Has anyone ..

tried "Halva" ? .... in particular, polish Halva .. spelt "Chalwa" ?

For those who havent (and I'm guessin thats quite a few ) .. its a crumbly, but strangly sticky sweet served all over europe, I was given a small peice by my Dad when I was a little 'un, thinkin I wouldnt like it (like dads do ) .. and I LOVED it ... you can find varients of it in many place's, but I have only just, literally only just found the proper polish stuff I've been lookin for since I was a kid, in a small shop back in my home town 30miles away .. last time I was there about a month ago they only had two packs left which I swiftly bought ... but I NEED more now .. they better have restocked when I visit the outlaws on Sat

Have to ask my polish descent friend over the road, never ever tried it, when you say sweet are we talking sweetie or pudding

Its such a hard one to describe mate, its like a block that you you'd cut a small amount off and eat after a meal, or with a coffee (tho I have it with red wine ) ... it dosent look particularly appatising TBH, but I absolutely love it ... you can get it from place's like Julian Graves, but that is a long way off what it should taste like and is usually the wrong consistancy

Its very sweet, and pretty dense, but should be smooth in texture ... oh, and its no good if yer on a diet

so it's not a sweetie or a pudding , bit of both its a swudding I'll ask Barabarah (my mate about it) and if she knows anywhere round here that does it you can pick it up when you come to the Roaches

Is this it ???


from Asda

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/tesco-price-comparison/sweets/unitop_chalwa_sesame_vanilla_halva_50g.html

here's also this Chalwa

Actually ... that does look like the right type of stuff .. differant make, but spelt the polish way (never go to Asda ) ... thats gotta be worth a look

They sell Halva in Turkey as thats where i have seen it. I've tried the stuff before but was not overly keen on it.
You can get loads of different flavours of halva in Turkey

Asda online website doesn't seem to have it .....................however

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RECRWY1SWUZ4

Yes Denise I've tried most of them I think, got some from Greece a couple yrs back which was nice .. but still not the polish stuff i was after

There is a Russian varient made from sunflower seeds instead of seasame seeds .. but I havent tried that one

Dave wrote:Asda online website doesn't seem to have it .....................however

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RECRWY1SWUZ4

Yeah I ordered some of the greek vanilla halva off Amazon tonight just to see how it compares

I've got the oh onto it now .. she loves it too

Have you thought about making it yourself Andy. A recipe below just leave out the mango side of things:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/halvaservedwithmango_89667

kathytake2 wrote:Have you thought about making it yourself Andy. A recipe below just leave out the mango side of things:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/halvaservedwithmango_89667

It has crossed my mind Kathy before, but I really cant imagine it would taste anything like it should if I made it .. and I'm a bit of a perfectionist so it would prolly end up through the kitchen window

You could always talk sweetly to Kathy and I'm sure she'd make it for you an pop it in the post

Dave wrote:You could always talk sweetly to Kathy and I'm sure she'd make it for you an pop it in the post

Now there's plan ... Kaaaaaaaaaaaathy