Two tablespoons of sesame seeds
1 teaspoon honey
Directions
1. In a clean coffee grinder that you use for grinding raw nuts and seeds, grind the seeds until they look like flour. Don't overgrind them or they'll be hard to get out of the coffee/nut grinder because they'll get pasty.
2. Place the ground sesame seeds in a tiny bowl. Add the agave nectar and mix with a spoon until the recipe clings together. Your goal is to make it look like cookie dough.
3. Eat with a spoon, roll into balls, or form into a little bar. Adjust measurements to taste.
The Rawtarian's Thoughts
As you can tell by now, I just love simple recipes with very few ingredients. You can't get much simpler than this raw, sesame seed dessert recipe for halvah.
It's right up there with my raw chocolate shake recipe for easy, fast raw desserts.
To give you some background, halvah is a dense, sweet confection common in the Middle East. Halvah is usually crumbly and made from sesame seeds or other nuts.
This recipe requires a coffee grinder or nut grinder! Do not attempt unless you've got one! You should have a coffee grinder that is dedicated to seeds/nuts only. They're inexpensive. Find one at your local hardware or big box store for $20.
This is a very small portion, suitable for a midnight snack for one person, although you can't really make it at midnight 'cause that coffee grinder will wake the whole household!
Obviously, if you want to make a big batch as pictured in the photo, just grind up LOTS of sesame seeds and then add enough agave to replicate the texture from your tiny batch.
Delicious tip: After grinding but before adding the agave, add some other interesting ingredients, like a pinch of poppyseeds or some lemon peel or cinnamon. Make a simple batch first and then get creative with this sesame seed halvah recipe! The pictured halvah has pistachio nuts added in. Yummy!
Photo credit - Pistachio halvah
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Comments
Dauntless
Oct 18, 2009
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That Halva.... is the recipe I've been longing for ever since I tasted non-raw Halva a few years ago...! And now I have motivation to get the ONE appliance missing from my nearly-perfect Raw Kitchen... a coffee grinder. :D
The Rawtarian
Nov 01, 2009
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It's totally worth it. Mine only cost about $20 and it's still working great for me. :)
HealingfromLupus
Nov 02, 2009
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I just made a batch with a little sea salt and cinnamon and it is very delicious! Thank you!
The Rawtarian
Jan 01, 2010
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Our pleasure! It is good, isn't it. It's a nice, light, tiny after-dinner snack.
Alyssa
Aug 08, 2010
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Can you grind the seeds in a blend tec mixer? Sounds delicious
The Rawtarian
Sep 25, 2010
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You could certainly try it, although I haven't. I think the problem is that the speed of the blender will just send the seeds flying all over the place inside the blender instead of actually grinding them.
If you try it let us know how it goes.
Claire
Feb 03, 2011
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My husband and I are very new to raw diet and so far he has not liked most of what I have made, but this recipe--Success at last! Thanks to much for posting it, this was suuuppppeeeerrr easy!
The Rawtarian
Apr 11, 2011
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This is one of the easiest raw food desserts I think. It can be made during a commercial break on TV, I bet :)
Sondra Weidman
Oct 28, 2011
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HI there, just tried this as I am on a restricted diet for the moment and can only have a little honey (no dried fruit). Great idea for a quick little something sweet! I added coconut cream for some more creaminess and energy boost.
The Rawtarian
Oct 29, 2011
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Sounds yummy!
Rachel
Jan 19, 2012
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the texture of mine doesn't look like your picture at all! did my grinder not grind it fine enough? did i not add enough agave? just found your website - love it!
Rachel
Jan 28, 2012
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i just wanted to tell you how much i love your site! I have now also made the mint squares, lemon squares, brownies and whipped cream, all delicious! thank you so much :-)
re halva: this recipe is also simple, raw and delicious: http://www.dietdessertndogs.com/2010/10/07/sos-sesame-seeds-grown-up-halvah/
The Rawtarian
Jan 29, 2012
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Thank you Rachel, I will check that out.
Natalya
Mar 17, 2012
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Hey! Do you use raw honey? which do you recommend, agave or honey?
The Rawtarian
Mar 18, 2012
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I use both depending on the recipe, because honey does not dehydrate so I use agave nectar in recipes that have to be dehydrated and honey in other recipes because it's less processed.
FYI: raw honey is not vegan. However, I live in a rural area and I get it from my neighbours so I am okay about eating it rather than using agave nectar, which is highly processed and come from thousands of miles away from my house.
In this recipe I think honey is best
David
Mar 22, 2012
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I'm a bit confused, 2 tablespoons made that much halvah in the pics? 2 tablespoons?
The Rawtarian
Mar 22, 2012
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Nope, that one is just a generic pic of halvah. It's such a tiny recipe - just go ahead and make it! It just makes a tiny sweet snack :)
JAI
Jul 28, 2012
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I need more raw desserts w/out nuts. my kids are allergic to tree nuts... PLS. Most of the recipes do have nuts in them. HELP!
Meredith
Jul 29, 2012
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Hello! thanks again for your recipes! is there anyway you can post a full recipe of this instead of a single serving? It looks so good id rather make a substantial amount for more than just one person!!!
Serena
Sep 06, 2012
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I made this in my normal food processor and it turned out brilliantly. I used honey then rolled them into balls and put them in mini paper muffin cups. Yummo! Thanks a lot for the recipe
The Rawtarian
Sep 07, 2012
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My pleasure Serena! Sounds like they turned out well for you
Zoe
Oct 05, 2012
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I know coffee beans are not raw, but coffee is a traditional variation of basic halva in the middle east. I'm mentioning this since I don't have a coffee grinder dedicated to nuts, and making a batch of halva in my coffee-coffee-grinder cleaned out the coffee oils enough to grind some other seeds I needed. And then I had coffee halva too.
Anastasiya
Dec 01, 2012
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Thank you very much for this recipe.. it is very easy to make and it taste great!!!
The Rawtarian
Dec 08, 2012
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Hi Anastasiya, I am so glad this raw halvah recipe worked out well for you :) It's nice and quick
Anner
Feb 08, 2013
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the little bullet blenders are great for this; they even have a flat blade just for seeds. they are fairly cheap and can be had on ebay for next to nothing all the time. And they can be used for lots of other things
The Rawtarian
Feb 09, 2013
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Hi Anner, this is a great tip! Thank you for sharing :)
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