Eastern Halva with Coconut Recipe
As everyone knows, halva is one of the favorite desserts in the East. There are a huge variety of recipes, halva is made from semolina, starch or flour with various additives. Today I want to show you a recipe from semolina and coconut chips. It is very easy and quick to prepare, and most importantly, it does not require large expenses.
Servings 10
Cook Time 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 glass Vegetable oil odourless, or 1/2 tbsp. vegetable oil + 1/2 tbsp butter
- 1,75 glass Semolina
- 3 glasses Milk
- 1 glass Water
- 2 glasses Sugar
- 1 glass Coconut shavings
- 0,5 glass Almond crushed
- 2 pack Vanilin
- 3 tablespoons Cocoa powder to taste, can not put
Instructions
- Pour milk, water, sugar, vanilla into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook on low heat so that it does not run away.
- Meanwhile, put the butter, peeled almonds and finely chopped semolina in another saucepan. Fry on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, the mass will swell.
- Add the hot syrup to the semolina, stirring constantly over low heat. Carefully add the semolina, because it will spray. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mass thickens and does not move away from the walls of the pan.
- As soon as the halva is ready, remove from the heat and add the coconut chips. Mix well.
- Take a cupcake mold and spread half of the mass, add cocoa to the other part and put white halva on top. For those who want no cocoa, immediately put the whole mass into the mold. Put the mold in a cool place. As soon as it cools down, turn it onto a platter and sprinkle with coconut shavings.