Sumalak

سمنو, samanak, sumanak, samanu, sümelek

Samanu (persian: سمنو / samanu; azerbaijani: səməni halvası), samanak (persian: سمنک / samanak), sümelek (kazakh: сүмелек / turkmen: sümelek / syumelek), sumanak (tajik: суманак), sumalak (uzbek: sumalak [sʉmælˈæk]) or sümölök (kyrgyz: сүмөлөк [symœlˈœk]) is a sweet paste made from germinated wheat (young wheatgrass) and wheat flour, which is prepared especially for nowruz (beginning of spring) in a large pot (like a kazan). this practice has been traced back to the pre-islamic sasanian persian empire. although samanu is prominent for "haft-sin" (the seven symbolic items traditionally displayed at nowruz), the preparation "mela" (referring to a picnic) and eating it is traditional in afg...

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