🇧🇭 Bahrain cuisine · #3
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
- Caramelise half a cup of the sugar until golden.
- Whisk cornflour into the water and add with the remaining sugar, stirring.
- Add the ghee gradually over an hour, stirring constantly, until glossy and the fat separates.
- Add saffron, cardamom, rose water and nuts.
- Pour into dishes and cool.