Samanu

Samanu (Persian:سمنو‎‎), Samanak (Persian:سمنک‎‎), Sumalak/Sumalyak; Azerbaijani:Səməni halvası; (Tajik:сумалак; Uzbek:sumalak [sʉmælǽk]) or Sümölök (Kyrgyz:сүмөлөк [symœlœ́k]) is an Iranian sweet paste made entirely from germinated wheat (young wheatgrass), which is prepared especially for Nowruz (New Year's Day) in a large pot (like a kazan). This practice has been traced back to the pre-Islamic Persia.