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Koliva, also spelled kollyva, kollyba or colivă, is a dish based on boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead. Rinse the wheat berries and place them in a large saucepan. Place the cooled wheat berries in a large mixing bowl.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook koliva (wheat berries memorial food) using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Koliva (wheat berries memorial food):
- Prepare wheat
- Make ready clove []
- Prepare walnuts
- Get hazelnuts
- Make ready almonds
- Prepare pomegranate
- Get parsley
- Prepare cumin
- Take sesame
- Make ready flour
- Get icing sugar
- Get petit beurre biscuits
Strain the wheat and let the water drain out thoroughly. Prepare a surface by layering some towels down. Spread the wheat thinly on the towels and allow drying overnight. Koliva is the traditional boiled wheat dish made in remembrance of the dead in Greece and The koliva recipe below is broken down into steps and stages, making this a completely doable project Briefly, memorial services or mnemosina in the Orthodox Church consist of prayers for the souls of.
Steps to make Koliva (wheat berries memorial food):
- First of all we boil the wheat berries until they are tender and begin to split. We remove from heat, rinse well, leave it to drain in a sieve for about an hour (if it is summer, put them in the fridge). Then we take a clean sheet or tablecloth and spread them on it to dry. They are ready when they don't stick to the cloth, in about 4 hours.
- We roast the almonds, hazelnuts and the sesame as well as the flour, until it gets golden.
- Having done that, we take a large bowl and put the wheat, the nuts and the biscuits (all of which we have ground) together with the aromatic spices.
- When everything is well mixed we place the mixture on a tray. We sprinkle the browned flour on the mixture and the sugar on top of that (be careful to never put the sugar in the koliva).
- We take a napkin, open it and press the icing sugar so that it sits everywhere uniformly.
Kollyva is a traditional dish served at funerals and memorial services. It is generally served from a large tray, spooned out into cups. There are many versions, but all start with whole wheat kernels. It is generally made in large quantities so all who attend can receive a small amount. Wheat berries are available at health food stores and Whole Foods.
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