Halva is a type of sweet and dessert that is common in various countries. There are different types of halva, and depending on its type, sometimes it can be used as a dessert, sometimes as a dessert, or in some cases, it can be used to cook another food or dessert. In cooking and preparing halva, flour halva or black halva or terhalva is used. Among the famous types of halva, we can mention tarhalwa, sugar halva, carrot halva, walnut halva, Arde halva, halvaoz, etc.
The raw materials for preparing halva are different according to its type. For example, wheat flour halwa is obtained by mixing white wheat flour with sunflower oil, grape juice, cardamom, rose water, pistachio nuts, and saffron, and sugar can be used instead of juice, on high fire.
History of halva
Halwa is prepared from wheat flour. A type of halva is also cooked in Behbahan city, which is cooked with rice flour. In this type of halwa, crushed or floured rice is cooked with oil, sugar, cardamom, and rose water, and after steaming, the rice is divided into cone-shaped parts and decorated with cinnamon, and distributed among the mourners during Muharram.