Keşkül - Turkish Almond Pudding - Give Recipe (2024)

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Light, refreshing, smooth, indulgent, addictive is how I would prefer to describe Keskul, a traditional Turkish dessert made with almonds, milk and cream. This ancient dessert gets its name from coconut shell bowls named Keskul….

In Indian cuisine almond pudding is called badam kheer. It's made with only milk, sugar and ground almonds, usually flavored with cardamom.

Keşkül (sounds like keshkul) is a traditional Turkish almond and milk pudding. The full name Keşkül-ü f*ckara literally translates to 'beggar's bowl'. During the Ottoman Empire, dervishes (who had often taken a vow of poverty for religious reasons) begged for money with a bowl called a keşkül.

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Baked, steamed, and boiled puddings

These puddings are baked, steamed, or boiled. Depending on its ingredients, such a pudding may be served as a part of the main course or as a dessert. Steamed pies consisting of a filling completely enclosed by suet pastry are also known as puddings.

So if you want to make boxed pudding with almond milk, opt for Cook & Serve pudding and a perishable almond milk, which has fewer additives, and will yield a thicker texture.

I used plain, unsweetened almond milk mixed with a chocolate instant Jell-O pudding. The results for this non-dairy pudding include: Thickest Pudding– Almond milk yielded the thickest pudding of the three milks.

It is traditional for families to place a single, blanched almond inside the rice porridge or pudding. Whoever finds the almond will have good luck, and often gets a prize (usually a small marzipan pig or chocolate), and the distinction of getting to open their presents first!

In the United States, puddings are nearly always sweet desserts of milk or fruit juice variously flavoured and thickened with cornstarch, arrowroot, flour, tapioca, rice, bread, or eggs. The rarer savoury puddings are thickened vegetable purées, soufflé-like dishes, or, like corn pudding, custards.

Pudding and custard is traditionally made with dairy and a thickening agent (usually gelatin which is derived from animal bones) So most pudding recipes and pudding box mixes are not vegan-friendly.