Chia seeds is packed with essential nutrients that has lots of important benefits for your body.You can either add raw chia seeds to breakfast bowls and smoothie or bloom them and add to drinks and juices.
Chia is the edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to Central America.Chia is rich in omega-3 fatty acids,
Chia seeds can be sprinkled on smoothie bowls. Chia seeds can also be mixed into smoothies, breakfast cereals, energy bars, granola bars, yogurt, tortillas, and bread.
They can be soaked in water and consumed directly or mixed with any kind of juice or milk.Chia seeds may also be ground and made into a gelatin-like substance or eaten raw. The gel from ground seeds may be used to replace as much as 25% of the egg and oil content in cakes.
Source : wikipedia
Chia seeds, how to bloom chia seeds
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 3/4 cup water
Instructions
- Measure and take a heaped tbsp of chia seeds.
- Take chia seed sin a bowl.Add water to it.They absorb water well so add enough water.Mix well.
- Cover and keep in fridge overnight.The next day it will be bloomed like this.You can use this for any of your beverage.They are jelly like.
- Store in fridge.
Notes
- I usually finish it up within 2 days.
- Soak overnight and store in fridge.
How to bloom chia seeds:
- Measure and take a heaped tbsp of chia seeds.
- Take chia seed sin a bowl.Add water to it.They absorb water well so add enough water.Mix it well.
- Cover and keep in fridge overnight.The next day it will be bloomed like this.You can use this for any of your beverage.They are jelly like.
Store in fridge.
Soaked and bloomed chia seeds ready to be used in drinks and smoothie.
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