Benefits of eating snails

The snail

Snails are non-vertebrate animals of the molluscs family. They are the largest group of animals after arthropods. They carry a shell or cochlea to protect their mollusks. There are two types of snails: wild, wild, and marine.

Benefits of eating snails

The table below shows the nutritional composition of each 100 g of raw snail meat:

A study comparing four species of snail found that the proportion of protein in the meat ranged between 18.66% and 20.56%, while found that the content of minerals ranges between 1.34% and 1.44%, where It contains high amounts of iron, magnesium, calcium, zinc, phosphorus and potassium, as it improves the state of calcium in the body and contributes to all its essential roles, which include bone health. It also provides the necessary manganese for bone health, reproduction, In addition, it provides iron that protects the ac T types of anemia common, and gives zinc reduced the chance of deficiency that causes a delay in the growth of children.

One of the most important species of snails grown in Africa is the giant African snail, called the scientific name (Archachatina marginata), and is a highly nutritious meat, especially if compared to other meat, it contains 37.5% protein, as it is high in its content of iron , Which is 45-59 mg / kg, is low in sodium (2.32 g / 100 g), low in fat (0.05% -0.08%), low in cholesterol and high in many essential minerals for body health, Snail fit for many health conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and Which include heart attacks, cardiac arrest, high blood pressure, and strokes.

Compared with other meat, snail meat was found to be higher in protein content than chicken, beef and rabbit meat, and it contained more mineral salts than most other meat.

In addition to the above, the low fat and calorie meat content of the snail makes it suitable for weight loss diets, diets to maintain weight and health in general.

How to cook a snail

Many of the women are unaware of the method of preparation of the snail for cooking because the method of preparing it is complex and accurate, and any error in the preparation causes damage to the cookery, and there are those who fear of cooking for fear of poisoning, and in general the Portuguese are the most people handled the snail, and can be cooked by following several steps .

Snail Soup

Ingredients

• A finger of butter.
• A tablespoon of flour.
• Five sticks of chopped green onions.
• Two cups of chicken broth.
• Three quarters of a cup of celery section for slices.
• Tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper.
• Two tablespoons of starch.
• L of milk.
• A cup of sour cream.
• A cup of snail (Escargot).

How to prepare

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat and tend to high.
• Put the flour, cook for three minutes, stirring constantly, add the green onions, and cook for a minute.
• Stir chicken broth, place celery, parsley, pepper, cook for five minutes with stirring constantly.
• Starch the starch in a little milk, add to the soup and leave it boil with milk, leave it for ten minutes until the milk is cleared.
• Dilute the sour cream and the snail tray. – Do not get rid of the resulting liquid, but mix it with the sour cream. You can use the snail by chance or by removing its shell.
• Place the snail with a mixture of boiling milk and let it boil for five minutes, then offer a warm.

Ruling on eating snail meat

In Islamic law, eating snails is halaal and haraam in it, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): ” (I allow you to catch the sea and food for you and the car) .