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Halva (also halvah, halwa, halua, [1] and other spellings; Arabic: حلوى Bhojpuri:𑂯𑂪𑂳𑂄, Hindi: हलवा, Persian: حلوا, Urdu: حلوا) is a type of confectionery that is widely spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the Balkans, Central Asia, and South Asia.
Greek loukoumádes served at a pub in Melbourne, Australia. The recipe for Luqmat al-Qadi, yeast-leavened dough boiled in oil and doused in honey or sugar syrup with rosewater, dates back to at least the early medieval period and the 13th-century Abbasid Caliphate, where it is mentioned in several of the existent cookery books of the time.
The Kopte sesamis (κοπτὴ σησαμίς), or simply κοπτὴ, was a cake made from pounded sesame, [4] only the ingredients are known and not the recipe, but historians think that it may was similar to the modern Greek sesame seed sweet (pasteli) which is made from the same ingredients. [5]
Turkish delight, or lokum (//lɔ.kʊm//) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar.Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often flavored with rosewater, mastic gum, bergamot orange, or lemon.
Other important ingredients include [3] pasta (for example hilopites), [4] cheeses, [5] herbs, lemon juice, [6] olives and olive oil, [7] and yogurt. Bread made of wheat is ubiquitous; other grains, notably barley, are also used, especially for paximathia. Common dessert ingredients include nuts, honey, fruits, sesame, and filo pastries.
Breakfast (435 calories) 1 cup low-fat plain strained Greek-style yogurt. 1 serving Cinnamon-Toasted Oats. ½ cup raspberries. 2 Tbsp. chopped walnuts. A.M. Snack (334 calories)
The "fasting" variant, which is vegan, replaces meat with mushrooms or a mix of sautéed onions and rice. In the rest of the Balkans , the top layer is often a custard : this is the version introduced to the UK by Elizabeth David 's Mediterranean Cookery and where it remains the usual presentation.
The earliest Turkish reference to pişmaniye is a recipe by Şirvani, [3] a physician writing during the 1430s. The Persian form pashmak, related to paşmīna and paşm, the origin of the Turkish name pişmaniye, [4] occurs in the poetry of the Iranian poet Ebu Ishak, also known as Bushak (d. 1423 or 1427). [5] "Pashm" in Persian means wool ...