samanu
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Cooking samanak in Isfara, Tajikistan
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
3 sectionsContents
- Samanu trade
- See also
- References
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.