does not release the required amount of oil. For this you need devices (millstones) for production purposes.

But this delicacy is sold to raw foodists in special departments. This is convenient, since you can use such a base at home for cooking in different ways - with the addition of the desired ingredients that improve the taste and composition of the finished product:

1. The first way is to mix ready-made urbech (paste) with honey.
2. The second way is to mix with chopped fruit.
3. The third way is to add it to cereals, sauces, and sweet dishes.

As a preventive measure against various ailments and as a therapeutic and vitamin component, urbech is consumed daily on an empty stomach, 1 tsp. half an hour before meals. Despite the fact that this product has a specific taste, you can quickly get used to it when you start consuming it with a taste-improving composition.

Urbech with honey should be used with caution by people who are prone to allergies to bee products, as well as the composition of flaxseed grain.

Be sure to consult a nutritionist before including urbech and other products made from flax grains in your diet.

At the first signs of malaise and discomfort in the digestive tract, the product should be excluded from the diet.

Flaxseed Treat Recipes

Flax crackers

Compound

• 150 g wheat flour;
• 60 ml cold water;
• 2 tbsp each flax seeds and vegetable oil;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 0.5 tsp baking powder;
• 0.5 tsp. Sahara.

Preparation

1. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar, flax seeds.
2. Mix water and oil in a glass, pour in flour and knead into a smooth dough.
3. Leave the dough for 10 minutes, wrapping it in cling film.
4. Roll out the dough into a layer 2-3mm thick on baking paper, on which it can be transferred to a baking sheet.
5. Carefully cut the dough into crackers, place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees, bake until browned, making sure that the crackers do not burn.

Flax halva

Compound

• flaxseeds - 2 tsp;
• honey - 1 tbsp. l.;
• raisins, dried apricots, prunes.

Preparation

1. Grind the seeds, mix with honey and finely chopped dried fruits, which must be pre-soaked.
2. Mix everything well until it forms a paste.
3. The resulting halva can be eaten, spread on toast, cookies, or added to drinks or fermented milk products.

What is the point of eating flaxseed?

Knowing how to prepare flax seeds and consume them, you can get rid of a number of ailments, as well as prevent the appearance of new ones.

Products made from flaxseeds can be used to cleanse the intestines and are included in diets recommended for weight loss. The basis of how to eat flax seeds is:

• The correct dosage is no more than 3 tbsp. l. per day for adults and no more than 1 tsp. for children;
• medical examination of health status before consuming flaxseed products.

Treatment and prevention with flax seeds should not be carried out for more than 1 month in a row. After each course, be sure to take a break of at least 10 days.

Infusions from this product are used only warm.

Flax grain should not be used as an independent substance for erosive and ulcerative diseases of the intestinal mucosa and other gastrointestinal organs. To treat them, only mucus is used, which is obtained by infusing the seeds.

If flax seed is used for weight loss or cleansing the body, it is mandatory to consume it on an empty stomach.

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In Dagestan, local peoples have been eating Urbech since ancient times. These are seeds and nuts ground into a paste. Initially, flax was used as the most useful and cheapest raw material. Any nuts and seeds can also be used in the paste - sesame, walnuts, almonds, apricot kernels, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, etc. The rich nut concentrate is very nutritious. A small jar will last for several days in the field, which is why urbech is so popular among mountain peoples - it does not take up much space and saves you from hunger on long treks. To grind the seeds into a paste, they must be thoroughly dried. In Dagestan, the seeds are roasted and then made into nut butter. Today, for urbech, the seeds are dried at gentle temperatures, and only then ground - this allows you to preserve all the beneficial substances in the nuts. The grinding process takes place in large mills with stone millstones. The seeds produce not just powder (flour), but also secrete their own oil, so the paste is in a semi-liquid state.

It is difficult to use nut butter in its pure form - it is too viscous. The recipe for making urbech is simple - in a plate, mix nut butter and honey in a one-to-one ratio. Liquid honey is easier to mix. For a quick breakfast - one spoon of honey, one spoon of nut urbech - a healthy and very nutritious breakfast is ready! As an option, you can mix a large amount of urbech and honey in a pot at once - and store this supply in the refrigerator. Eat off gradually)) There is also a common recipe for Urbech, when the paste with honey is heated so that the honey melts (but do not bring to a boil! Heat at low temperature), then add butter to taste (usually you take one part of Urbech, part of honey and part of butter) . Stir until smooth, cool and put in the refrigerator.

Ready-made urbech is good with tea and convenient to spread on bread.

You can make another delicacy with Urbech if you add grated cocoa beans to it during cooking (when you heat the paste with honey) (in extreme cases, a couple of chocolate slices). You will get a full-fledged chocolate-nut butter to the delight of yourself and your children!

Much has been written about the beneficial properties of urbech. Mainly depends on the nut from which the paste is made.

The main producers of Urbech today are the Tlokhsky plant and DiDo - both are located in Dagestan. There are also small companies that package urbech under their own brands, but from the manufacturer, as a rule, it is cheaper and tastier. You can buy Urbech in Moscow here:.