halva
6.6
A soft sweet made by cooking wheat or lentil flour with fat and sugar
- noun
- /ˈhɑːlvə/
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halva
- For dessert, she served halva made from chickpeas and sugar.
Examples
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At the Indian restaurant, we enjoyed halva with a hint of cardamom.
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Patti cooked vegetables and sweet halvas in large frypans.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sweet halva melted in my mouth, leaving a delightful taste of pistachios.
Synonyms
halvah
vshalva
1
6.8
A sweet made from semolina or grain flour cooked with sugar and fat
is mainly associated with South Asian cuisine rather than Middle Eastern use
How Soft
Surface Forms
Etymology
Halva comes from the Arabic word halwa, meaning 'sweet', and the name traveled into South Asia to mean a soft dessert made from semolina, flour, or beans cooked with fat and sugar. So, the origin explains why halva is a sweet often made for festivals and family meals.