Sunflower seeds are a useful product from which you can prepare a variety of dishes. Unfortunately, only such dishes from seeds as halva and fried seeds are widely known. But this is a universal product from which you can prepare both appetizers, sauces and desserts.
Sunflower seeds have a high nutritional value due to their high content of vitamins and minerals. This (including vitamin B9 - folic acid). Contains in sunflower seeds. However, it is better to use seeds raw, since almost all nutrients are lost during the heat treatment. It is better to refuse from the most popular dish - fried sunflower seeds altogether, since it is fatty and high-calorie food, contraindicated for people prone to obesity. But in their raw form, seeds can improve the functioning of the digestive system, at the same time, satiety occurs faster, so the portion size is reduced.
You can cook both sweet and savory dishes from raw sunflower seeds: drinks, soups, salads, cakes, etc.
- raw peeled seeds - 0.5 cups - water - 1 l - prunes, dates, dried apricots, honey - at will and to taste
First, pour the peeled seeds with cold water and leave for at least 1 hour. Drain the water. Transfer the seeds to a narrow, tall glass container, such as a liter jar. Add about 150 ml of water. Rub the seeds with water using a hand blender. Add another 100 - 150 ml of water, mix. Strain and add remaining water. For taste, you can add soaked dried fruits, which need to be rubbed along with the seeds, as well as honey. This milk can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You can use vegetable milk from sunflower seeds both as an independent drink and as an additive to tea and coffee. The cake left after the preparation of milk should not be thrown away. It can be used to prepare a wide variety of dishes.
- peeled sunflower seeds - 0.5 cups - water - 200 ml - sea salt, lemon juice, ground pepper - to taste - herbs, garlic, mushrooms, etc. - optional
Pour the seeds overnight with water, drain the water. Pour the seeds with a glass of cold water, wipe with a blender. Add salt, spices, lemon juice to taste, rub again. Optionally, you can expand the taste of mayonnaise by adding garlic, herbs, finely chopped mushrooms. This mayonnaise can be used to dress any salads, replacing the traditional mayonnaise from the store.
- any vegetables - greens to taste - vegetable oil, salt, lemon juice - to taste - sunflower seeds - 0.3 cups per 500 g of salad.
Prepare a salad of any vegetables, salt, season with oil and lemon juice to taste, sprinkle with chopped herbs and peeled seeds.
- green peas - 100 g - peeled seeds - 0.75 cups - water - 350 ml - garlic - 1 slice - salt, spices - to taste
Pour the seeds with water for half an hour, drain the water, add peas to the seeds, put the garlic. Pour in water and rub with a blender. Season with salt and season to taste.
- peeled seeds - 1 cup - garlic - 1 slice - salt, pepper, lemon juice, herbs - to taste - vegetable oil - 2 - 3 tbsp. - water - 2 - 3 tbsp.
Soak the seeds overnight. Drain the water. Combine all products, except salt and pepper, in one container and rub together with a blender. Season, salt to taste.
- peeled sunflower seeds - 1 cup - dried fruits - to taste - water - 200 ml
Pour seeds and dried fruits with water and leave for 1 hour. Drain the water. Fold the seeds and dried fruits into one container, add 100 ml of water and rub until smooth. Add enough water to form a plastic dough. No extra sweetness is needed as the dried fruit is sweet enough on its own. Place the resulting mass tightly in a mold of a suitable size, having previously put cling film in the mold. Put the mold in the refrigerator for 1 - 2 hours. Put on a dish. Can be poured with a glaze made from several dry fruits, rubbed with water. You can decorate the dessert by sprinkling the surface with crushed nuts, any berries to taste. Cut gently into portions.
The cake remaining after the preparation of milk can be mixed with ground flax seeds, dried fruits, honey, put in a thin layer on parchment or special sheets and dried in a dehydrator - you get delicious ones that will not harm, unlike classic baking, neither the stomach nor the figure.
