Keşkül

Keşkül
Turkish keşkül with cracked walnuts on it.
TypePudding
Place of originTurkey
Main ingredientsAlmonds, milk
Similar dishesMuhallebi[1][2]
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Keşkül (Turkish: keşkül) is an almond-based milk pudding found in the middle east and Afghanistan.[3][2][4] Usually served in a bowl and eaten with a spoon, it is often garnished with coconut shaving or pistachio nuts and is off-white in colour.

Etymology

The dish's name is derived from the Ottoman Turkish idiomatic expression "keşkül-i fukara" meaning "beggar's bowl". The word keşkül and its respective idiom is ultimately traced back to Persian kaşkūl (كشكول), meaning "beggar" or "beggar's bowl". The oldest written usage of the word in a Turkic language is traced backed to Franciscus a Mesgnien Meninski's Thesaurus. According to Meninski the word originally meant poculum or scyphus. The usage of the word to indicate the dessert is first attested in Şemseddin Sami's 1900 work Kamûs-ı Türkî.[5]

Regional varieties

Kishk al-Fuqara' (Arabic: كشك الفقراء) is a Syrian variety made with almond milk and whole fat milk flavored with rose water and salep.[1][2]

See also

Muhallebi

References

  1. ^ a b "عن الحراق إصبعه والباشا وعساكره وكشك الفقراء... من أين يأتي السوريون بأسماء أطباقهم؟" [From Harraq Isba'o, Pasha and his soldiers, and Koshk Al-Fuqara'... Where do Syrians get the names of their dishes from?]. Raseef22 (in Arabic). 25 June 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Davidson, Alan (2014). The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-967733-7. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  3. ^ Walker, Harlan (1993). Spicing Up the Palate. Prospect Books. ISBN 978-0-907325-50-5. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  4. ^ Başan, Ghillie; Başan, Jonathan (1997). Classic Turkish Cookery. Tauris Parke Books. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-86064-011-7.
  5. ^ "keşkül". Nişanyan Sözlük. Retrieved 2020-10-21.


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