🇴🇲 Oman cuisine · #7

Omani Halwa

Omani Halwa
Time150 min
Serves20
Ingredients8

A dark, glossy sweet of starch, brown sugar, ghee, saffron, cardamom and rose water, served with coffee in every Omani home.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Caramelise part of the sugar.
  2. Add cornflour dissolved in water and the remaining sugar, stirring.
  3. Add ghee gradually over two hours, stirring constantly.
  4. When glossy and thick, add saffron, cardamom, rose water and nuts.
  5. Pour into dishes.