"Sumalyak"@en . . . . "Germinatedwheat" . "Samanu (Persian: \u0633\u0645\u0646\u0648\u200E\u200E), Samanak (Persian: \u0633\u0645\u0646\u06A9\u200E\u200E), Sumalak/Sumalyak (Tajik: \u0441\u0443\u043C\u0430\u043B\u0430\u043A; Uzbek: sumalak [s\u0289m\u00E6l\u01FDk]) or S\u00FCm\u00F6l\u00F6k (Kyrgyz: \u0441\u04AF\u043C\u04E9\u043B\u04E9\u043A [sym\u0153l\u0153\u0301k]) is an Iranian sweet paste made entirely from germinated wheat (young wheatgrass), which is preparede 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.The wheat is soaked and prepared for days and so the entire process takes up to a week."@en . . . . . .