Semolina Helva (Irmik helvasi)
This is a dessert made from semolina. In Anatolia, when a loved one passes away, on the 7th, 40th days and then every year on the day you prepare this dessert and you distribute a portion to your neighbors, or basically to people within your reach by walking, this is the tradition. Although it is yummy just because it is related to a loss makes it attractive to me. We use this recipe on the days we lost our loved ones, distribute it to neighbors, and we also bring it to work and let people enjoy. The tradition is to make people eat rather than you sit down and eat. Its kind of a good deed you do on behalf of the loved one you lost. So here are the ingredients: 2 cups semolina 3/4 cup butter 1 3/4 cups sugar 3 1/2 milk 1 tbsp pine nuts What you do is put all the ingredients in a pot, put the pot on the stow at a very low heat and stir/mix until the pine nuts are pink. That translates to couple of hours. The tradition is that people in the house for this occasion all giv...