Halva is Persian or Iranian popular sweet dish that is made with different types of grain, sugar, water, dried fruits and spice. It is not only popular dish in Iran but also a popular dish in the whole middle east countries. Each country makes this dish differently. People of middle eastern countries eat this dish in the evening time with tea. This dish contains a lot of sugar that’s why most of the dieters don’t eat this dish. So we provided sugar free halva recipe that will help dieters to cook this delicious dish.
Ingredients
- Wheat flour ( 1 cup )
- Water ( 1 and 1/2 cups )
- Rose water ( 1/4 cup )
- Saffron powder ( 1 tsp )
- Cardamom powder ( 1 tsp )
- Grapeseed oil ( 1/3 cup )
- Butter ( 7 tbsp )
- Monk fruit sweetener ( 2 tbsp or as your taste )
- Slivered pistachio nuts
Methods
- Firstly, sift the wheat flour with a mesh strainer.
- Then, put water in the pan and boil it for 5 minutes.
- Then, add saffron powder, cardamom powder, rose water to the boiled water and mix it very well with a wooden spatula.
- Then, spice water will be made.
- Then, roast the sifted wheat flour in the nonstick frying pan on low heat for 20 minutes.
- Then, add grapeseed oil, butter to the roasted flour and cook it for 10 minutes.
- Then, add spice water gradually to the roasted flour and stir it continuously very well with a spatula.
- Then, again add the monk fruit sweetener to the flour and mix it very well with a spatula.
- Then, cook the flour until the water is dried up completely. When the water is dried up fully, then the Persian wheat flour halva is ready for eating.
- Lastly, serve this sugar free Persian wheat flour halva with slivered pistachio nuts.
Note: We have to stir all the ingredients continuously when the halva is cooking.
Gluten Free Halva Recipe
Gluten free halva is best for celiac disease patients. So the recipe of this halva is-
Ingredients
- Rice flour ( 1 cup )
- Water ( 3 cups ) ( for cooking halva )
- Rose water ( 1/4 cup )
- Saffron threads ( 1/2 tsp )
- Grapeseed oil ( 1/3 cup )
- Butter ( 2 tbsp )
- Gluten-free monk fruit sweetener ( 2 tbsp or as your taste )
- Sliced almond nuts
Methods
- Firstly, sift the rice flour with a mesh strainer.
- Then, soak the saffron threads in 1/2 cup warm water for 20 minutes.
- Then, saffron water will be made.
- Then, put sifted rice flour, water in the pan and mix it very well with a hand whisk.
- Then, cook the ingredients for 2 minutes on low heat.
- Then, add rose water, saffron water, grapeseed oil, butter, monk fruit sweetener in the rice flour and mix it very well with a wooden spatula.
- Then, cook all the ingredients until the water is dried up fully. When the water is dried up fully, Persian rice flour halva is ready for eating.
- Lastly, serve the gluten free Persian rice flour halva with sliced almond nuts.
Note: We have to stir all the ingredients continuously when the halva is cooking.
Low Carb Tahini Halva Recipe
Low-carb tahini halva recipe is appropriate for all low-carb dieters. So the recipe of this halva is-
Ingredients
- Sesame seeds ( 1 cup )
- Hazelnut oil ( 1/3 cup )
- Whole milk powder ( 1 and 1/2 cup )
- Monk fruit sweetener ( 3 tbsp or as your taste )
- Slivered pistachio nuts
Methods
- Firstly, roast the sesame seeds for 2 minutes on low heat.
- Then, put roasted sesame seeds, hazelnut oil in the blender jar and blend it very well with the blender.
- Then, sesame paste will be made.
- Then, put sesame paste, monk fruit sweetener, whole milk powder in the bowl and mix it very well with hand.
- Then, tahini halva will be made.
- Then, put the plastic wrapping paper in the loaf pan.
- Then, put the tahini halva on the plastic wrapping paper and keep it in the refrigerator for 5 hours.
- Lastly, serve this Persian tahini halva with pistachio nuts.
Iranian Date Halva Recipe
Iranian date halva is one of the most delicious and healthy Iranian halva. So the recipe of this halva is-
Ingredients
- Dates ( 20 )
- Wheat flour ( 2 cups )
- Walnuts ( 20 )
- Butter ( 1 cup )
- Cardamom powder ( 1 tbsp )
- Monk fruit sweetener ( 1 and 1/2 tbsp or as your taste )
- Slivered pistachio nuts
- Desiccated coconut
Methods
- Firstly, remove the seeds of the dates.
- Then, stuff the dates with the walnuts.
- Then, sift the wheat flour with a mesh strainer.
- Then, put the sifted wheat flour in the frying pan and roast it for 1 minute on low heat.
- Then, add the butter, cardamom powder, monk fruit sweetener to the roasted flour and cook it until the flour became light brown color.
- Then, flour paste will be made.
- Then, grease the bowl with oil.
- Then, put the flour paste in the greased bowl and spread it with a spatula.
- Then, put the stuffed dates on the flour paste.
- Then, again put the flour paste on the stuffed dates.
- Then, date halva will be made.
- Lastly, serve the Iranian date halva with desiccated coconut and slivered pistacho nuts.
Iranian Carrot Halva Recipe
Iranian carrot halva is very tasty halva. So the recipe of this tasty halva is-
Ingredients
- Carrot ( 700 grams)
- Wheat flour ( 1 and 1/2 cup )
- Saffron ( 1/2 tsp )
- Grapeseed oil ( 1/2 cup )
- Butter ( 3 tbsp )
- Cardamom powder ( 1 tbsp )
- Warm water ( 2 cup ) ( for cooking halva )
- Monk fruit sweetener ( 5 tbsp or as your taste )
- Slivered pistachio nuts
Methods
- Firstly, cut the carrots into small pieces.
- Then, boil the carrots until the carrots become soft.
- Then, blend the boiled carrot with a food processor.
- Then, soak the saffron threads in 1/2 cup warm water for 20 minutes.
- Then, saffron water will be made.
- Then, sift the wheat flour with a mesh strainer.
- Then, put the blended carrot, wheat flour, cardamom powder, grapeseed oil, butter, warm water, monk fruit sweetener, saffron water in the pan and cook it until the water is dried up fully.
- Lastly, serve the Iranian carrot halva with slivered pistachio nuts.
Note: We have to stir all the ingredients continuously when the halva is cooking.
The above halva recipes are all sugar free halva recipe. Those halva recipes are perfect for diabetic patients and low carb dieters. Besides, those recipes are authentic Persian halva recipes.
Hello, My name is Nahla Neveen. I love cooking and eating. So I cook different countries’ dishes every day. I also experiment with how to cook in an easy, quick and healthy way.