A favorite delicacy of all times and peoples - this is how you can safely call halva (translated from Arabic as “sweetness”). The recipe for this delicious dessert was invented in ancient Persia, around the 5th century BC. e. Cooks of that time, to please their kings, prepared tahini halva from sesame seeds. In a short period of time, the sweetness has won fans throughout the Middle East. For many centuries, Persian confectioners did not reveal the secret of how to make halva at home, surprising connoisseurs of the delicacy with an abundance of varieties and varieties.
Halva today
Today, almost everyone knows how to prepare nut halva at home. There are three main types of this sweet: sesame (tahini), peanut and nut. But all sorts of variations with the addition of various components are not excluded. Such as cocoa, candied fruits, chocolate, raisins, and much more.
Peanut halva
How to make peanut halwa at home:
Peanuts - 150 grams.
Vegetable oil - 60 milliliters.
Sugar - 80 grams.
Water - 150 milliliters.
Flour - 100 grams.
Vanillin - 15 grams.
Preparation:
1. Fry the flour in a frying pan until it turns beige.
2. Roast the peanuts without adding oil. Afterwards, it should be peeled and ground in a blender or coffee grinder.
3. Pour the resulting peanut crumbs into the toasted flour and stir until a homogeneous mass is formed.
4. Boil water with sugar. Add and heat over low heat for about 4 minutes.
5. Mix sugar syrup with butter and pour everything into the peanut mixture.
6. Stir well and place in the mold.
7. Cool and let sit for about 1 hour. After this, you can start consuming halva. You can learn how to make halva at home from old cookbooks.
Nut halva
How to make nut halva at home step by step? You need to prepare the following ingredients:
- Starch (corn) - 1 teaspoon.
- Walnuts - 250 grams.
- Cinnamon - 0.5 tablespoon.
- Butter - 120 grams.
- Sugar - 250 grams.
- Milk - 450 milliliters.
Preparation:
1. Fry the flour in a frying pan until it turns beige.
2. Dissolve sugar in milk and boil, stirring constantly, pour in water with starch.
3. Finely chop the nuts and fry in butter until dark brown.
4. Pour the toasted nuts into a container with the milk mixture, mix and seal tightly.
5. Place in the oven and bake at low temperature for about 30 minutes.
6. Pack the already prepared mass into molds and sprinkle cinnamon on top. Can be consumed warm or cold.
Are you still wondering how to make halva at home? The recipe is completely simple.
Nut halva with added semolina
You will need the following products:
- Semolina - 0.7 cups.
- Butter - 250 grams.
- Water - 210 milliliters.
- Sugar - 110 grams.
- - 20 grams.
- Cashews - 20 grams.
- Cardamom - a quarter of a teaspoon.
- Powdered sugar - 1 teaspoon.
Preparation:
1. Pour water into a small saucepan and bring it to a boil, this will take about 3-4 minutes.
2. Pour semolina into a frying pan, add melted butter and fry over medium heat.
3. Mix thoroughly with a spatula.
4. Fry the mixture until golden brown. This will take about 8-11 minutes.
5. Reduce heat to low and gradually add boiled water. Remember to stir constantly to avoid lumps.
6. Increase heat to medium and cook until all the water is absorbed. Then add sugar and cardamom powder.
7. Stir until the sugar dissolves and the mixture acquires a semi-solid consistency. Then add finely chopped almonds and cashews.
8. Place in a mold and place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
9. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and the semolina halva is ready to eat.
Adviсe: You can replace water with milk to improve the taste of halva and make it softer. When substituting, the recipe remains exactly the same. Dissolve 4-5 grams of saffron in 2 tablespoons of milk, let it brew for 5 minutes and add it to the mixture in step 5.
Tahini halva
How to do it at home? Prepare the following ingredients:
- Light sesame - 1.5 cups.
- Coconut flakes - 100 grams.
- Cocoa - 2 tablespoons.
- Vanilla - 12 grams.
- Honey - 3 teaspoons.
Preparation:
1. Using a blender, grind the coconut and sesame seeds into flour (you can use a coffee grinder).
2. Add vanilla sugar and cocoa, mix thoroughly.
3. Add honey to the resulting mixture and mash the mixture well with a fork.
4. Cover the surface of the mold with plastic wrap and carefully place the resulting mixture into it. Press the halva firmly with a spoon or mortar.
5. Before use, cool the halva in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
After this, it can be cut into slices and served with coffee or tea. The finished dessert can be stored in the refrigerator for one month.
Traditional halva
How to make halva at home? You will need:
- Walnuts - 2.5 kilograms.
- Molasses - 1 liter.
- Eggs - 7-12 pieces.
Preparation:
1. Heat the molasses over the fire for about 7 minutes, then remove and allow to cool. Then they heat it up again and let it cool again, you need to do this until the molasses thickens.
