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Persian halva

Name: Persian halva
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/2 cup (or oil) butter; 1 cup sugar; 3/4 cup water; 3 tbsp rose water; a big pinch steeped saffron; 1 tsp cardamom; Pistachios, slivered; Almonds, slivered

Toasted flour, saffron and rose water syrup pressed into a fudge. Iran's memorial sweet.

40 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayToasted flour, saffron rose syrup.

The original

249kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1⅔ cups

Butter½ cup (or oil)

Sugar1 cup

Water¾ cup

Rose water3 tbsp

Saffrona big pinch, steeped

Cardamom1 tsp

Pistachiosslivered

Almondsslivered

Method

4 steps

1Boil sugar and water, then stir in saffron, rose water and cardamom. Keep warm.
2Toast the flour in a dry pan on low, stirring constantly, until golden brown.
3Stir in butter until smooth, then carefully pour in the syrup, stirring fast.
4Cook until it pulls from the pan, then press onto a plate and decorate with nuts.

Serve it like this

Spread on a plate, pressed with a spoon pattern and scattered with nuts. Serve with tea.

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