Sunflower, sesame, peanut - Kozinaki choice on the shelves is quite wide, and many resourceful housewives themselves have mastered their preparation for the traditional or new unusual recipes. Invariably they one - kozinaki delicious, nutritious, and often largely beneficial.

Honey history

Sweet kozinaki have a rich and interesting history. It has its origins in ancient Georgia, where the desserts for the holiday table to play a special role.

Sweets and now traditional finish solemn feast, like a memorable gift dear guests, so desserts Georgian cuisine always have bright tasteful. For their preparation made use honey and walnut - a product of old, revered in this land.

For this nut Georgian culture it is not just a culinary ingredient, but the focus of the spirit of nature, sacred talisman, a symbol of determination and strength. Soldiers, goes on a long dangerous way, given to a nut churchkhela and returned with a victory gozinaki tray (so is the title of the goodies in the original language).

In those distant ages the poor could not afford such a treat because of its high cost and because kozinaki on the table served as an attribute of wealth and influence. Eventually, when the sugar is no longer a rarity, classical Georgian recipe preparation of sweets has undergone major changes, and kozinaki are available to all. Today Georgian mistress necessarily prepare them for the New Year holidays, as a pledge of a sweet, happy life, and love each other kozinaki portrayed as a symbol of a strong relationship.

History sesame Kozinaki Georgia has nothing to do - their native land - an ancient Persia (present-day Syria), and the first mention of the delicacy of honey and sesame, prepared for King Darius, dated V century BC.

Features and secrets of home cooking

The home cooking recipes Kozinaki interpreted dozens, if not hundreds, of times. In the course are hazelnut, almonds, cashew nuts and any other nuts and candied fruits, dried fruits, poppy, flax seeds, dried fruit, spices and herbs. Of pearl barley, various cereals and green buckwheat diet options are prepared goodies.

Kozinaki prepared from sugar caramel Caramel: sweet treat Much harder than honey, roasted nuts, they resemble Grilyazh: French sweetness of Oriental origin . To make them softer, add the sugar in honey, molasses or butter. In some recipes replace boiled caramel apple sauce or puree of dried fruits.

Nuts contain a specific enzyme - inhibitors, which prevent premature germination cores and simultaneously makes them difficult to digest. Inhibitors are displayed by soaking the kernels in water, after which the vitamins, minerals and nutrients to pass in an easily digestible form. Before preparing Kozinaki nuts are dried or roasted.

Tasty and healthy?

Kozinaki are high-calorie foods. They contain large amounts of vegetable proteins, fats and carbohydrates. It is a treat, along with a nutritious cereal bar, popular among athletes, it helps to quickly satisfy hunger and restore power after heavy physical exertion.

Georgian kozinaki rich in volatile production, fatty acids, minerals and vitamins contained in walnuts, medicinal properties which have been described by Hippocrates, and Avicenna yet. Fruits of walnut are rich in vitamins Groups B, beneficial effects on the brain and central nervous system. A lot of them with vitamin C, is responsible for a healthy immune system and antioxidant processes.

Kozinaki from sunflower seeds contain a lot of potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin E, D, A and F. The seeds can lower cholesterol, protect the body's cells from free radicals and even prevent the development of cancer diseases.

Sesame contains a lot of calcium, valuable health of the musculoskeletal system, teeth and nails. This seed is useful for hematopoietic, digestive and nervous systems. Contained therein phytoestrogen helps women during hormonal imbalance.

It would seem that such properties Kozinaki have put them at the heart of the diet, but actually call them extremely useful product can not be. Like any other dessert, containing large amounts of sugar, this delicacy can be used without harm to the figures only in small quantities, and for people suffering from diabetes, a chronic disease of the pancreas and gallbladder, it completely contraindicated. In addition, carbohydrates break down tooth enamel, which, given the hardness of the structure Kozinaki, can badly affect the health of the teeth. Do not forget that nuts and peanuts can cause allergies.

Honeymoon Dessert is fraught with yet another danger. Honey when heated to a temperature above sixty degrees starts to produce a dangerous substance - hydroxymethylfurfural, promotes the development of cancer cells in the human body. Since the classic recipe Kozinaki provides triple melting honey The benefits of honey: tasty recovery This sweetness potentially dangerous.

How to avoid mistakes?

Usually in the "correct" the name given Kozinaki store nuts or seeds, sugar, syrup or honey. Quality product can contain sweeteners, flavor enhancers, artificial colors and flavors.

Choosing kozinaki, you must pay attention to the expiration date if they can be stored for more than six months, it is likely, the manufacturer uses antioxidants or preservatives. Such additives for sweets may cause allergic reactions.

Maria Bykov

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