~The Asure Competitors~

Niagara Foundation held its annual Asure contest for 2007. Here are some of my friends entries. The first one is by my friend Aynur who I shared first place with.







This last Asure is by my friend Dilek.

We had so much fun preparing and testing our Asure. I bought all different types of ingredients and tested them. Some beans gave too much color would break down and make the dish gelatinous. Also I tried to use the best organic dates and raisins.I wanted to add a twist so I added the apple and pear, which you would not normally find in Asure. I won first place along with my friend Aynur(who's asure pic is not present) I was shocked that I had even placed in the top three, because my friends dishes were so wonderful. This was also my first time making this pudding. I really appreciate the help from my friends Hatice, Dilber, Semanur and Tuba and of course her sweet mother. They were my advisers and taste testers. They gave me ideas on how to make my final pudding the best.