Turkish · Breakfast

Asure (Turkish Grain Pudding)

Name: Asure (Turkish Grain Pudding)
Total time: 13 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 200 g hulled barley, about 1 cup; ½ cup rye berries; 1 cup dried chickpeas; 1 L whole milk, 4 cups; ½ cup sugar; ½ cup pistachios, raw, shelled, whole; 2 tbsp fine bulgur; 2 tsp rose water; honey, for drizzling, to taste; dried apricots, chopped, to taste; sliced almonds, to taste; Medjool dates, chopped, to taste; unsweetened shredded coconut, to taste; pomegranate seeds, to taste

A creamy breakfast porridge of barley, rye, chickpeas and pistachios simmered in sweet milk and scented with rose water. Plan ahead: the grains soak overnight and cook separately, then everything finishes in one pot.

YieldServes 6
Hands-on1 h
Total13 h 30 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Pudding

200 ghulled barley, about 1 cup
½ cuprye berries
1 cupdried chickpeas
1 Lwhole milk, 4 cups
½ cupsugar
½ cuppistachios, raw, shelled, whole
2 tbspfine bulgur
2 tsprose water

To serve

to tastehoney, for drizzlingoptional
to tastedried apricots, choppedoptional
to tastesliced almondsoptional
to tasteMedjool dates, choppedoptional
to tasteunsweetened shredded coconutoptional
to tastepomegranate seedsoptional

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Tree nuts
Almond
Pistachio
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Chickpeas
Wheat
Barley
Rye
Stone fruits (any)
Apricot
Date
Pomegranate
Coconut
Rose petals
Honey
Lactose
Fructose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Creamy
Chewy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Weekend project
Holiday

Effort

45–90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: high
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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