Halva

Name: Halva
Ingredients: ½ tsp yellow food colouring (optional); ½ tsp slightly crushed cardamom seeds; 2½ cups water; 2 cups granulated sugar; ½ cup clarified butter; ¼ tsp lemon juice; 1¼ cup tapioca starch; 10 strands saffron or 2 tsp rose water; 10 strands saffron or 2 tsp rose water; ½ cup slivered almonds and pistachios; ½ cup slivered almonds and pistachios

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

1¼ cup tapioca starch
½ cup slivered almonds and pistachios
10 <

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Mix the water with the starch, then add all the ingredients in a heavy saucepan and cook on high heat until it comes to the boil. Turn down the heat, stirring often until the mixture is transparent and smooth (not sticky), and easily leaves the sides of the pan, a bit like pre-baked choux pastry.
Grease a glass ovenproof dish.
Transfer the mix and smooth