Time
0 min
Serving
12 persons
Calories
390
Ashure is a traditional Turkish dessert with rich ingredients cooked especially for Eids. It's delicious, for real!
Ingredients
- fine bulgur: 2 cups
- dry garbanzo beans: 0.5 cup
- dry white beans: 0.5 cup
- raisins: 0.5 cup
- water: 15 cups
- white sugar: 3 cups
- apricots: 0.25 cup (dried)
- orange peel: 0.25 cup (chopped)
- whole cloves: 5 piece
- sesame seeds: 2 Tbsp (toasted)
- walnuts: 2 Tbsp (chopped)
- pistachio nuts: 2 Tbsp (chopped)
- currants: 2 Tbsp (dried)
- ground cinnamon: 1 Tbsp
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Stages of cooking
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To make the pudding: Place bulgur, garbanzo beans, white beans, and raisins in 4 separate bowls and add water to cover. Let stand overnight.
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The next day, combine garbanzo beans and white beans in a saucepan with water to cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until beans are tender, 1 to 1 ½ hours. Drain and set aside.
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Drain bulgur and transfer to a large saucepan. Add 15 cups water (3 quarts plus 3 cups) and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes, skimming and discarding any foam that appears.
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When bulgur has thickened, stir in sugar and bring mixture to a boil. Add cooked beans to bulgur mixture. Stir in drained raisins, apricots, orange peel, and cloves. Reduce heat and simmer until pudding thickens and fruit is tender, about 15 minutes.
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Pour pudding into individual serving bowls. Garnish with sesame seeds, walnuts, pistachios, currants, and cinnamon. Allow pudding to cool, then serve.
