Easy
Tajikistani
Halvaitar
Sweet Tajik dessert made with flour, mutton fat, and sugar syrup.
40
Total Minutes
12
Servings
Cooking Times
15 min
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
40 min
Total Time
Ingredients (6 items)
2.00 cups
All-purpose flour
0.50 cup
Mutton fat
melted
1.00 cup
Sugar
0.50 cup
Water
1.00 tsp
Vanilla extract
0.25 cup
Walnuts
chopped, optional
Instructions (7 steps)
1
Heat mutton fat in a pan over medium heat.
5 minutes
2
Add flour and cook, stirring, until light brown.
10 minutes
3
In a separate pot, boil sugar and water to make syrup.
5 minutes
4
Add vanilla to syrup, then mix into flour mixture.
5
Stir until thick, add walnuts if using.
6
Pour into a tray, cool, and cut into squares.
30 minutes
7
Serve with tea.