DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Halva
Also known as: حلاوة طحينية, חלבה, حلوا
A Persian confection made by cooking flour with sugar syrup, butter or oil, and aromatic ingredients until dense and smooth, often finished with saffron, rosewater, cardamom, or nuts.
About Halva
A Persian confection made by cooking flour with sugar syrup, butter or oil, and aromatic ingredients until dense and smooth, often finished with saffron, rosewater, cardamom, or nuts.
Ingredients in Halva
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- Wheat flourbase
- Sugarsweetener
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Rosewaterseasoning
- Saffronseasoning
- Pistachiogarnish
- Butterother
- Tahinibase
- Whole Almondgarnish
- Sesame Seedgarnish
- Waterother
- Cardamomseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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