Feekeh Ancient Way To Process Wheat

Freekeh (pronounced “free-ka”)
Freekeh is the name of a process and not a variety of wheat but, often Durum wheat is used to make Freekeh. You may see Freekeh referred to as freekah, frikeh, fireek, or farik. This process captures the wheat grains at a state of peak taste and nutrition. It's produced by harvesting grains while still soft, young and green, then sun dries, roasts, polishes and cracks the wheat. This gives a slightly smokey flavor to the grain. Freekeh is very popular in the middle east and used in a variety of dishes.

Freekeh can be used in a variety of ways:

• As a side dish (prepared and served like rice).

• As an ingredient in soups and stuffing's.
• Served with greens with a dressing as a salad.
• To make vegetarian burgers.
• Freekeh flour, semolina, and bran make fantastic breads, pastries, and pastas.

Health Benefits
People have enjoyed Freekeh since ancient times. Now modern researchers have started to discover that green wheat retains more proteins, vitamins, minerals and has many health and nutritional benefits.

• Complex Carbohydrate so it has a low glycaemic index which makes it excellent for diabetics.
• Greatly improves bowel health due to the high fiber of the whole grain. It has four times the fiber of brown rice.
• Good prebiotic with large numbers of biofidobacterial and lactobacilli. Prebiotics are needed to feed the probiotics in your system. Prebiotics...More Information
  
• Great for weight loss, it fills you up and since it has so much fiber it cleans you out.
• Freekeh is rich in Zeaxanthin and Lutein (implicated in the prevention of age-related macular degeneration).
• Grains that have been through the Freekeh process have a higher protein quality.

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