Recipe: Delicious ASHOURA (An Egyptian Dessert)

ASHOURA (An Egyptian Dessert).

You can have ASHOURA (An Egyptian Dessert) using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of ASHOURA (An Egyptian Dessert)

1. Prepare 250 gm of whole wheat grains.
2. Prepare 250 ml of whipping cream.
3. Prepare 1000 ml of full fat milk, preferably tetra pack.
4. You need 1 3/4 cup of sugar.
5. You need 4 tbsp of cornstarch.
6. It's 1 tbsp of rose water.
7. You need 1/3 cup of golden raisins, seedless.
8. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
9. Prepare 4 cups+ 3 cups of water.
10. It's of for garnishing.
11. It's as needed of freshly grated coconut.
12. Prepare as needed of cinnamon powder.
13. You need as needed of pistachios.
14. It's as needed of toasted almond slivers.

ASHOURA (An Egyptian Dessert) instructions

1. Wash and soak whole wheat overnight in 4 cups of water. Drain the water next morning..
2. In a pot add the drained wheat along with 3 cups of warm water. Cover and let cook on simmer till the wheat grains are cooked through. Let cool. Do not drain The water..
3. In a blender puree I cup of the boiled wheat using the water(as required) it was boiled in.Add he pureed wheat back into the remaining wheat..
4. Combine milk, sugar, rose water,vanilla extract,raisins and cornstrach making sure there are no lumps.Add to the wheat and cook,stirring occasionally, until the consistency thickens..
5. Pour into individual serving bowls or one big dessert bowl. Let cool completely.Garnish with grated coconut, cinnamon powder, pistachios and toasted almond slivers before serving..
6. Can be served warm or cold..