Dagestani halva

About This Recipe

Dagestan halva is not what you are used to buying in a store. It is prepared from flour (wheat, corn or rice) with sugar, butter (can be replaced with melted butter - this is what it is most often made with) and decorated with walnuts. You can add vanilla or the essence of the same name to it. Instead of sand, use powdered sugar - it will turn out even more tender and delicate. And for a brighter taste, add lemon zest: this is what you do when preparing Lezgin isita, one of the varieties of dessert. In all cases, this sweet “symphony” will literally melt in your mouth and crumble in your hands (perhaps that is why it is also cut into small portioned diamonds). A similar dish is prepared in most regions of the Caucasus, the Balkans, India and the Middle East. By the way, in Arabic this oriental sweet is called freebies. Now you know everything about this delicacy.