2. After it thickens, cool and add the whites. Mix. This will not be easy to do, since the molasses will be hard, like cement mortar. You need to stir with a wooden (quite strong) spoon.
3. The main secret of the dish. When adding yolks to molasses, all people present should laugh. Then the molasses will be white and the dish will have a beautiful golden color (sounds like a joke, but it's been tested).
4. After stirring, heat the mixture again, let it cool, and repeat the cycle as many times as necessary for the molasses to turn light golden.
5. If it is not light enough, you can add a few more yolks. So, if everything was successful and the mixture became light, you can proceed to the next stage.
6. Place some of the hot mixture evenly on the bottom of the tray. Place a layer of walnuts on top so that it completely covers the molasses. We press the whole thing with our hands so that it sticks. Place the rest of the molasses evenly on top, pressing it down onto the nuts.
The dish looks very rich and beautiful. Now you know how to make halva at home. Bon appetit!
Benefits of halva
Halva is highly fortified and contains:
High in vitamin E, which can prevent heart attacks, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular diseases.
. B vitamins improve digestion, help absorb proteins, fats and carbohydrates, improve vision, skin and hair condition.
. Vitamin D is needed by the body for strong bones. Magnesium is beneficial for the nervous system and helps with muscle growth. Sunflower halva is indicated for people with liver diseases.
Halva is a favorite oriental delicacy of many. The exception is that this is both a very tasty sweet and equally healthy. Halva contains a large number of microelements.
Today, halva can be with the addition of sesame, peanuts, and sunflower seeds. It also contains various flour sweets and more. But the most important thing is that such an oriental delicacy is made from good quality products.
Halva, of course, can be prepared at home. The whole family will undoubtedly enjoy homemade halva made with their own hands.
Sunflower halva
First, it doesn’t hurt to note the beneficial qualities of sunflower seeds. They contain a large amount of vitamin E. This helps slow down the aging process of tissues and reduce the likelihood of heart attacks. The seeds also contain vitamin D and B. By consuming seeds, you can also reduce the possibility of cancer and prevent cardiovascular diseases. So these are quite good reasons to start preparing a delicious and healthy dessert.
First recipe
You will need to prepare:
- three glasses of seeds;
- two glasses of flour;
- half a glass of sugar;
- glass of water;
- half a glass of vegetable oil;
- vanillin.
How to cook?
Take a frying pan and toast the sunflower seeds. Then grind them in a meat grinder. The flour must be fried until it turns yellowish. Next, you need another container into which you need to pour the oil, add vanillin and granulated sugar. Boil the contents, then add crushed seeds and fried flour.
The resulting mass must be transferred to prepared dishes, pre-greased with vegetable oil or covered with special paper. Place in a cool place to cool.
Second recipe
- 150 gr. sunflower seeds;
- 2 tbsp. l sugar;
- 2 tbsp. l vegetable oil (not refined);
- 1.5 tbsp. l condensed milk.
How to cook?
Pour the seeds into a dry frying pan and fry them. Take a blender or meat grinder and grind the seeds. Add butter, granulated sugar, and condensed milk to them. Mix everything thoroughly, press down with a press and let cool well in a cool place.
Nut halva
This is a pretty healthy dessert. Includes vitamins of groups B, E, A. Also a lot of iron, potassium, calcium and phosphorus. Peanuts are most often taken to prepare such halva. Pistachios are also used in making sweets. These nuts contain an aphrodisiac.
Peanut halva
- roasted peanuts - two glasses;
- one glass of sugar;
- one and a half cups of flour;
- one third glass of water;
- a quarter cup of sunflower oil;
- vanillin.
The peanuts are crushed, the flour is fried until it turns brownish-yellow. Take a bowl, pour water into it and add sugar, the mixture needs to be boiled. Mix butter, chopped peanuts, flour and vanillin thoroughly and combine with syrup. Then place everything in a special container and wait for it to cool.
Oriental sweet made from walnuts
- nuts 150 gr.;
- 4 tbsp. l butter;
- a glass of sugar;
- two glasses of milk;
- teaspoon cornstarch.
Sugar and milk are mixed in a container. Place on fire to boil. Dilute starch in milk 1:5 and add to milk syrup. To avoid lumps, the mixture must be stirred.
Remove the shells from the nut kernels and fry them until dark brown. Add the nuts to the syrup and put on the fire while covering the container well with a lid. Within half an hour the halva will be ready. This sweetness is served hot.
Good luck in cooking and bon appetit!
Halva is a unique product that you can eat even on a diet. Of course, this fact is known, but it still confuses many people: “why can you eat halva, but not sweets?” And I have an answer to this question. Halva contains many vitamins and microelements that our body needs, both to maintain health and to improve the appearance of hair and nails. It is permissible to consume halva in the morning, in small quantities, precisely because of its benefits. This “bonus” will help you maintain proper nutrition and watch your figure, without harm.
