Samanu
Samanu (Persian: سمنو; Azerbaijani: səməni halvası), samanak (Persian: سمنک), sümelek (Kazakh: сүмелек; Turkmen: sümelek / syumelek), sumanak (Tajik: суманак), sumalak (Uzbek pronunciation: [sʉmælˈæk]), or sümölök (Kyrgyz: сүмөлөк [symœlˈœk]) is a sweet paste made from germinated wheat (young wheatgrass) and wheat flour, which is prepared especially for Nowruz (beginning of spring) in a large pot (like a kazan). This practice has been traced back to the pre-Islamic Sasanian Persian Empire.