Turkish Halva (Dessert)
Turkish Halva (Dessert). In modern Turkish cuisine, there are two kinds of helva. (It is also known as halva , halvas, and halwa in other parts of the Arab world.) The first is the dessert type made with a starch base, sugar and butter and other ingredients like nuts and flavorings. Bring water and molasses to a boil in a saucepan. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a separate saucepan over low heat.
Ingredients
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Prepare 250 gr of butter
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You need 3,5 glass of flour
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You need 2 glass of milk
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You need 1 glass of sugar
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It’s of If you like it sweet, you can use 1,5 glass of sugar
Steps
- First melt the butter in a deep saucepan. Then add flour, slowly stirring over middle heat and wait flour melts and turns brown..
- While doing this, at the same time, melt the sugar in the milk in a pot. We call it "Şerbet/Sherbet)". Just before it started to boil, turn it off..
- Add the sherbet to the flour that comes to the desires consistency and start to mix it with a wooden spoon and turn it off. When it starts to not to stick to the spoon, let it rest for a while. Then you can give it a shape with a spoon or hand. You can serve with cinnamon, hazelnut or walnut. Bon appetit!.
Eating pişmaniye (cotton candy or floss halva) is a little bit mess. And it is fun to eat. It is like eating cotton candy that sticks on your fingers. You may need to lick them. Semolina halva or irmik helvasi is a classic Ottoman dessert and Turkish people have been cooking this dessert for centuries in their houses.