Making halva at home is the easiest way. You know, I tried a bunch of recipes, but only one helped me get real halva, at home, without using flour and butter. Believe me, this is the same halva from the store! And even better. The taste is incredible! I still don’t understand why people add flour and butter. So, in order for you to get real homemade halva the first time, pay attention to all the nuances of preparation. A step-by-step recipe with photos is presented below.
Ingredients:
- sunflower seeds – 250 grams;
- granulated sugar – 125 grams;
- water – 35 ml;
- chicken protein – 1 piece;
- vanillin - optional;
- raisins (dried apricots/prunes) – optional.
- Total cooking time: 30 minutes.
Homemade halva without flour and butter, recipe with photo:
1. We need sunflower seeds without the husk. Buy peeled, weighed ones right away, because cleaning them yourself is a thankless task. Place the seeds in a frying pan and fry at medium temperature for about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. The seeds should take on a golden hue.
2. Place the roasted seeds in a blender bowl and grind to a paste. The seeds should release sunflower oil, thanks to which the final mass is easily mixed with a spoon. And why do people add additional sunflower oil? – It is at this stage that I increasingly ask myself this question.
3. Prepare the ingredients for the syrup. Important! I devote a whole step to this moment - all the ingredients are weighed and taken exactly in the quantities indicated in the recipe. Don't be clever, don't try to weigh it by eye. As a last resort, weigh it with spoons, as our grandmothers did all their lives. If you use more water or sugar, the syrup will not work.
4. Beat the chicken protein. Remember? In a dry and clean container, with a dry and clean whisk - this is the main rule. When the protein increases in size, turns white and holds its shape - it’s done! Put the protein aside and make the syrup.
5. Heat sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a temperature of 120 degrees. You don’t have to stir the syrup, but at the very beginning I still slightly “help” the sugar dissolve - the first few seconds.
If you don't have a kitchen thermometer: When the syrup boils, drop a drop into cold water. Try to roll the syrup into a ball. Happened? - Great! The syrup is ready.
6. Pour the hot syrup into the egg whites. It is advisable to immediately calculate the time for preparing the syrup. Whisk and pour at the same time! Owners of a stand mixer, you are the lucky ones! The rest will have to contrive for the sake of the result.
7. Here we are at the finish line. Place the sunflower mass in protein syrup. Or vice versa... I didn’t notice any difference in the result. Mix the mixture from top to bottom; We are not kneading the dough - do not twirl the spoon! Literally 5-7 stirrings and you're done. The mass hardens very quickly, thanks to the sugar syrup - work faster. Place the finished mixture on a baking sheet lined with cling film.
8. We put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours so that it completely hardens. We cut the finished product and serve it to the table. Having tried this sweetness at least once, you will forever be disappointed in the store-bought product of the same name and will begin to cook it yourself. And by the way, peanut halva is prepared using exactly the same principle. Good luck to all!
Best regards, Yulia.
Description
Turkish halva made from flour- this is not at all the dessert that we expect to see when we learn that it is halva. But in fact, halva translated from Arabic means sweets. That is, this name is simply a generalization for the category of sweet dessert dishes. Halva is prepared from a wide variety of products: from fruits, nuts, seeds, and even from vegetables and some cereals. But in this case, we will prepare a traditional oriental sweet for Turkey - halva made from flour.
The ingredients required for the recipe are the simplest. You can find them in any home. These are flour, sugar, walnuts, water, milk and butter. Therefore, you can bring the recipe to life in the shortest possible time, without having to specifically run to the store.
The basis of this dessert is wheat flour fried in oil. It turns out to be quite fatty and high in calories, especially considering the amount of sugar that should be added to this delicacy. Therefore, it is better not to abuse homemade halva made from flour. Otherwise, you risk acquiring the notorious oriental forms. But one or two servings in the morning or at lunch will not harm you. On the contrary, they will charge you with energy for the whole day.
Making Turkish halva from flour at home takes no more than twenty minutes. The process is quite simple and you can handle it even if you are preparing this dessert for the first time. Strictly follow all the instructions in this photo recipe and you will definitely be able to prepare Turkish halva!
Ingredients
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(1/4 cup) -
(1/4 cup) -
(100 g) -
(60-65 g) -
(1/2 tbsp.) -
(5-7 pcs.)
Cooking steps
First, let's prepare sweet milk syrup. To do this, mix a quarter of a glass of water and a quarter of a glass of milk in a saucepan. Add one hundred grams of sugar to them. Place the saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer the syrup for another 5-6 minutes. Now the saucepan can be removed from the stove.
