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Halva

Halva is a type of confectionery originating from Persia (now Iran) and widely spread throughout the Middle East and South Asia. The name is used for a broad variety of recipes, generally a thick paste made from flour, butter, liquid oil, saffron, rosewater, milk, turmeric powder, and sweetened with sugar. The word halva entered the English language between 1840 and 1850 from Romanian, which came from Ottoman Turkish: حلوى, romanized: helva, itself ultimately derived from Arabic: حلوى, romanized: ḥalwā, a sweet confection. The root in Arabic: ح ل و, romanized: ḥ-l-w, means "sweet". The original name for the confection was Persian: روغن خورديگ, romanized: rōγn xwardīg, meaning "oil food".

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How to make mouth-watering halvah - Unpacked

When you’re strolling through Mahane Yehudah, Jerusalem’s famous open-air market, stop to sample a little halvah. A man wearing a gold crown (because he’s...
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Halwa Recipe: How to make Halwa Recipe at Home | Homemade Sambar Recipe - Times Food

Best Halwa Recipe: Make the delicious Halwa Recipe that can be made easily at home using ingredients like condensed milk,semolina,ghee,sugar,cashews and more on Times Food...
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Greek Halva recipe (Semolina Pudding with Raisins) - My Greek Dish

The traditional Greek Halva recipe is often referred as "1:2:3:4", as it calls for one unit oil, two semolina, three sugar and four water. So simple...
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Halva (Halawa) recipe - Amira's Pantry

Halva is a dense, rich dessert that is made with tahini paste and has so many variations. Halva is a dessert, breakfast or a snack...
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Chocolate nut halva | SBS Food

Derived from the Arabic word for “sweet”, the term halva or similar is used in countries around the world to refer to countless varieties of nut- or flour-based confectionery. This sesame-based version, popular throughout the Middle East, is from Lebanon...

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