🥣 Aşure (Noah's pudding)

Name: Aşure (Noah's pudding)
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Turkey · Anatolia
Ingredients: 200 g whole wheat grains (aşurelik buğday), soaked overnight; 100 g chickpeas and 100 g white beans, cooked; 150 g sugar; 100 g dried apricots and 100 g dried figs, chopped, and 50 g raisins; Zest of 1 orange; 2 tbsp rose water; 2.5 litres water; To top: seeds of 1 pomegranate, 50 g walnuts and 30 g hazelnuts, chopped, ground cinnamon

Origin: Turkey · Anatolia

240kcal

per serving · 200 g

120kcal

per 100 g

5 gProtein2.3 g / 100 g

5 gFat2.3 g / 100 g

45 gCarbs22.6 g / 100 g

Aşure is a Turkish sweet pudding made from whole wheat grains, chickpeas and white beans simmered with dried fruit such as apricots, figs and raisins until thick. It is flavoured with rose water and orange zest and topped with pomegranate seeds, chopped walnuts and hazelnuts. Chewy, fruity and lightly sweet, it is served cool in small bowls.

Diets

✓

Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

✓

No pork

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Contains glutenbecause of: wheat

Not keto22.6 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Tree nuts

What it is made of

wheatchickpeaswhite beansdried fruitnutspomegranaterose water

Recipe

10 servings180 min

Ingredients

200 g whole wheat grains (aşurelik buğday), soaked overnight
100 g chickpeas and 100 g white beans, cooked
150 g sugar
100 g dried apricots and 100 g dried figs, chopped, and 50 g raisins
Zest of 1 orange
2 tbsp rose water
2.5 litres water
To top: seeds of 1 pomegranate, 50 g walnuts and 30 g hazelnuts, chopped, ground cinnamon

Method

Simmer the soaked wheat in the water for about 1.5 hours, until the grains are soft and start to burst.
Add the chickpeas, beans, dried fruit and orange zest and cook for 20 minutes, stirring often.
Stir in the sugar and cook for 10 minutes more, until thick but still pourable. Add the rose water.
Pour into bowls and cool. Top with pomegranate seeds, chopped nuts and a dusting of cinnamon before serving.

How to make it lighter

Reduce the sugar by a third — the dried fruit already adds plenty of sweetness.
Keep the nut topping to a teaspoon per bowl; nuts are the most calorie-dense part.
Serve in small bowls of about 150–200 g and add extra pomegranate for freshness.

History

Aşure is cooked in the Islamic month of Muharram, around the day of Ashura, and is traditionally shared with neighbours and friends. The story goes that Noah's family made the first aşure from the last provisions left on the ark, which is why it is often called Noah's pudding.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →