Kolva

Ingredients

• 1 pound wheat
• 1 cup seedless raisins
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup chopped almonds
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup mixed fancy candy

Method

1. 1

   Soak the wheat in water for ten or twelve hours; wash well, and boil in newer water, but take away from the fire before it cracks.

2. 2

   Strain and then spread over some white muslin overnight.

3. 3

   Then roast the flour in a pan by itself until light brown, and when sufficiently cold, add the sugar, also the almonds and the walnuts, which should be well chopped.

4. 4

   Add this mixture to the boiled wheat, and mix in also the spiced fancy 'grape shot' candy.

5. 5

   Serve cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods of the foreign-born in relation to health (1922) by Bertha M. Wood, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cup chopped almonds I to 2 pinches powdered cinnamon Soak the wheat in plain water for ten to twelve hours ; then after washing well boil in newer water, twice of its measure, until it cracks. In a separate vessel boil the sugar in an equal quantity of water, until two-thirds of it remains. To this add the raisins and the pistachio nuts. Then pour these all in the boiled wheat and continue boil- ing a while longer. When this is done, take away from the fire and add the rose water. Then chop well hazel- nuts, walnuts, and the almonds ; roast a little in a pan on a moderate fire, and spread over the boiled wheat mix- ture, meanwhile sifting on the powdered cinnamon. 72 FOODS OF THE FOREIGN-BORN Kolva is something like it : I pound wheat i cup seedless raisins i cup flour i cup chopped almonds I cup sugar i cup chopped walnuts I cup mixed fancy candy

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