Halva at home
8 servings
15 minutes
Halva is one of the most popular Eastern sweets with deep roots in Turkish cuisine. This sweet dessert made from ground sunflower seeds, flour, and sugar syrup has a rich nutty flavor with a delicate, slightly crumbly texture. Making halva requires patience and skill: first, a paste is made from the seeds, then syrup is prepared and combined with the main ingredients to form a fragrant mixture. After cooling under pressure, halva acquires its unique density and is ready to serve. This treat pairs perfectly with a cup of strong coffee or tea and is a wonderful addition to family or festive gatherings. Turkish halva is not just a dessert but a symbol of hospitality and tradition.
1
Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder with the husk until it becomes a paste. It's better not to use a blender to avoid dulling the blades. A meat grinder can be used if there is no coffee grinder at home.
- Sunflower seeds: 3 glasss
2
To prepare the syrup, we dissolve sugar in water, place it on the stove, and boil until the raw water taste disappears. Don't forget to skim off the foam. We remove the syrup from the heat and add butter.
- Sugar: 1.5 glass
- Water: 0.3 glass
- Sunflower oil: 0.5 glass
3
Add flour to the seed paste and mix. You can also pass the mixture through a meat grinder again to make the future halva airy.
- Wheat flour: 2 glasss
4
Add the paste to the syrup, mix it, and pour it into a special mold (you can use a butter dish with a closing lid).
- Sunflower seeds: 3 glasss
- Wheat flour: 2 glasss
- Sugar: 1.5 glass
- Water: 0.3 glass
- Sunflower oil: 0.5 glass
5
Put the halva in the fridge to set, placing a press on top.