Halvas from semolina

Ingredients for 6 people

1 cup oil

2 cups coarse semolina

3 cups sugar

4 cups water

20 raisins

cinnamon sticks

to serve:

cinnamon

Directions

Burn the oil in a wide pot and pour the semolina, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until it turns brown.

In another pot, put the water, the sugar, the raisins and the cinnamon sticks.Boil the syrup for 7- 10 minutes and then pour it in the pot with the semolina while stirring constantly.Put the lid on the pot, until the semolina absorbs all the syrup.Format the halva before it cools and sprinkle with some cinnamon.

Editing & photoshoot :
Stella Spanou
Author of Cooking Books, Award Winning Photographer