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Ashure or Noah's pudding is a dessert of Turkish origin composed of cereals and dried fruits. It is a tradition served on the day of Achoura, the tenth day of Muharram.
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Ingredients
- ½ cup whole grain wheat or pearled barley
- ⅓ cup chickpeas
- ⅓ cup dry white beans
- 2 oz. almonds
- 2 oz. dried apricots
- 3 cloves
- 1 apple
- 2 oz. raisins
- 2 oz. dried figs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup sugar (or ¼ cup / 80 g honey)
For the garnishing
- pomegranate seeds
- grated coconut
- blanched almonds
- roasted hazelnuts
- pistachio powder
- dried figs
Instructions
- The day before, wash and separately soak the whole grain wheat (or barley), chickpeas, and white beans in 3 times their volume of water for 12 hours.
- The next day, wash the raisins and boil for 3 minutes in a large amount of water. Drain.
- Wash the figs and boil them for 3 minutes in a large amount of water. Drain.
- Once the figs are cool, cut them into small cubes.
- Wash the apricots and immerse them in water at room temperature for 30 minutes. Drain the apricots and reserve their soaking water. Cut them into small dice.
- Place the almonds in a bowl filled with boiling water for 15 minutes. Peel them and reserve them.
- Pierce the apple with cloves.
- Fill 2 pots with water and cook the chickpeas and white beans separately according to instructions on the package.
- In a large pot, immerse the whole grain wheat (or barley) in 6 cups (1 liter) of water and cook according to the package instructions. Add water if necessary.
- Halfway through cooking the wheat, add the apple pierced with cloves, and the cinnamon stick.
- Continue cooking until the wheat is very tender, almost like porridge.
- Once the chickpeas are cooked, remove their skin.
- Toward the end of cooking the wheat, remove the apple and add the chickpeas, white beans, almonds, raisins, dried apricots and their reserved soaking water, salt, sugar (or honey) and milk.
- Mix well and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- At the end of the cooking, add the diced figs.
- Transfer the pudding into cups.
- Cool down and top with the garnishing ingredients.
- Refrigerate to serve cold, or cool down to room temperature to serve lukewarm.
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