TURKISH NOAH'S PUDDING (AŞURE) RECIPE

Ashura (Noah's Ark Pudding) Porridge

         ASHURA (NOAH'S ARK PUDDING) PORRIDGE - The Oldest Dessert in the World

          Ashura (Noah's Ark Pudding) Porridge (or dessert or pudding) means happiness, Ashura means love, Ashura means to share your own food to others. Yes today, we are very Exciting and happy, because we cooked our Ashura (Noah's Ark Puddings) porridge and delivered plates of it to our all neighbours. What is result? we are so happy to cook it and we are so happy to share it with others. Also,  You like our  Turkish-flour-halwa

          

Ashura Dessert

          In this post we are going to mention about the our Holly Ashura day (10 th of Muharrem Month), dessert of Ashura and share its recipe on the blog. Because, we are staying in days of Ashura (Noah's Ark Pudding Days). This year, It started 09th day of the September and will continue to 29th day of September. We are great pleasure of the introduce you to our very yummy Ashura dessert or pudding or Noah's Ark Pudding. Ashura porridge or Noah's Ark Pudding  is thought to be oldest dessert in the world, supposedly what Prophet Noah and his family ate when they returned to dry land (Maunt Ararat). Ashura is a delightful mix of dried fruits, nuts, grains and beans made in whole Anatolian region and all over the Middle East region. Also, You like our 100% Vegan  Green-cake- ,  Tres-leches-cake-3-milk-cake-dessert .

         What is Ashura (Noah's Ark Pudding) Porridge

         Ashura/Noah's Pudding (in Turkish Aşure) is a healty, hearty and comfort dessert filled with beans, dried fruits and wheat sweetened with sugar (or honey) and spices and cooked in one-pot. Its most important property is to share it with others (relatives, neighbours etc). In Arabic, Ashura means "one - tenth". Its day starts the 10 th day of Muharrem Month. Muharrem Month is the first month of the Islamic calendar. In Turkey, it is made all the year, because Turkish people like it very much but especially served during the Muharrem Month. We can say that; Ashura (Noah's Pudding) porridge is a holiday celebrated annually in whole Anatolian Region and It is one of the limited set of Turkish Desserts which contains no animal products. Also, You like our  Cocoa-brownie-cookies-

Noah's Pudding

         Muharrem Month and Ashure (Noah's Ark Pudding) Day

          The cooking of Ashure is very common practice among the Muslim community and people who live in the Turkey too. Also, it is common among the Christian people who live in the Middle East too. In Middle East Christian people making a similar desert (sweet wheat dish) and they called it "HEDIK". Plus, Jews people also celebrated their "Festival of Sukkot" with cooking and eating Ashura. According to Jew's history; When Sephardi (or Sephardic) Jews immigrated to the Middle East, they adopted Arabs' local Ashura dish. Sothat, this dish was a symbol for the Jews people the Harvest holiday. They called it "Festival of Sukkot or Sukkot Holiday". Preparation of Ashura dish during the festival of Sukkot (or Sukkot Holiday) is a reflection of the abundance and diversity of the Jews' lands yield.   

Turkish Noah's Pudding

When the Muharrem Month comes (tenth day of Muharrem month), Turkish people prepare Ashure (Noah's Ark Pudding) and it is shared with the relatives, neighbors and everyone. Generally. People who making Ashure send a cup to each of the neighbor in their apartment. Traditionally, they try to reach forty houses. 

These syrup (Sherbet) base Turkish Desserts are very famour;  Turkish-home-made-baklava- ,  Newspaper-baklava- ,  Rose-baklava- ,  Turkish-style-semolina-cake-in-syrup ,  Turkish-semolina-cookies-in-syrup ,  

         Story of Ashura Day (Noah's Ark Pudding)

          Thousands years after Prophet Adam, Paganism spread among the people. Prophet Noah called his nation to the true way (religion of Allah -God-) for about 950 years. He asked them to leave Paganism. But people didn't listen him and teased him, also they called Prophet Noah crazy. Even his wife didn't believe the Prophet Noah and joined the Pagans. One day Allah (God) ordered him to built an Ark. He began to construction of ship, After completing the ship. Allah (God) ordered him to take couple of every creator/animal, the believers and his family (except his wife). When Believers and animals boarded the ship and supplies/foods were loaded, suddenly a violent storm began. After a long and hard journey. Prophet Noah's Ark came to Mount Ararat in Northeastern of Turkey. Prophet Noah, his family and believers were very happy and celebrated it with a special dish. Because their supplies were nearly exhausted and they were facing starvation. They had primarily grains and died fruits. No food by itself was enough to make a good meal. Prophet Noah gathered all the foods in the ship and mixing them to form a pudding. Today we call this meal "Noah's Pudding", it is also called as "Ashura". Since that day Muslims cook Ashura in every year on the tenth day of Muharrem Month. This year it started in 09 September 2019.

