Greek Halva | Akis Petretzikis

[@kalliste01]

Sometimes I watch Akis' videos not because I'm interested in what he's making but just to hear him speak. :D

[@klarissaamaralfreitas1841]

Me too! I love the way he says sugar...

[@ongeify]

+Klarissa Amaral Freitas Love the way he IS sugar! Damn, I´ve never seen a man so fine! Gooosh!!

[@Nicholas.Tsagkos]

+Kalliste greek accent!

[@dannym.7563]

Looking at him isn't bad either.

[@gnozza8683]

Good looking, charming, and nobody says "sexy..like he does

[@amrithachandramouli3455]

My colleague told me that Greece reminded her a lot of India. I now believe her with your recipe which is the same one we have for semolina halva. I am going to make a trip to Greece at the earliest possible!!!

[@lulupitiify]

Western Armenians make Halva too! We make it with roasted flour, butter, sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Yum. I need to make this today. Thanks Akis! Love your Greek recipes!

[@akispetretzikisen]

niceeeeeee

[@srishtishrivastava93]

We have the same dish in India. It's called halva also!!! So excited to see the same dish is traditional to Greece also!!!

[@akispetretzikisen]

+Srishti Shrivastava :-)

[@srishtishrivastava93]

+Akis Kitchen OMG!! You replied!! 😁😁

[@sumeyye7370]

it is cooked in Turkey armenia and arab countries as well :)

[@pentalphastro]

+Sümeyye First...Akis Petretziki's receipeis always is a happy hour, for many reasons...second they taste great, and about the Halva, is an arabian sweet -halvu- or smth like that, that Greeks from Micra Asia of Turkey brought it when they emmigrated to Greece and it's the most easy, delicious and if you play with the incridients , a very healthy and powerfull sweet especially to start at morning. Try to ad taxini (greek taste-like pinnutbutter and/or ad apple pieces, gozzi-berry, cranberries and whatever you like. You can also make it with white sugar instead of braun but it's sweetier...Akis...great show!

[@sumeyye7370]

+Ioannis Petroulakis ı know taxini(tahini).I've been in greece Before so I know that the food culture is nearly the same. Plus I'm Greek descent living in Smyrna .there are greeks here too :))

[@nathaliedinnu]

Just made it. It is delicious. I've never tasted anything like this in my life.Greek sweets are so special and amazing. The Greek yogurt, the orange zest and the mint give an extra something to this delightful dessert. Ευχαριστώ :)

[@germanrodriguez4091]

There's an old recipe similar to halva from the Byzantine empire called moustalevria. The main ingredients would be semolina and grape must ( the unfermented grape juice from the first press for wine).

[@akispetretzikisen]

akispetretzikis.com/en/categories/glyka/moystaleyria-me-petimezi

[@drdestroyerify]

We call this SOOJEE HALWA in Pakistan, it has many versions there, but it was nice to know its call HALWA in Greek too!!

[@fatimanoorahmad8720]

Assalamualaikum brother im not sure but halva is either original greek or turkish delight!

[@IbrahimHalil-up6im]

​@@fatimanoorahmad8720- it's a Turkish delight. The name speaks for itself

[@maddythinks]

Oh my god this is the Indian halva... Wow! So much similarity!

[@wonderwoman2708]

Yumm. As a Turk I also make this. It's also nice with vanilla ice cream when the helva is warm.

[@archii4455]

Happy to get connection between Indian food and greek. It's Indo-Greek recipe. ❤️❤️😘😘

[@sametshabani9233]

coming from someone (

[@CarolAnn-gh9fl]

Served this with sautéed apples. Simple and delicious

[@sheenagomes1740]

Akis in India we make halwa too but instead of water we had milk and instead of cinnamon and clove we add cardamon and lots of dry fruits and nuts and we stir fry to semolina is clarified butter...

[@sheenagomes1740]

+tgkalela yes it's exactly the same..only difference add milk instead of water and dried fruits and nuts

[@LuzAGuevara]

+Sheena Gomes That version sound way more tasty, I'm gonna try to make it like that

[@belitega]

your recipe sounds delicious too. thank you for your comment. it's nice to see how recipes changes in other countries. 😋😆😆

[@Ptolemy336VV]

+Sheena Gomes In Greece we have next to countless of desserts that you could make a thousand plus page book about it. But in Greece there are also many recipes of Halva and there are also multiple types of halva. It's not uncommon to use milk or butter, nuts at all. I make a couple varieties of halva and I prefer the one with olive oil over butter. I usually add almonds too.

