Kutya (wheat)

Ingredients

• 1 cup high grade durum wheat
• salt
• 1/2 cup poppy seed finely ground
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2/3 cup water

Method

1. Rinse the wheat in a sieve under running water.
2. Put the wheat in a pot and cover with lukewarm water.
3. Keeping the same water that the wheat was soaked in, bring the water to a boil, cover, and simmer until the wheat is tender (anywhere from 2 to 6 hours depending on variety of wheat).
4. Stir the wheat periodically, adding salt halfway through cooking.
5. Boil honey with 2/3 cup water until a syrup is formed, then remove from heat.
6. Stir wheat, syrup, and ground poppy seed together (should be medium-thin, not thick).
7. Serve warm garnished with chopped nuts.

Source

Traditional Ukrainian Cookery (out of print).