Glutton Cat

Aşure

In our household, we like ashura a lot and try to cook it frequently. Couple of days ago I realized that I haven’t cooked it for a while.

Preparation: Approximately 3 hours (cooking) + 2 hours (cooling) serves 12

Ingredients:

• 1 cups of white beans
• 1 cups of chickpeas
• 1/4 cups of rice
• 1/4 cups of wheat
• cinnamon stick
• 1 tbsp orange zest
• 1.5 cups of sugar
• 2 tbsp almond, walnut, hazelnut, sesame (optional)
• 3 tbsp pomegranate (optional)
• 1/4 cups of diced figs, dates, raisins, dried pineapple (optional)
• 1/2 cups diced apple, pear, quince (optional)
• 2 tbsp molasses

1. Wash and soak beans and chickpeas in a cup and rice and wheat in another cup overnight.
2. Next day, cook the beans and chickpeas until they are tender and drain the cooking water.
3. Add rice, wheat, orange zest, cinnamon and some water to the beans and keep cooking until all the ingredients become tender.
4. Add sugar. Mix well and add the rest of the ingredients. Keep cooking for 5 more minutes and close the lid and turn of the stove.
5. During the cooling process (approximately 2 hours), do not mix, and in evert 5-10 minutes open the lid, wipe the condensed water and close the lid back.