Gris-Halva

Cooking time: 40 minutes
Difficulty: Medium recipe
Recipe yield: 1 kg
Bulgarian Food Recipes
This recipe is the basis of gris-halva. Often ground nuts are added to halva, you can also add dried fruits or candied fruits. If your children do not like semolina, try making gris-halva for them - maybe they will change their mind.
Gris-Halva Ingredients
- Semolina 160 g
- Vegetable oil 80 ml
- Butter 40 g
- Powdered sugar 40 g
- For syrup
- Sugar 200 g
- Water 500 ml
- Lemon 1 pcs
- Ground cinnamon 0,5 tsp
Gris-Halva Recipe
For the gris-halva recipe, you need to fry semolina until golden brown in vegetable oil. In a separate bowl, boil the syrup with the addition of lemon zest and ground cinnamon.
When the cereal is fried, add butter and boiling syrup. Mix everything well and cook for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Ready gris-halva, put it into molds and cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when serving.