Flour Halva (Un Helvasi)

Halva is a typical dessert in Middle Eastern cuisine. Some of them are made with tahini and nuts. The ones that are cooked at home are made with flour-base or semolina-base. It is a very simple dessert that requires only 4 ingredients. Butter, flour, sugar and milk. The only drawback is you have stir the flour and butter for about 15 mins. But the smell and the taste are worth every effort you make.

What do you need?

• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 stick unsalted butter

How do you make?

• In a sauce pan bring milk, sugar and water to boil and let it cool down completely.
• In a pan melt the butter and put the flour in and cook the flour and butter for about 15 mins stirring constantly. At first flour will be crumbly but after 5 mins it'll get easy to stir.

• Pour the syrup over the flour and butter mixture once they are done and stir very fast so it does not get crumbly. Turn off the heat and cover the pan and let it rest for 5 mins.

• The resulting color should be like light brown. Once you pour the syrup the color will darken little bit.
• Shape with two tablespoons and serve. You can serve warm or cold. This recipe yields 20 pieces.