Varvara
1 kg wheat
100 gr chickpeas
100 gr beans
50 gr lentils
150 gr raisins
1 big pomegranate
250 gr sesame
500 gr tahini
200 gr walnuts
Cinnamon powder
A little flower-water
Sugar (depending on how sweet we want them)
Varvara
Boil the wheat and pulses in a large pot. When it’s almost boiled, add the raisins. Check occasionally that the beans and wheat are boiling but not mashed. Remove from fire. Roast the sesame seeds. Dilute the tahini with a portion of the wheat and bean mixture and add half of the sesame seeds. Place the diluted tahini with the sesame seeds in a blender and mix. Blend with the bean and wheat mixture after removing the excess cooking juices.
Varvara
Put the mixture again on the fire in a clean pot to gently boil. Remove and flavor with flower-water. Serve in balls and add sugar according to taste sprinkling with grated walnuts, roasted sesame seeds, cinnamon and pomegranates.