[@vault703overseer2]

+Sheena Gomes Halva the word is Arabic, but this is a dish from Ancient Greece. It wasn't called halva back then. I'm not talking about the time of the Byzantines either. This is truly an ancient dish that used to be made with honey and olive oil. In modern times, this word halva has been borrowed and used as a catch-all term for recipes that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Conversely, there are things that Europeans don't call halva that are called halva elsewhere. For example, Italians have Torrone and Greeks have Mandolato. In other parts of the world that don't have a specific word for nougat, the nougat-like confection often gets called halva. The word halva is like a piece of bread. It's used to clean up the plate no matter what's on it.

[@mizonula53]

this is what we call Sooji Halva in India , and normally we add milk instead of water and ghee or unsalted butter as well with all kinds of Nuts and Cardamom. I ts so interesting that Greek and Indians have HALVA/HALWA. cheers..

[@akispetretzikisen]

tried a wonderful indian Halwa with carrot..... wonderful!

[@mizonula53]

oh, thats my favorite, we called it "GAJAR KA HALWA"..wud love to cook with you..im ur super Fan..

[@weamalgassim]

Thanks for the recipe, I will try it and write down my review. The word as mentioned in one of the comments is an Arabic word for sweets. Arabs have 2 versions, the tahini-based halwa and the Omani/Bahrini halwa, but none of the 2 types contain semolina. We also have semolina-based sweets like basbousa, hareesa, madlo'ah (in the Levant) but we don't call these halwa.

[@vianali6222]

Looks awesome! We make it in Iraq/Kurdistan as well, but we use flour in stead of semolina. Although I am going to try this :D You are awesome by the way. Regards from Norway

[@DivyaSood162]

Oh my gosh, I had no idea Halva was also a greek food?!? It's a really famous Indian food!!!

[@DivyaSood162]

***** haha:)

[@fluffyangel9981]

+Divya Sood Halva is found in everywhere east of Italy and west of China. There are many variations of course. My favourite version is the one made with Tahini and honey. It doesn't feature much in Greek cookbooks but can be bought in stores all over Greece.

[@vault703overseer2]

+Divya Sood Halva the word is Arabic, but this is a dish from Ancient Greece. It wasn't called halva back then. I'm not talking about the time of the Byzantines either. This is truly an ancient dish that used to be made with honey and olive oil. In modern times, this word halva has been borrowed and used as a catch-all term for recipes that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Conversely, there are things that Europeans don't call halva that are called halva elsewhere. For example, Italians have Torrone and Greeks have Mandolato. In other parts of the world that don't have a specific word for nougat, the nougat-like confection often gets called halva. The word halva is like a piece of bread. It's used to clean up the plate no matter what's on it.

[@reesespeanut4778]

Fluffy Monster actually china has something similar, but it isnt from western china, but eastern china. It is made of sesame.

[@anniezoyo2359]

It's Amazing... I am Greek and I know the taste. I'm gonna make it for sure!!!! Thank you Akis.

[@rafaeldebrito4458]

A cozinha grega é muito variada e riquíssima!!! Parabéns

[@tinataylor8987]

Hi Akis, I'm Iranian and we make Halva too. We make it with flour and we add saferan and a little rosewater , they make it smell lovely and the colour is very shiny and gold. So if you add some saferan to hot water (about 3 tb spoon water) and leave it for 10 minutes then add it to hava in the last 10 or 5 minutes before serving then add some cinnamon for garnish ,

[@akispetretzikisen]

lovely idea!

[@alipaulstagram]

Greek food is the best.

[@Clockworkcityofpain]

I just made this following the video and oh my god it's delicious!!!

[@MrkostasPT18]

awesome!! this is Greeky freaky good

[@eijuAF]

Omg! We have a similar recipe for semolina halwa in Pakistan too. Except we use ghee instead of oil in all our halwas :D Ghee, semolina, cardamom, soaked and peeled almonds, sugar, water. I'm so glad to have found your channel. Never thought Greek food could be similar to Pakistani food! amazing! I'll definitely try orange peel next time :D *so excited*

[@omariam05]

Oh my god, this is also a very popular sweet dish here in the western part of Saudi Arabia and it also called Halawah :)

[@KR-vm6es]

hello from Montreal, I am from India and I use to make this at least twice or thrice a week but little bit of different version. Happy to know halwa is a international now.

