It's autumn, the time for colds and warm blankets. Among the seasonal harvest, many have grown pumpkin, the queen of vegetables, on their plots. It is rich in nutrients, various dishes are prepared from it, it is often eaten by vegans. The macronutrients included in the pulp and seeds strengthen the immune system. Support the body in bad weather with a healthy and tasty drink - pumpkin milk!
Original and at the same time easy to prepare pumpkin milk contains useful plant components. It is valuable for its content: iron, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, zinc, proteins and other elements. Try making a fun and easy pumpkin drink at home.
Classic cooking recipe
Ingredients:
- seeds - 200 g;
- boiled water - 3 tbsp.;
- cane sugar - 2 - 3 tbsp. l.;
- vanillin to taste.
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Pour the seeds into a saucepan, pour a glass of water and leave for a couple of hours.
Image - After the allotted time, beat with an immersion blender at high speed until smooth.
- Gradually pour in the rest of the water in a thin stream, add sugar, vanillin and beat for 5 - 7 minutes until whitish.
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Filter the contents into a bowl or pitcher.
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Delicious and healthy pumpkin milk is ready. Can be served at the table.
One trick - for a more complete extract of useful components from the seeds, it is recommended to leave the seeds in water overnight.
Homemade pumpkin milk
A common and simple recipe for novice cooks.
You will need the following components:
- pumpkin - 300 g;
- milk -200 ml;
- dates (seedless) - 5 pcs.;
- cinnamon, nuts to taste.
Further step by step:
- Peel, cut the pumpkin into pieces and place on a silicone sheet.
- Sprinkle with water a little and send to the oven for 30 minutes at a temperature not higher than 170 degrees.
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Transfer the softened semi-finished product to a blender bowl, add dates and grind until smooth.
Image - Pour milk, mashed potatoes into a saucepan, add cinnamon and boil over low heat until boiling. Stir constantly with a spatula.
- Remove from the stove, cool and pour into glasses in portions. Decorate with ground nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, cashews - choose as desired).
Serve with cookies, muffins, or any other sweet. Bon Appetit!
Spicy pumpkin milk
Ingredients:
- pumpkin pulp - 100 g;
- seeds - 150 g;
- dates - 50 g;
- water - 2 tbsp.;
- salt, spices - a pinch.
- The cooking process begins with the preparation of the seeds. They should be filled with water and left for 3 hours.
- Grind the pulp with a blender, add dates, salt, turmeric, saffron, cinnamon, red pepper and beat until smooth.
- Grind the seeds with water, strain them off and add to the bowl to the rest of the workpiece.
- Stir everything thoroughly and pour into cups.
Delicious, healthy and very appetizing!
Prepared milk can be used in the preparation of culinary pastries, cocktails.
Smoothie
Step-by-step preparation of the drink:
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The first to cook pumpkin milk (from seeds) or take ready-made.
Image - Then add chopped fruits (which is in the refrigerator), for example: banana, kiwi, apple and break with a mixer at high speed.
- Strain through a sieve and divide in portions. Top with mint leaves.
Your nutritious smoothie is ready!
Chocolate cocktail
You will need the following components:
- pumpkin milk - 150 ml;
- banana - 1 piece;
- cocoa - 1 dessert spoon;
- vanilla sugar, whipped cream (spray can) to taste.
Cooking method:
- Put banana in a blender bowl and beat on high speed.
- Pour in milk, add cocoa, vanillin and whip into a cocktail.
- Pour into a tall glass, insert a straw and garnish with whipped cream.
Baked pumpkin with milk
A good option for dessert lovers.
You will need the following proportion of products:
- pumpkin - 200 g;
- oil - 30 g;
- milk - 70 ml;
- cinnamon - 2 g;
- dried apricots / prunes - 50 g;
- brown sugar - 30 g.
Step by step:
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Cut the vegetable into arbitrary plastics, no more than 5 mm thick.
Image - Transfer to a baking dish, sprinkle with cinnamon and cover with milk.
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Sprinkle with fruit and sugar on top, grate butter on a coarse grater.
Image - Put in an oven preheated to 230 degrees for 40 minutes.
Serve on a plate, garnish with fresh berries and powdered sugar if desired.
Cook quickly, you do not need to study the photo).
Calorie content
One serving of 100 grams of the product contains 107 kcal. It replenishes the daily intake of: proteins - 7 g, fats - 9 g, carbohydrates - 3 g, dietary fiber - 1 g, and vitamin K by 18%, magnesium - 38%, iron - 23%, phosphorus - 33%, zinc - fourteen%.
A successful combination of products in the recipe, suitable for dieters, do not eat meat and meat products and for those who are allergic to lactose.
Useful properties and harm to the body
Pumpkin seeds contain: amino acids, fatty oils, essential oils, carotene, cucurbitol. They are widely used in medicine, cooking and cosmetology.
Regular inclusion of pumpkin milk or seeds in the diet improves memory, strengthens immunity and normalizes the hematopoietic system. Pumpkin seed extract is used for liver diseases, as it has hepatoprotective properties. In addition, it is used as an anthelmintic and anti-inflammatory agent. Also included in the composition of drugs used in the treatment of prostatitis ("Tykveol").
However, given all the useful qualities, you should not drink pumpkin milk if you have a history of chronic gastrointestinal diseases or hypersensitivity to the elements that make up the seeds.
In any case, do not overuse the amount of milk you drink. And if you are trying it for the first time, then it is better to start in portions, for example, ¼ glasses per sample.
