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Diyarbakır gendüme aşı (wheat and mung bean porridge with butter)

Serves 6Official

Ingredients

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Cross-section

  1. Water75%
  2. Milk 6%
  3. Butter 6%
  4. Mung beans 6%
  5. Pounded wheat (dehulled wheat berries) 6%
  6. Salt 0%

Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.

Method

  1. Soak the wheat and mung beans overnight.

  2. Boil them together in the water.

  3. Add the milk and keep boiling.

  4. Add the salt and cook until thickened.

  5. Serve in bowls with melted butter drizzled on top, hot.

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Last changed: November 1, 2026

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