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The food of spring
Textbook Part 1, pp. 68–72
GoalLearn about the spring dish sumalak; count a word in a text.
New words
sumalak (spring dish) · sumalakyoung sprouts · maysacauldron · qozonto stir · kavlamoq
Explanation
Sumalak is a tasty spring dish. It is cooked all night from sprouted wheat and flour. People take turns stirring the cauldron and singing songs. The textbook has a funny fairy tale about sumalak. Halim and green-herb samsa are also cooked in spring.
Worked examples
“Sumalak night”. Before Navruz, sumalak was cooked in our neighbourhood. The juice of wheat sprouts and flour were put into a big cauldron. The women took turns stirring the sumalak all night. We children sang songs to cheer them on. In the morning everyone tasted the sweet sumalak.
Spring dishes: sumalak, halim, green-herb samsa.
Class activity
Children sprout wheat on a saucer and watch every day how much the sprouts have grown.
Practice
1
When was the sumalak cooked?
Before Navruz
2
What was put in the cauldron?
Wheat-sprout juice and flour
3
What did the children do?
They sang songs to cheer the women on.
4
How many times does sumalak (sumalakni, sumalakdan) appear in the text?
3