Prophet Noah's Ark

     

Prophet Noah's Ark Pudding

           What are the important Events that happened on the day of Ashura? 

           Historically, 10 important Events happened on the Ashura day of Muharrem Month.

On this day;

1- After Prophet Adam (Hz Adem) was sent from the heaven. Allah (God) accepted the repentance of Prophet Adam on this day. 

2- Allah (God) protected the Prophet Noah's Ark from the violent storm and saved Prophet Noah (Hz. Nuh) and his campanions in the ark and his ark landed on Mount Ararat on this day.

3- Prophet Ismail (Hz. Ismail) -Prophet Abraham's son- was born in this day. (Some resources said that also Prophet Abraham (Hz. Ibrahim) was born on this day as well)

4- Prophet Yunus (Hz. Yunus) got out of the belly of the fish on This day.

5- Allah (God) gave Prophet Moses (Hz. Musa) the miracle of cut the Red Sea and saved him with nation of Israel (children of Israel) and Pharaoh's army was destroyed on this day.

6- Prophet Jesus (Hz. Isa) was born in this day. Also he raised the heaven on this day.

7- Allah (God) accepted the repentance of Prophet David (Hz. Davut) on this day.

8- Prophet Ayyup (Hz. Eyüp) recovered from his illness on this day.

9- Prophet Joseph (Hz. Yusuf) was thrown the well by his brothers and he came out of the well on this day. 

10- Prophet Joseph (Hz. Yusuf) was reunited with his father Prophet Yaqup (Hz. Yakup) on This day and Prophet Yaqup's eyesight, which he had lost long time ago was restored on This day. 

          Recipe of Ashura (Noah's Ark Pudding)

           Here it is our Recipe of Ashura dessert;

           Ingredients:

         - 2 Cups Wheat, 
         - 1/2 Cup Rice,
         - 1/2 Cup White beans (Navy beans),
         - 1/2 Cup Garbanzo beans (Chick peas),
         - 1/2 Cup Almonds,
         - 1 Glass of Milk, 
         - 1/2 Cup Peanuts, 
         - 1/2 Cup Raisins (Sultana raisins),
         - 5 Dried Figs a d Apricots, if you want more, you can add (cut into small pieces)
         - 2 Cups Sugar, 

     Topping: 1 Cup Walnut (chopped very small pieces - or blend it) 1 cup Hazelnuts (chopped very small pieces or blend it), Cinemon,  Coconut powder, Pomegranate. 

Turkish Noah's Pudding Ingredients 

Ashura Cooking Process

           Preparation:

          First of all, wash and place Wheat, Rice, White beans, Garbanzo beans in a large pot and fill it with water and soak them overnight. Next day place the pot on medium heat and boil Wheat, Rice, White beans, Garbanzo beans for one hours then reduce heat and boil another two hours or until all the grains are very soft (Remove the outer shell or skin). Soak the Raisins (sultana raisins) in boiling water until they soften, then put all the ingredients in a large pot and boil, then add Peanuts and Almonds (peeled and cut in half) at this moment chop the Apricots and Figs into small pieces and add the mixture. Then add the 2 Cups Sugar and a glass of milk into mixture. Boil another half hour or forty minutes. Then pour into single serving individual glass or Porcelain bowls. Then, top each individual bowl with the Hazelnuts, Walnut and  Pomegranate then sprinkle the coconut powder and cinemon. This pudding should keep well in the refrigerator and should be served cold.

Noah's Pudding Recipe

Noah's Ark Pudding Cooking

Ashure Dessert Cooking 

Please let us know how this "Ashura (Noah's Pudding) Porridge or Dessert" turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.

           ENJOY YOUR PUDDING! 

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