Keşkül


Keşkül is an almond-based milk pudding from Turkish cuisine. Usually served in a bowl and eaten with a spoon, it is often garnished with coconut shaving or pistachio nuts and is off-white in colour.

Etymology

The dish's name is derived from the Ottoman Turkish idiomatic expression "keşkül-i fukara" meaning "beggar's bowl". The word keşkül and its respective idiom is ultimately traced back to Persian kaşkūl, meaning "beggar" or "beggar's bowl". The oldest written usage of the word in a Turkic language is traced backed to Franciscus a Mesgnien Meninski's Thesaurus. According to Meninski the word originally meant ' or scyphus. The usage of the word to indicate the dessert is first attested in Şemseddin Sami's 1900 work '.