Best Halva - Greek Semolina Dessert
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- Halva is a very tasty and simple dessert made of toasted semolina, flavoured with cinnamon and vanilla. Great warm, room temperature or chilled.
Ingredients:
1 cup (227 gm) unsalted butter
2 cups (167 gm) semolina / cream of wheat
3 cups (256 gm) sugar
4 cups (1 liter) water
1 stick of cinnamon
1 tsp (5 ml) pure vanilla extract
garnish or add-ins of your choice - Навчання та стиль
I tried some from my Turkish friend today, and l loved it.I asked her the name so I can search for it on UA-cam. Thank God I found you. It is so straightforward.Thanks for sharing!❤❤❤❤❤
You are very welcome!! Yes, it is quite easy and straightforward and my favourite thing about it is the recipe shortcut... 1,2,3,4 bit, dash... hahahaha...
The secret is to make sure the cream of wheat/semolina is nicely toasted before adding the syrup and cooking until nice and thick so it sets up firmly.
Good luck and thanks for the comment!!
what a great dessert! Thank you for sharing.🌼👍
You are very welcome! I hope you try it... but if you do, just cook it a little longer, I think I may have rushed it as it was a little softer than usual. Good luck! And thank you very much for the comment. :)
Beautiful. In Greece we « typically » use top quality olive oil. But, I have personally departed from tradition and add 50-50% olive oil and butter 😊. I usually add pine nuts lightly roasted and raisins (sultanina variety), chopped a bit, and added in the syrup to soften. Again, I may drop vanilla in favour of one orange (juice + zest). Please use bio produce, clean of pesticides and wax . Very versatile recipe you can take in any direction. Summer-simple-poor man’s dessert, but full of childhood memories, mum in the kitchen of that old cottage by the sea. Thanks for your vid!
Hi ILOVEMFEO! Thank you for the comment. My aunt makes it with olive oil but I find the flavour too heavy/strong for a dessert... I much prefer the 100% butter. I have added pinenuts and or almonds to this and they are lovely, but you can't get a nice clean cut if you are serving a wedge with the nuts in it... so I only add them if I am serving it in a bowl so you have to scoop. I haven't tried raisins since my husband doesn't care for them. I may have to try the orange juice...but we love this so much with the vanilla and the spices... not sure if it would be an improvement or not.
Thank you again for the kind words!!
Thanks, I will try this at Christmas when the family come. X
I'm sorry for the late reply, I never received a notification. I hope you have a lovely holiday with the family and I hope they love this dish as much as my family does. :)
Good job.👍
Hi Rosa... thank you for the comment. This is one of my faves... and I hope you try to make it.
I use saffron , and rose water
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It looks delicious 😮.. i will try to make it ...I would like to buy for you a new mold 😊
Hi Yolanda!! Thank you very much for the comment. I hope you do make it... this is a very easy and tasty dessert.
That is sweet of you but I have quite a few of those molds, but only 1 that I put a hole in to make it easier to unmold. I just need to put a hole in one of the new ones... but thanks for the offer!! :)
I had something like this at a Hari Krishna restaurant in Denver years ago. But it was shaped in little balls instead.
Could it have been made with ghee instead of butter?
Hi there... thanks for the comment... if it was shaped in balls and made of semolina, like this is, it was probably sooji ladoo and if it was a finer texture, it was probably besan ladoo... both of which are very tasty... and yes, probably made with ghee... and it would be made a little stiffer than the version in the video so it could be shaped into the ball shape. They would also probably be flavoured with cardamom rather than the cinnamon and vanilla used in the Greek version.
Yes any oil
This is a common desert here in India, we call it halwa. But your version looks tastier .
Sat Srii Akaal Dipanjan Paul... thank you for the comment. Yes, I have had Indian style halwa before... and I do enjoy it... as well. Is the Indian one made with sooji, like the Greek one or is besan used?
I hope you try the recipe. It is very tasty and very easy, as you can see.
I would love to hear how you liked it if you try it.
Thank you again!!
@@MomsGreekKitchen ya sou. The common one is made with sooji. But there is another variety made of carrot, khowa(type of cheese), ghee, cardamom, condensed milk, sugar etc called gajar(carrot) halwa
@@DipanjanPaul Yes... I have had the gajar (or gajrela) as I know it... one of my coworkers makes it... it is quite nice but I prefer the sooji variety... I haven't one with the khowa....at least in the versions I have tried... I have only had khowa in stuffed gulab jamun or as part of burfi etc... (if you didn't know... I love Indian food and know a little bit about it... hahaha)
My two favourite cuisines are Indian and Greek, but I do like all kinds of ethnic foods...Japanese and Chinese are two others that I really enjoy.
You can make with milk instead water
Hi amyrad…. Thanks for the comments. This recipe can be made many ways.. but this channel highlights my mom’s recipes. This is how she made it, and it’s the best because of that!! 😉👍🏽
Thank you for suggesting other ways to make this recipe!! 🥰
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