Homemade Semolina Halva with Coconut Flakes Recipe
A very delicious dessert. It’s not like a traditional halva. In Greece, it is prepared on weekdays and holidays. And she is never bored. Try it, you will never guess that the dessert is made from semolina. So it turns out to be delicate and unusual in taste. You’ll lick your fingers. Everyone who tried it said: “It’s a fairy tale.” Coconut chips ennobled the dessert, made it more refined.
This recipe uses only coconut pulp. To get it, wash and dry the nut. Make a hole in the top of the coconut shavings and extract the milk. It is not used in the recipe. You can just drink it, as the liquid contains a lot of useful substances. Or use it in another recipe.
Crack the coconut, remove the shell and dark skin.
Grate the coconut shavings on a fine grater. You can, however, take a ready-made coconut, it needs 100 grams, but it will cost you much more.
Pour sugar and vanilla into the mold.
Pour in the milk and water, bring to a boil and cook on low heat for 10 minutes, stirring, make sure that the milk does not “run away”.
Measure out the required amount of semolina.
In a frying pan with a thick bottom with a non-stick coating, heat the vegetable oil and fry the semolina in it until golden brown.
The milk-sugar syrup is ready.
Carefully add the syrup to the semolina. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and begins to move away from the walls.
There is a lot of work to be done here.
As soon as the halva is ready, remove it from the heat and add the coconut chips. Mix well.
Divide the mass into 2 parts.
In the second part, add cocoa.
Cover the form with cling film, lay out the white part of the halva, sprinkle with green coconut chips.
Halva mix well with cocoa.
Lay out the top layer of halva.
Wrap the edges of the film and refrigerate for an hour, preferably overnight.
Turn the finished halva onto a platter and sprinkle with coconut shavings.