samanu

Also known as sumanak

thumb|200px|Cooking samanak in Isfara, Tajikistan

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Food.name: Samanu (sumalak)
Food.image: Samanu for 7 sin.jpg
Food.image_size: 250px
Food.country: Greater Iran (Persia)
Food.region: , Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Food.type: Dessert
Food.main_ingredient: Germinated wheat
Food.calories: 300
Intangible heritage.Name: Culture of Sumanak/Sumalak cooking
Intangible heritage.Country: Iran
Intangible heritage.ID: 02336
Intangible heritage.Region: APA
Intangible heritage.Year: 2025
Intangible heritage.Session: 20th
Intangible heritage.List: Representative

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thumb|200px|Cooking samanak in Isfara, Tajikistan

Samanu ( / samanu; ), samanak ( / samanak), sümelek ( / / syumelek), sumanak (), sumalak ( ), or сумалак ( ) 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 Afghanistan.