Greek Halva | Akis Petretzikis

Greek Halva | Akis Petretzikis

Chef: Akis Petretzikis
Director: Leonidas Pelivanidis
Production: Akis Petretzikis Ltd.
Powered by: Whatever Productions

Featured Partners: Mary-Rose Andrianopoulou, Giannis Mpourodimos, Katerina Loi, Markos Papakostantinou

[kalliste]

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

[marcusfreire]

I belive Greek food to be very under represented over seas. I have spent much time in Halkidiki and Kekyra and I always manage to get a recipe from a Greek granny when I'm there. I must say I make a very tasty soffrito ❤I'm going to make this tonight akis, thank you for the simple and amazing Halva. Love from bonnie Scotland ❤

[amrithachandramouli]

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!

[srishtishrivastava]

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

[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 :)

[germanrodriguez]

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).

[wonderwoman]

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

[archii]

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

[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!!

[annamitropanopoulos]

ONE OF THE KIND CHEF
PERFECT RECIPES 🌟

[sametshabani]

coming from someone (<----me) who is from a place very near to Greece i tell you this is something amazing that everyone should taste

[sheenagomes]

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...

[CarolAnn-ghfl]

Served this with sautéed apples. Simple and delicious

[tinataylor]

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,

[maddythinks]

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

[anniezoyo]

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

[mizonula]

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..

[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*

[JM-fvjf]

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