Aşure — Noah’s Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup hulled wheat
• Half a cup cooked chickpeas
• Half a cup cooked white beans
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup dried apricots and figs
• Half a cup raisins
• 2 tbsp rice
• Grated orange zest
• Walnuts, pomegranate, cinnamon, to finish

Method

1. Soak the wheat overnight and boil it in plenty of water until soft.
2. Add the rice and cook them together.
3. Stir in the cooked chickpeas and beans.
4. Add the chopped dried fruit and the raisins and cook 15 minutes more.
5. Add the sugar, stir until dissolved and simmer 10 minutes to thicken.
6. Stir in the orange zest and take off the heat.
7. Divide into bowls; once cool, top with walnuts, pomegranate and cinnamon.