Ashure Recipe (Noah's Pudding)
A super yummy Turkish dessert with fruit and wheat, chickpeas and beans.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup wheat berries
- ½ cup chickpeas
- 1¾ cups sugar
- ½ cup white beans
- ¼ cup rice
- 1 cup raisin
- ½ cup dried fruit we use figs and almonds, diced
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
Garnish:
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup pomegranate seeds
- 6 medium fresh figs
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
INSTRUCTIONS
- Soak wheat berries, beans, chickpeas and raisin in separate bowls overnight (at least 8 hours before cooking).
- Drain wheat and put it in a pot, fill it with water (about 6 cups) and bring it to boil. Take the foams with a sieve and let it simmer for 40 minutes or until very tender.
- Strain beans and chickpeas and cook them in another pot until tender.
- Wash and drain rice. Add it in the simmering wheat. Cook it over medium low heat until rice is tender. Stir occasionally.
- When water in wheat and rice mixture is about to get thicker (like creamy soup), add sugar, chickpeas and beans. You might need to extra water if it is too thick. Use hot water.
- Slice orange zest in small pieces or just grate it and add into the pot.
- Lastly, add in raisins, chopped apricots and dried figs into the mixture. Keep stirring. Cook it for another 5 minutes and remove from heat.
- Pour it into small bowls, let them cool completely and chill.
- Garnish with cinnamon, pomegranate seeds, fresh figs and pepitas.
NOTES
If you like, you can sprinkle some crumbled walnut, nut or almond on it before serving.
NUTRITION
Calories: 273kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 5gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gTrans Fat: 0.001gSodium: 6mgPotassium: 260mgFiber: 5gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 40IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
ADDITIONAL INFO
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