Turkish Aşure

Forgive me for this late entry.. i know i promised this recipe ages ago..This year, the first time i made it.. i was so sick...i had lost my taste n smell bud that my aşure was a dissaster.. the second one was good..though i just make it a bit coz this time.. halil got sick hehehehe So here is my aşure recipe ....

Ingredients

500g Wheat (buğday = gandum) -soaked overnight n washed thoroughly

1 litre fresh milk

Water

Sugar (depending on ur taste..starts with 1kg sugar..add more according to taste)

2 glasses of rice (to be boiled in loads of water.. then blended into paste)

200g almond (boiled n the skin taken out)

200 g dried apricot (cut into small sizes)

200g dried raisin

50g dried fig (cut into very small pieces)

250g walnut

250 g hazelnut

1 Glass Chick Peas (kacang kuda) -soaked overnight n boiled separately

1 glass white dried beans -soaked overnight n boiled separately

Pomogranate (nar - buah delima for decoration)

Steps

-Boil the wheat in the pressure cooker between 1 hour to one hour and a half (depending on the wheat) It will take much much longer if u boil using normal pan..pressure cooker is the easiest way

-Add in the milk into the already boiled n softened wheat.

-Add in the rice paste

-Add in sugar

-Add in water

-Add in the chick peas n the white dried beans

-Stir everything till they reach to the consistency of an asure (approximately half an hour or so)

-10 minutes before u turn off the heat, add in the raisin n the apricot

-4 minutes before u turn off the heat.. add in the dried fig

-Let the aşure cool.. the consistency of the asure (not so watery..not so thick) will be definite once the aşure is cool..

-Sprinkle the walnut, hazelnut n pomogranate on the aşure before serving

Reminder

-Turkish Aşure should be white.. the ladies r proud if their aşure is white in color..

-That is why, the wheat should be washed again n again n again before boiling..

-The rice paste is to thicken the aşure.. u can cheat as well by using rice flour added with cold water..but then the milky taste of the rice paste will be lost

-Pls do not add in the dried fig too early coz it will kae ur aşure dark..n like i said.. we want the aşure white..

-İ strongly suggest the pressure cooker for boiling the wheat coz it really will make ur life easy in making the aşure.. less tiring..

Good Luck!