Take a thick-bottomed frying pan and place it on low heat. Add pieces of butter to it and wait until it melts.
We send peeled and chopped walnuts, as well as wheat flour, to the frying pan.
Fry the flour until it acquires a pleasant golden brown color. At first, this product will form one large lump, then it will break up into many smaller lumps.
As a result, the flour will turn into fine greasy crumbs, as shown in the photo below.
Remove the pan from the heat and pour the previously prepared milk syrup into it. You just need to pour in little by little, in small portions.. Stir the mixture until it reaches a homogeneous consistency.
All that remains is to use a tablespoon to form our halva into cakes and decorate it with walnuts. Turkish halva can be served either warm or cold. So make some tea and take a sample!
Bon appetit!
Nowadays, every normal person has an interest in the composition of products, especially sweets that we buy for our children. So, few people know that production consists of many stages and is a very labor-intensive process. The sweet contains seeds and nuts containing valuable protein, a special caramel mass, as well as a foam-forming agent of plant origin. Often, sesame seeds, which contain valuable vitamins B and E, are used in the production of halva. Peanuts are necessarily added to it as a nut. Soy and sunflower seeds are also added to halva.
Components of industrial halva
To obtain foam, soap root containing saponin is often used. However, large quantities of it are harmful to humans, so its content in halva should not exceed 0.03%. In production, soap root can be replaced with egg white, beet extract, malt root and others.
The protein mass, consisting of roasted and ground seeds, has a special energy and vitamin value. The taste of halva largely depends on them. Particular attention in production is paid to obtaining tahini mass from sesame seeds. Peanut mixture and sunflower seed mixture are prepared separately.
The caramel mass is also prepared according to a special recipe, which should not harden, but at the same time be quite viscous. For this purpose, a special “Halvin” installation is used in production.
The above components are used in factory production, when halva is produced in large quantities. Obviously, the process of industrial production of oriental sweets is quite complex and has many stages. Therefore, the cost of the final product is high. Unfortunately, store-bought halva often contains harmful dyes, sweeteners, flavoring additives and other undesirable components. To avoid consuming harmful substances, you can try cooking.
The recipe for homemade halva is significantly different from the factory one. Here the role of the caramel mass is played by sugar syrup or honey. In terms of density and viscosity, the latter is ideal, being an optimal replacement for its industrial analogue. By replacing sugar with honey, the delicacy does not lose its sweetness, while becoming very nutritious and beneficial for the body.
The main components of homemade halva:
- oil seeds
- sesame
- nuts
- peanut
Homemade halva “classic”
Making homemade peanut halwa is not difficult at all. To do this you will need 2 cups of peanuts fried in a frying pan, a glass of granulated sugar, one and a half cups of flour, a third of a glass of water, butter and vanillin for flavor.
Grind the peanuts using a coffee grinder, blender, food processor or regular meat grinder. In the latter case, the nuts should be rolled at least twice. Fry the flour in a frying pan and then mix with the nut mixture and butter.
To obtain sugar syrup, add cold water to sugar and bring to a boil. The syrup will be ready when the sugar has completely melted, the foam has disappeared and a clear solution remains. The syrup must be stirred during cooking to avoid burning. Mix the warm syrup with the prepared mixture. Now all that remains is to wait for the halva to cool, and you can safely serve the dessert to the table.
Halva prepared according to this recipe is useful for everyone, both children and pregnant women. In addition, housewives can change the composition by adding their favorite nuts and other ingredients, for example, poppy seeds. Experiments in the kitchen are welcome!
Halva can also be prepared from sunflower, sesame or seeds, as well as from their mixtures. The value of sweets will not change at all. When preparing halva from sunflower and sesame seeds, replace butter with sunflower oil. For 2 cups of seeds you will need 1.5 cups of oil. Keep the cooking sequence the same.
Helpful Tips:
- Stir the seeds constantly while roasting to prevent burning.
- if you want to give the halva a certain shape, put it in the freezer before pressing,
- Use honey instead of sugar syrup unless you have an allergic reaction to this natural product.
Halva "Vitamin"
As you know, during the heat treatment of many products, their most useful components are destroyed. Seeds and nuts are no exception. To preserve the entire valuable set of substances, we exclude the frying process. Just mix:
- dates
- sunflower seeds
- sesame seeds
Separately chop nuts and dried fruits. Mix the products by adding honey. Obviously, you can take any nuts. The dried fruit mixture itself will be viscous, which allows you to exclude honey if desired. After putting the mixture in the refrigerator or freezer, wait for it to harden, and then feel free to form balls, bars and other figures.
Video recipe for making sunflower halva:
Please note that halva is a very healthy, but also high-calorie product, so avoid excessive consumption. Children will certainly like this one, although adults will hardly be able to refuse such a delicacy.
