🇧🇭 Bahrain cuisine · #3

Bahraini Halwa

Bahraini Halwa
Time120 min
Serves20
Ingredients8

A glossy starch sweet with sugar, ghee, saffron, cardamom and nuts — Bahrain's most famous gift and symbol of hospitality.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Caramelise half a cup of the sugar until golden.
  2. Whisk cornflour into the water and add with the remaining sugar, stirring.
  3. Add the ghee gradually over an hour, stirring constantly, until glossy and the fat separates.
  4. Add saffron, cardamom, rose water and nuts.
  5. Pour into dishes and cool.