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Ashure or Aşure is also known as Noah's pudding. It is one of the popular desserts in Middle Eastern cuisine. It is made with wheat berries, legumes, fresh and dried fruit. Itmakes a wonderful breakfast porridge too.

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Aşure has a special place among all Turkish desserts as it has a story behind it. It is always made in big amounts and shared with lots of friends and neighbors. This is what makes aşure different from famous easy baklava and kunefe dessert.

And if you like creamy puddings, check out Turkish sutlac and keskul pudding too!

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History Of Ashure

Just like Ramadan gullac, this asure recipe is very special among muslims. They especially make this dessert on a special Ashura day. They believe that a lot of miracles happened on that day.

God forgave Adam on that day, Noah and other living things on his boat were saved from flood on that day, Yunus was taken from the stomach of a fish, Musa passed over Red Sea, and Jesus was born, saved from death and uprose alive to heavens on the same day, and some other miraculous events.

Because of these miracles, it’s a common tradition to celebrate the day of Ashura (tenth of Muharram month in Islamic calendar) with a dessert called ashure (pronounced a-shur-a) within 20 days in that month.

Islamic calendar is based on moon, so it is 10 days shorter than Gregorian calendar. As a result, the date of this day changes every year. Turkish people are mostly muslims and every chefhas their own ashure recipe.

However,people don’t wait for that special day to make this dessert even though it is based on some religious events as it is very delicious.

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Ashura Dessert In Turkish Culture

Aşure has an important role in Turkish cuisine. Traditionally, people make it to share it with neighbors. You have an idea about each one's asure recipe this way.

On these days, it’s very ordinary to hear your door bell and see a neighbor with a bowl of asure in her hand. You immediately take it thankfully and clean the bowl and give it back.

If you don’t give the bowl back at that moment, you return it full of something else on another day. This is a part of Turkish culture. Whenever a neighbor brings something, you return that bowl full on another day.

Aşure Ingredients

Aşure is mainly made with wheat berries, legumes like white beans and chickpeas, rice and dried fruit of your choice. In addition to these ingredients, you can put almost anything you like in the pot. For example, nuts or fresh fruit enrich the dessert perfectly.

Also, you can flavor it with orange or lemon zest to have a subtle refreshing flavor.

Another type of ingredient for flavor is cloves or rosewater. These two make a remarkable effect on this unique Middle East pudding recipe.

Story of ingredients:

Noah’s ark was finally saved from the huge flood and landed on Mount Ararat. To thank god, Noah and other living things fasted that day. And at the end of that day, they cook ed this dessert with the foods they could save from flood.

That’s why you may not associate these ingredients with any kind of dessert. You can also use additional ingredients depending on your taste to create your own asure recipe.

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A super yummy Turkish dessert with fruit and wheat, chickpeas and beans.

  • Author: Zerrin
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 12 bowls 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Cooking
  • Cuisine: Turkish

Ingredients

Scale

  • 1 cup wheat berries
  • ½ cup chickpeas
  • 1 and ¾ cups sugar
  • ½ cup white beans
  • ¼ cup rice
  • 1 cup raisin
  • ½ cup dried fig & dried apricot, diced
  • 1 tablespoon orange or lemon zest

Garnish:

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ cup pomegranate seeds
  • 6 fresh figs
  • 1 tablespoon pepitas

Instructions

  1. Soak wheat berries, beans, chickpeas and raisin in separate bowls overnight (at least 8 hours before cooking).
  2. Drain wheat and put it in a pot, fill it with water (about 6 cups) and bring it to boil. Take the foams with a sieve and let it simmer for 40 minutes or until very tender.
  3. Strain beans and chickpeas and cook them in another pot until tender.
  4. Wash and drain rice. Add it in the simmering wheat. Cook it over medium low heat until rice is tender. Stir occasionally.
  5. When water in wheat and rice mixture is about to get thicker (like creamy soup), add sugar, chickpeas and beans. You might need to extra water if it is too thick. Use hot water.
  6. Slice orange zest in small pieces or just grate it and add into the pot.
  7. Lastly, add in raisins, chopped apricots and dried figs into the mixture. Keep stirring. Cook it for another 5 minutes and remove from heat.
  8. Pour it into small bowls, let them cool completely and chill.
  9. Garnish with cinnamon, pomegranate seeds, fresh figs and pepitas.

Notes

If you like, you can sprinkle some crumbled walnut, nut or almond on it before serving.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 portion
  • Calories: 320
  • Sugar: 50.3 g
  • Sodium: 12.3 mg
  • Fat: 2.1 g
  • Carbohydrates: 72.8 g
  • Protein: 7.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg

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  1. Fatima says

    My favorite dessert EVER!

    Reply

    • Yusuf says

      Hi Fatima,

      It makes a great breakfast too!

      Reply

  2. dokuzuncubulut says

    Ne kadar güzel anlatmışsın Zerrin'ciğim. Kapıyı açıp da bir tabak aşureyle karşılaşmak ne keyifli bir duygudur. Bu sene yapamadım, yapan hiçbir arkadaşıma denk gelmedim:(( Aşure fotoğrafı görünce içim gidiyor resmen. Şu tadilat işlerini bitireyim hemen yapıp doya doya yiyeceğim... Ellerine sağlık olsun, sevgiler:)

    Reply

  3. Aysun says

    Last weekend was the weekend for asure for my family, i always cook it onçe a year. İ strongly advise this diffenet taste to the ones who have never tried before.

