Keşkül
Sign in to saveKeşkül () is an almond-based milk pudding found in the middle east and Afghanistan. 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.
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It is catalogued under topics including Almond desserts, Milk desserts and Pistachio desserts.
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Key facts
- Food.name
- Keşkül
- Food.image
- Turkish keşkül.jpg
- Food.caption
- Turkish keşkül with cracked walnuts on it.
- Food.country
- Turkey
- Food.type
- Pudding
- Food.main_ingredient
- Almonds, milk
- Food.similar_dish
- Muhallebi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- food
- Subclass of
- dessert
- Part of
- Turkish cuisine
- Country of origin
- Turkey
- Image
- Turkish keşkül.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Regional varieties
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- References
Keşkül () is an almond-based milk pudding found in the middle east and Afghanistan. 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 '' or scyphus''. The usage of the word to indicate the dessert is first attested in Şemseddin Sami's 1900 work ''.
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