Learn how to make this traditional Greek dessert Halva

tahini

🥗Healthier: sunflower seed butter

💰Cheaper: peanut butter

Sunflower seed butter is nut-free and offers a similar texture.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds natural sweetness with a unique flavor.

chopped nuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide crunch and nutrition.

cocoa powder

🥗Healthier: carob powder

💰Cheaper: unsweetened chocolate

Carob powder offers a caffeine-free chocolate alternative.

Combine 4 cups of water, 2.5 cups of sugar, 2 lemon peels, and 1 cinnamon stick in a pot over medium to high heat.

Cook until the sugar dissolves completely, then turn off the heat and let the syrup cool.

In a separate pot, heat 0.5 cup of vegetable oil and 0.5 cup of olive oil over medium to high heat.

Add 1 cup of fine semolina and 1 cup of coarse semolina to the heated oil and mix.

Toast the semolina until it turns a medium brown color.

Once toasted, add the cooled syrup to the semolina and stir on medium heat until thickened.

Stir in 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and 1 cup of raisins.

Transfer the mixture to a pyrex dish to cool at room temperature.

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