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Halva(recipes)
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Halva (recipes)


There are numerous forms of halva, which is basically a ‘sweetmeat’ or dessert depending on which version you’re eating. The Middle Eastern sweet known as halva is made from ground roasted sesame seeds and honey. It' s usually made in a slab and is often studded with chopped dried fruit or nuts.You can buy it in the UK ready-made wrapped in bars. Indian halva is a sweet dessert dish made with semolina, fried in ghee, mixed with spiced syrup and raisins and cooked until light and fluffy. It can also be made with grated vegetables - carrot halva is the most common.The vegetables are cooked with milk or cream and sugar into a thick paste, then flavoured with cardamom or other spices and sometimes nuts.The name means ‘sweetmeat’ in numerous languages, so you may see it written as helva, halvah, halwa, halawi and it could take on a slightly different form with a wide variety of spices, nuts, fruits or vegetables being added to it.Orange halva brûlée