Recipe: Calcium Rich Halva

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Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ cup preferably organically grown sesame seeds, hulled or unhulled or 1 ½ cups of ready made tahini
  • 1 tablespoon (or to taste) raw honey or maple syrup
  • about 4-6 tablespoons spring water

Optional variations: add raw cacao powder, powdered chocolate or carob and/or some cinnamon or cardamom.  For some crunch, chopped raw pistachios, walnuts or pecans.

Method:

  1. Put sesame seeds in a blender. Grind to as fine a powder as possible, stopping a few times to stir up from the bottom to make sure all seeds are ground
  2. Transfer ground seeds to a mixing bowl. Mix in maple syrup or raw honey until well distributed throughout. Add enough distilled water (usually 4-6 tablespoons) to form a loaf.
  3. Refrigerate a few hours to firm up before slicing.

Keeps at least a week in the refrigerator; much longer frozen.

Thanks to foodmatterstv.com for this recipe idea.