[@akispetretzikisen]

it is... all over the world they make it... but in India they made a lot more different versions

[@annamitropanopoulos8072]

ONE OF THE KIND CHEF PERFECT RECIPES 🌟

[@Rojsk7488]

in pakistan it's commonly made sweet dish very nyc n easy halva

[@thaliabalambanos9134]

για ! ειμαι απο την Νοτιο Αφρικη και ηθελα να σου ευχαριστησω για τα βιντεο σου! Εχεις ταλεντο ρε φιλε !!

[@a.m.8296]

We have the same in Albania called HALLVA :)

[@leftheodo]

A. M. Your national sport is stealing

[@kiriap1]

Fantastic, I love halva, making this over the weekend, FOR SURE lol thank you Akis for yet another amazing presentation, love it, xx

[@Manolya01]

You are sooooo energetic, love your positive attitude ANDDDD of course the food you make! Yummy Halva! :)

[@akispetretzikisen]

thanks!

[@seizurefrog]

simple but nice! i will try this!

[@arymankupranata4268]

Love you so much chef Akis, Definitely going to try this 😍

[@parisereck]

OMG, what a hot chef!!!

[@miahadzihasanovic6210]

We make halva differently, and it also traditional to eat it with good kaffe, im going to make your version for my Norwegian friends, Bosnian version is to sweet for them.

[@ayahabdelgawad2850]

Egyptian Version of this is called Basbousa. I believe this is lighter..SO I WILL TRY THIS TONIGHT .. YUM!

[@soumega7181]

It's very interesting sweet I ate it since 7 years ago with a good Greece chef and I loved he gave me the recipe now I prepared for my family it's very easy and very delicious and very cheap thanks a lot akis for this traditional Greece recipe from Algeria

[@strll3048]

Thank you very much! Awesome recipe...

[@stavros19743]

made it for my wife Wich is from Farsala. we loved it. thanks Aki. your the bomb!

[@antonschaf4088]

In Turkey they use Pine nuts and call it Helva. I think both variants are nice and lovely :)

[@wyvern723]

I might make this instead of fudge for the holidays.

[@nazminmohid11]

Hi Akis. I've made Bangladeshi halva but I will definitely try making Akis style halva :) it looks delicious.

[@JM-fv1jf]

I really like this recipe, Halva is also common in Iran and Russia so it reminds me of home. Thanks so much!! 🇮🇷🇬🇷🇷🇺

[@etoreini]

Iranians make Halva the same way with small differences: instead of Semolina, they use wheat flour.They add saffron and rose water to it. Sometimes they use grape syrup instead of sugar as well.

[@akispetretzikisen]

lovely!!

[@habooon]

So easy and looks nice to give it a try Thank you

[@Anastasia-np1mj]

Made this awesome desert! It's not as pretty as yours but it's perfect.

[@vk26633]

My mom adds crumbled caramelized almonds instead of almond shavings to the same recipe, and it adds a nice twist to it : )

[@amywardle1347]

Thank you Akis for the recipe :-D

[@hana.the.writer5074]

I just made this and turned out quite similar to our country's Halwa only we use different aromatics as there's a healthier version. For health watchers.. take it from here... ●Toast the flour/semolina alone until golden, sift well in a bowl. ●Carefully put honey/turbinado sugar and a 1/4 cup water in the pot and allow it to boil over high heat. ●Add cardamom and saffron previously set in 2 tbsps rose water. ●Add water to the flour transferred to a bowl, mix well. ●Pour flour mix onto the aromatics in the pot and add more water. ●As it thickens add just a teaspoon of ghee/oil/butter. Voila 🤗 Note:You may garnish with nuts if you wish. It's your cooking, your kitchen.. go nuts! 😄 You can do the same with lovely Akis's recipe here. Regards ⚘

[@trendafile6356]

lov ur recipies, I'm albanian btw

[@antonellamanners669]

Looks delicious! I'll try it! Thanks Akis! 😘

[@yolandacamargoaponte2658]

❤❤ delicios and easy.. I will make

[@tauresattauresa7137]

I love Halva...so this cake will be lovely too.

