Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Cook's Guide entry for Halva along with all the Halva containing recipes presented on this site, with 18 recipes in total.

This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Halva recipes added to this site.

These recipes, all contain Halva as a major wild food ingredient.

Halva is essentially a 'sweetmeat' or dessert depending on which version you're eating. The name itself (and its variants of halwa, halvah, halava, helva etc.) originally derived from the Arabic root حلوى halwa (sweet), is used to describe many distinct types of sweet confection, across the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia. Halva based on semolina is popular in Turkey, India, Pakistan, and Persia.

Another common type, based on tahini (sesame paste), is more popular in the eastern Mediterranean and Balkan regions, in countries such as Greece, Palestine and Lebanon. Halva may also be made from a variety of other ingredients, including sunflower seeds various nuts, beans, lentils, and vegetables—such as carrots, pumpkins, yams and squashes.

Halva can also have a wider variety of spices, nuts, fruits or vegetables included into the mixture.