    Reply

    • Zerrin says

      And isn't it a great part of culture, teaching the importance of sharing? It is beyond a pudding!

      Reply

  4. Megan says

    I would never thought to put chickpeas in a pudding. I'd heard you were suppose to never return an empty dish and now I know where that all stemmed from. Thanks for the great post!

    Reply

  5. Maria says

    Great pudding recipe. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply

Ashure Recipe (Noah's Pudding) - Give Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the oldest dessert in history? ›

Ashure (Noah's Pudding) is thought to be the oldest dessert in the world, first made by Noah after his fabled landfall at Mt Ararat. It is a delightful mix of dried fruit, nuts, grains and beans (yes, beans!) made in Turkey and all over the Middle East. Give it a try - you'll be glad you did!

What is the story behind Noah's pudding? ›

According to Islamic tradition, ashure – which is frequently dubbed "Noah's Pudding" – was prepared as a celebratory dish by the prophet's family after surviving the great flood and washing up on Mount Ararat, on the fringes of what is today the north-eastern borderlands of Turkey.

What is the history of the asure dessert? ›

According to one tradition, it is claimed that when the ark came to rest on Mount Ararat, the family of Noah celebrated with a special dish. Since their supplies were nearly exhausted, what was left (primarily grains, dried fruits and the like) was cooked together to form a pudding, what is now called anoushabour.

How to cook ashura? ›

Add the boiled chickpeas, dried beans, raisins, dried figs and dried apricots to boiled wheat. Add 5 cups of hot water into Ashura pot. Add washed rice, orange peels, hazelnut and clove into Ashura pot. Cook all the ingredients on medium heat for 20 minutes and stir.

What is the most eaten dessert in the world? ›

  • Mar 31, 2023, 08:13 PM IST. 10 Most Popular Desserts in the World. ...
  • Apple Pie. This traditional American dessert is popular due to its flaky crust and sweet apple filling. ...
  • Tiramisu. ...
  • Baklava. ...
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  • Panna Cotta. ...
  • Cheesecake. ...
  • Mochi.
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What did slaves eat for dessert? ›

During the week, if there was a dessert, it would be a piece of corn bread with some molasses poured on top or some fruit. In addition, slave cabins rarely had the cooking equipment or appliances necessary to adequately bake a pie.

What is Noah's backstory? ›

Noah appears in Genesis 5:29 as the son of Lamech and ninth in descent from Adam. In the story of the Deluge (Genesis 6:11–9:19), he is represented as the patriarch who, because of his blameless piety, was chosen by God to perpetuate the human race after his wicked contemporaries had perished in the Flood.

Who invented the pudding dessert? ›

Though they were right about one thing: the pudding is certainly a British invention that was developed from the sausages the Romans brought into the country in the first century BC. The word pudding comes from the Latin word botellus, which means literally sausage; the French word boudin has the same root.

What is the point of the story of Noah? ›

The story of Noah and the Flood is one of judgement and salvation; of obedience and disobedience. In an era of overwhelming wickedness, Noah set himself apart by living righteously.

What is the history of Ashure? ›

In English, this dessert is often called Noah's Pudding. It is believed that the pudding we eat today derives from the first celebratory dish that Prophet Noah made using whatever was left over in his ark when he landed on Mount Judi, now located in Cizre, Turkey. Ashure pudding has endless connotations.

What is the dessert called in Arizona? ›

The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert as currently defined covers approximately 100,000 square miles (260,000 sq. km.) and includes most of the southern half of Arizona, southeastern California, most of the Baja California peninsula, the islands of the Gulf of California, and much of the state of Sonora, Mexico.

What is the oldest sweet in the world? ›

Laddu, a popular treat hailing from the Indian subcontinent, may very well be one of the oldest sweets still enjoyed today. This intoxicating dessert is believed to be at least two thousand years old – the earliest record of this sweet can be found in ancient Vedic texts from the 300s BC!

What is forbidden in Ashura? ›

In Arabic, Ashura refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, a month in which fighting has been forbidden since before the advent of Islam.

What the heck is Ashura? ›

Ashura is the name of the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Ashura day is allegedly associated with a number of biblical events in the ancient history of the Middle East and constituted the day of fasting during the early years of Islam.

What food is in Ashura? ›

Among the offerings are almonds, raisins, dried bananas, sweets, walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, and other nuts. Photo Credit: Morocco World News A variety of sweets, dried fruits, and pastries are all served throughout the Ashura week. Fekkas is among the pastries that are common in Moroccan houses during Ashura.

What were the first desserts? ›

The first sweet treat is considered to have originated in ancient civilizations where people ate fruit or nuts rolled in honey. In the Western world, the history of desserts is closely tied to sugar.

What dessert did the Old World eat? ›

English sweets included many types of cakes, custards, and fritters such as funnel cake. They used strawberries, apples, figs, raisins, currants and almonds. They also made cheese-based sweets including cheesecake.

What was the first sweet in the world? ›

The earliest sweet which people have eaten since prehistoric times was honey. The origins of confectionery can be traced back to about 2000BC to the ancient Egyptians who made sweets by combining fruits and nuts with honey. The Romans, Greeks and Chinese made sweets with sesame seeds.

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