[@rabiabinteabdullah]

Suji(semolina)Halwa!!! yummy... we eat this on Fridays as for dessert at home, I will try this at home :)

[@littlefrog9553]

I'm going to try this with date syrup! I once had halva that was like the texture of yours, but for sure it was made with date syrup, thank you for giving me the key to the texture.

[@A_Proud_Indian]

Hey Akis, one modification from my side. add sugar once samolina is fully cooked. It will become more fluffy.

[@arnavibanerjee4173]

In India, we also make halwa with semolina but instead of oil, we use ghee (clarified butter) with cashew nuts,raisins. If we want to make more richer we use milk instead of water. That's delicious. This dessert which is compulsory in any auspicious occasion in India.

[@akispetretzikisen]

I have made milk halva too! akispetretzikis.com/en/categories/glyka/chalvas-me-gala

[@hana.the.writer5074]

ON IT!! Been having fine semolina and chopped almond for ages. Time to stir'em into something exceptionally "Good!". I enjoy these dishes. 😉👌🏻 Thank You!! The oven Dolmadas turned out 😘👌🏻 Just made another batch!!

[@gayathridevi2797]

Hi Aki...the same recipe is made in india as well known as rawa kesari or just rawa halva. Rawa is semolina...In your other video u made semolina cake which is ravani...same rawa is semolina in india :D :D YOU ARE JUST AWESOME AKI

[@airinbakery6440]

We have the same in Iran and called HALVA!!!

[@amywardle1347]

super cool recipe, a no bake cake all done in a pan on the hob. Nice :-)

[@mikasiek4370]

great desert ....and extra funny t-shirt the best Greek Master Chef...on KZbin💛💚🌻🍀👍

[@artasamakova9711]

oww i love halva! great recipe, going to try this out see what the family thinks ;) x

[@user-if3ip8zl2o]

Ακης μπραβο καλή δουλειά. Ειναι ότι καλύτερο αυτές οι φαινομενικά απλές συνταγές. Συνέχισε έτσι....

[@andronicemarinis1072]

Delicious! ❤

[@Dawoud_Wonders]

Great recipe, actually we have the same recipe in Kuwait and we call it "Halwa", but instead of the cinnamon and cloves, we add cardamom and saffron.

[@gabrielenovy6125]

Probably all 4 spices together would be lovely... OMG my mouth is watering now 🙂

[@malcolmlewis5860]

This is a maker. Thanks.

[@sumigolia5830]

We in india also cook same dish call it as halwa.Only difference is we cook it with clarified butter (aka ghee) and we simply add water few add milk as well sugar and add some raisins, cashewnuts and almonds thats it.

[@zainaalahrthy2765]

Hi I did it and it was wow ! Thanks Akis ❤️

[@MonaMohamed-eg1xd]

It seems I make one of your recipes everyday now, this is the fourth one and it turned out great as usual. I made Halva today but I didn't have brown sugar so I added about 1.5 cups of white sugar and 2 tablespoons of molasses, and half cup of shredded coconuts with the almond. It was amazing, it smelled like heaven and the taste was incredible. it was literally devoured in 10 minutes. Thanks so much Akis, I can't wait to try the next recipe

[@akispetretzikisen]

wow!!! great idea about the molasses! we do not have them widelly availiable in Greece

[@MonaMohamed-eg1xd]

I am so glad you liked my idea, on the contrary, molasses is availble in every grocery store in Egypt, while you have to go to really big supermarkets to get brown sugar, and it's quite expensive, so we use this trick alot in the recipes that requires brown sugar. That's what I like most about you actually, you don't follow the exact known recipe and you modify and tweak and add your own touches to the recipes which make them unique and taste wonderful, like your Pasta Aglio for example, it's better than the original recipe, so keep up the good work even if angry Italians kept screaming at you at the comments :D

[@akispetretzikisen]

thanks Mona!!!

[@toxin911]

your Greeklish is hilarious Akis...i mean that as a compliment . i usually use Lemon zest tho but both are very good

[@BenlitaPintosKitchen]

All this while I was thinking Halva was made only in India... :-)LOL... In India, we add ghee (clarified butter) instead of oil, granulated sugar instead of brown sugar, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, dry fruits and milk... There are many varieties as well... Carrot halva, fig halva, ash gourd halva, etc... And the halva you made is called Sooji (semolina) halva in North India and Kesari Bath or Sheera in South India... We add saffron to Kesari Bath (Kesari means saffron) and Sheera will be yellow in colour...

