Rice Halva (Halawat al-Ruzz)

Ingredients

• 1 cup Egyptian rice
• 1 cup sugar (or to taste)
• 500 g mozzarella cheese
• 2 tbsp rose water
• 2 tbsp orange blossom water
• A pinch of mastic ground with 1 tbsp sugar
• Crushed pistachios for garnish
• Lemon blossom (zahr el-laymoun) for garnish
• Syrup (qatir) to serve on the side
• Rice halva recipe and method from a friend and cook on Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm:
• Nancy Moussa
• Click Nancy’s name to visit her page on our site and see all her delicious recipes.
• For more Arabic desserts see: How to make cheese halva

Method

1. Soak the rice for half an hour, then drain it well.
2. Cover it with water in a pot, place it on the heat, and boil it until cooked.
3. When it is well cooked, let it cool slightly then grind it in a blender until it becomes a smooth, sticky mixture.
4. Return it to the pot and cook over low to medium heat, add the sugar, and continue stirring until the sugar dissolves.
5. When the sugar dissolves, add the grated cheese and stir until it melts.
6. Finally, add the mastic, orange blossom water, and rose water, stir, and remove the rice halva immediately from the heat.
7. Brush the serving dish with a little syrup before pouring in the rice halva... this prevents the halva from sticking to the dish.
8. Garnish the rice halva with pistachios and orange blossom flowers and let it cool to room temperature before refrigerating and serving.
9. Serve syrup on the side as desired.
10. The recipe and method for rice halva are from a friend and chef of the Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm website:
11. Nancy Moussa
12. Click Nancy's name to visit her page on our site and see all her delicious recipes.
13. For more delicious Arabic sweets, here is the link: How to make cheese halva
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