Ingredients

4 to 6 fully ripened hachiya persimmons
2 to 3 tablespoons almond butter
1 tablespoon coconut butter
1/2 teaspoon cardamon powder
6 to 8 cashew nuts

Recipe Directions

1. Put the persimmon pulp into the blender, discarding the skin.

2. Add almond butter and coconut butter and blend until smooth. (If you don't have almond butter, you can make it with a high-speed blender. Add a couple of handful almonds to the power blender. Keep stirring and mixing while almonds are getting crushed and powdered. Due to the heat generated, it becomes damp and forms a thick paste.)

3. Transfer the puree onto the Teflex sheet and dehydrate at 100 F for 3-4 hours.

4. Flip and dehydrate for another 2 hours or until it loses most of the moisture.

Notes:

You can mix cashew nuts and cardamom and cut it into shapes you like.

If the dehydrated puree becomes too hard, you can tear it and break it to coarse granules in a food processor.

I was making bulk, so I had to re-process them in order to be able to press and cut into shapes. I used a pizza roller to press the dough.

Dinesh's Thoughts

By dinesh

You may be familiar with the conventional version of Indian sweet called halwa made from refined flour, refined sugar, clarified butter, etc.

This version of halwa is all natural and raw and tastes delicious. The prepared sweet can be stored inside the refrigerator for several weeks.

I used fully ripened hachiya persimmons, courtesy to my neighbor who had these heavenly delicious fruits falling in his backyard and getting rotten.

Those of you have the tree (otherwise these are expensive in the market), this recipe is a good way to preserve it through the season and out.

 

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RawKaren's Review

Persimmon Halwa
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Cant wait to try this............... persimmons are in season!

docrona

Mar 19, 2013

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cool!

thanks for the idea (which *lol* i modified just a tad!)

it's in the dehydrator now

i used 1/2 tahini 1/2 almond butter

and

added in 1 c of shredded organic coconut

1/4 tsp or so of sea salt

and

omitted cashews

mixed everything in the vitamix

spread onto tefllex

about to flip and score

will post w an update!

thanks :)

rona

noelleloveshoney

Apr 08, 2011

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wow, this sounds so yummy. i love these concentrated, sticky sweet types of recipes. major sweet tooth here!

i have a problem combining fruits with nuts, do you have a suggestion for any subsitutions? maybe just the coconut butter and spices. when i find organic persimmons again i will try it. thanks!

by the way, is indian halwa anything related to the middle eastern sesame halva? i love that.

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Mar 20, 2013

41 votes
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RawKaren's Review

Persimmon Halwa
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4 out of 5

Cant wait to try this............... persimmons are in season!

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docrona

Mar 19, 2013

40 votes
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cool!

thanks for the idea (which *lol* i modified just a tad!)

it's in the dehydrator now

i used 1/2 tahini 1/2 almond butter

and

added in 1 c of shredded organic coconut

1/4 tsp or so of sea salt

and

omitted cashews

mixed everything in the vitamix

spread onto tefllex

about to flip and score

will post w an update!

thanks :)

rona

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noelleloveshoney

Apr 08, 2011

38 votes
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Vote up!
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wow, this sounds so yummy. i love these concentrated, sticky sweet types of recipes. major sweet tooth here!

i have a problem combining fruits with nuts, do you have a suggestion for any subsitutions? maybe just the coconut butter and spices. when i find organic persimmons again i will try it. thanks!

by the way, is indian halwa anything related to the middle eastern sesame halva? i love that.

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