[@akispetretzikisen]

Yes! i was amazed when an indian friend of mine cooked a carrot halva for me some years ago! always thought that it was from the Mediterranean basin...

[@saharraeisi6719]

we also make Halva in Iran, but we add saffron and rose water, and btw I've just found your channel and I literally watched all of your videos! You Rock!

[@klimtkahlo]

B Pinto and Pinto is a Portuguese name! And of course, Portuguese were in India. The world is an egg and I love and intertwined culture is.

[@sharaniasharania6646]

@@akispetretzikisen perhaps you should try greek and Indian combo. ill defo try that. To my surprise, some Indian men defo look like Greek men

[@aminaeleskovic2555]

We have halva in bosnia too😍

[@oliviabriggs1409]

I'm definitely going to try your halva recipe though,it looked yummy😊

[@worldcitizeng6507]

had the plain vanilla version in turkey, love it because its not too sweet

[@VanyaDimitrovska]

Вкусно. Обожавам грис халва. Mother does it in the same way. But ... When ready in the saucepan, she takes two spoons and makes mussels that fry them for little in butter. And sprinkle them with powdered sugar.

[@tejusane1]

We call it Halwa in Bharat (India) too. Traditionally we make Halwa with ghee (Clarified Butter) instead of oil. And it is super amazing. But I must mention that the Halwa we make during 'Pooja' (Special Day of Worship) is absolutely a pièce de résistance ❤❤❤❤

[@irenehartzes4523]

Sooo delicious!!!

[@marikruit1113]

Really really deli! 🙏

[@banatoutounjee]

We make this in Aleppo! :D (Mamouniah) مامونية Yum!

[@MEZSuper]

the best!!!

[@mrscupcake9458]

Ακηηηηη, δεν παίζεσαι!!! Με τίποτε! Είμαστε στο Galway της Ιρλανδίας φίλε και σε παρακολουθούμε συνέχεια!!!

[@lifeonearth8691]

Love watching your videos bravo !

[@MaryPatoula]

super!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@neochaos03]

This is one of those times I wish I'd of not bought lots of different sized cups =D, This looks great I'll give it a try next week when I go food shopping!

[@elenatudor9378]

We have it in Romania called HALVA

[@koyumuninsanlar1587]

This is the best sweet

[@mariasweetheart260]

Akis I been looking for a really good halva recipe to make for lent thank you!! I’m your number one ☝️ fan :)

[@user-tf7zz1cs7t]

smashing, love watching your videos

[@Michellemkm311]

great recipe , I must try it!

[@kalliopihondros8032]

Hi Akis i watch your videos which are great.! The thing i like the most is your pronunciation!!!!!!Take a little care with that.Cheers melbourne Australia!!!

[@iotaultsch]

Love your English-speaking accent, Aκι...εχεις πλακα! Φιλακια απο την Αυστραλια

[@bansheee1]

in turkey this is usually served in funerals.So there is a saying "we ate his/her halva" meaning he passed away

[@Nicholas.Tsagkos]

Ακis you rock dude!!! :) Make more greek vegan recipes.

[@DiorTheBanamelon]

yess 😄

[@TheTeetee98]

+diorene yes more vegan receipts

[@LuvBugBlaqkHart]

yes please! ^-^

[@Nicholas.Tsagkos]

Αsk and you will recive!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more and more ppl is becoming vegetarian and finally vegan !

[@JRR31984]

LEGIT!

[@laurajones5784]

Love it

[@TheBharathi19]

halwa is a famous sweet in India. thousands of varieties are there in halwa. it is traditionally trademark sweet of India. I am really happy to see that Greek too. the halwa Akis made is we called it as kesari.

[@TheBharathi19]

in every South Indian marriage we can see it

[@akispetretzikisen]

oh wow!!! did not know that!

[@TheBharathi19]

you are the only food channel I ve got subscribed. thanks super.

[@AntonioDeSarlovl]

Good job Akis! Could you please make a video of mastic flavoured rizogalo? I'd like to see your version :)

[@tiavaga]

Sweet