Noah's Pudding / Asure
Asure is not just a delicious pudding but also a social event.
Servings 20 servings
Calories 350kcal
Ingredients
Pudding
- 2 cups wheat berries
- 1 cup chick peas
- 1 cup dry beans
- 3 tablespoons rice
- 1 apple
- 1 orange
- 200 millilitres milk optional
- 1 tablespoon honey optional
- 100 grams dry apricots
- 400 grams sugar
- 100 grams raisins
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 6 cloves
To garnish
- 100 grams dry apricots
- 100 grams dry figs
- 1 pomogranate
- 100 grams almond peeled
- 100 grams walnuts coarsely chopped
- 100 grams nuts coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon pine nuts
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon coconut flakes
- 1 tablespoon currants
Instructions
The night before
- Rinse the wheat berries until the water running under the colander turns clear. Cover with exceeding water and set aside.
- Each separately; the chickpeas and dry beans should be rinsed and then covered with water and set aside the night before.
- Canned chickpeas and dry beans can be used, but these must be rinsed to get rid of their salty water before adding to the pudding.
On the day
- Choose your biggest pot and put the wheat berries and the water it was in (if any left). Add hot water to cover. Start boiling. Once it boils reduce the heat to simmer.
- Cook the beans in a separate pot/pressure cooker until they are edible. When cooked drain and set aside.
- In a separate pot cook the chickpeas until they are soft. If foams appear on top of the water, skim these foams and discard them. When cooked drain the water. As an option peel the skins of the chickpeas by gently squeezing each one.
- Add the beans and the chickpeas to the main pot with the wheat berries.
- Rinse and add 3 tablespoons (50 grams) rice to the main pot.
- The main pot should be your main focus. You can add warm water if necessary. You should occasionally stir, so the ingredients do not stick to the bottom of the pot and does the ingredients are well blended.
- Take out the rind of an orange, peel the white part out and then cut to small pieces. Cook for 5 minutes in a separate saucepan, drain and add the orange peels to the main pot.
- Peel the remaining orange. Cut to small cubes and add to the main pot. Make sure to discard the seeds first.
- Peel an apple. Cut to small cubes, discard the seeds and add to the main pot.
- Heat the milk if you choose to and add to the main pot.
- Add a tablespoon of honey if you choose to add.
- Add a pinch of salt, black pepper.
- When main pot starts to look like a watery pudding add 350 grams of sugar and cook for another 20 minutes.
- Cut 100 grams of dried apricots to small pieces and add to the main pot.
- Add 1 stick of cinnamon to the pot, later discard before serving.
- Rinse and add half 100 grams of raisins to the main pot.
- In a small saucepan, put 6 cloves and add water to cover. Boil, drain and add the water of the cloves to the main pot. Discard the cloves.
- Cook for 5 more minutes. Close the heat and let it cool for about 15 minutes.
Garnish
- Put the Noah's pudding to small bowls once it cools slightly and garnish with all or some of the items listed under "garnish".
- It is believed that the asure must have 40 ingredients. So it is actually up to you the way you garnish it. You can either keep it simple or you can use all that comes to your mind and that is available in your kitchen pantry.
- Cut the dried apricots to small pieces.
- Cut the figs to small pieces.
Notes
Share with neighbours and friends.
Feel free about the garnish; you can add less or more of the listed garnish ingredients.
Keep a kettle with boiling water handy and add to the main pot as necessary. Make sure to mix occasionally and make sure the ingredients do not stick to the bottom.
Once the asure is ready transfer to individual portion bowls immediately and once cools, transfer to the fridge. Keeps well in the fridge for 3-4 days, but finishes quickly before 3-4 days for sure.