Flour Halawa Halva Recipes

Steps:

• Bring water and sugar to a boil in a small pot, stirring until sugar dissolves into a syrup. Stir rose water, cardamom, and saffron into the syrup. Reduce heat to low; cover to keep syrup hot.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour until mixture is a smooth paste, about 1 minute. Cook, stirring constantly, until paste turns brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove flour mixture from heat. Whisk in hot syrup gradually until syrup is completely absorbed and mixture is the consistency of a smooth, soft paste, at least 4 minutes.
• Spread mixture in a shallow bowl. Cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Bring the milk and water to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-low heat; stir the cardamom into the mixture. Set aside.
• Melt the ghee in a shallow skillet over medium heat; stir the chickpea flour into the melted ghee and cook until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Add the sugar and stir to incorporate. Slowly pour the milk mixture into the skillet while stirring to avoid lumps. Continue cooking and stirring until the halwa pulls away from the sides of the pan, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot or spread the mixture into a rimmed plate and allow to cool. Cut into squares and serve.

Steps:

• make a syrup by boiling sugar and water together, let the sugar dissolve completely and let it boil for 30 seconds and set aside.add the ground cardamom.
• place oil in a pot on medium heat, when it's hot add flour. keep on moving the flour until it becomes light brown in color.
• remove from heat, immediately add sugar syrup carefully, mix it with a whisk until the mixture is consistent and lump-free.
• pour in flat plates, garnish as desired, let it cool and serve.
• tips: you can use any type of flour you like, you can mix in a little whole wheat flour for more thick and grainy texture ( for the dessert in the picture i mixed 3/4 cup of whole wheat flour with 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour).
• tips: you can adjust sugar measure to your desired sweetness level , 1 cup will give you a light taste, 1 1/2 cup will give you a moderate taste, 2 sups will give you very sweet dessert.
• tips: the water level can be adjusted to achieve the consistancy level you desire, for the recipe in the picture i used 1 cup of water which will give you a light and soft dessert, you can use half the amount of water for a thicker dessert.
• tips: the dessert plates can be left plain or decorated by coconut flakes or chopped walnuts, this is the iraqi way of decorating this halawa, but you may use pistachios, cashews or pecans for this dessert.
• tips: if the halawa didn't have a pouring consistancy, place it in a plate and press it with a plastic spatula and leave it to cool before serving.