Does anyone have a good recipe for making halawa?

Question

Does anyone have a good recipe for making halawa?

Answer 1

There are lots of varieties:

Indian Halwa:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art5...

Turkish Halwa:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Turkish-Hal...

Iran Halwa:

http://www.whats4eats.com/recipes/r_de_h...

Answer 2

First is a website that has one recipe and a ton of info. The second one however takes you thru the procedure to make halawa to use as a depilatory but also as a dessert. Hope this helps you out. Interesting stuff.

Answer 3

Halawa Mishmish (Apricot Balls) Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pound dried apricots

Confectioners' sugar

25 shelled pistachios to decorate.



Directions:

Do not soak or wash the apricots, or you will produce a cream. Put them as they are in the food processor and blend them to a smooth paste, adding a very little water, by the teaspoon if necessary. Wash your hands and, wetting them or greasing them with a little oil so the paste does not stick, take little lumps of paste and roll into marble-sized balls. Roll them in confectioners' sugar and press half a pistachio on top of each.

Variations:

Mix 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pistachios with 2 tablespoons of sugar. Make a small hole in the center of each apricot ball, put in a little of the filling, close the hole again, and roll in confectioners' sugar.

Work 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pistachios into the apricot paste with your hands.