Halawa Taheen

Description
Flour sweet

Ingredients

 * 225 g (8 oz) plain flour
 * 200 ml (7 fl oz) oil
 * ½ dozen whole blanched almonds
 * handful ground pistachios

Syrup

 * 1000 ml (18 fl oz) water
 * 250 g (9 oz) sugar
 * 5 teaspoons lemon juice
 * 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
 * 6 teaspoons rose water

Directions

 * 1) First make the syrup, by placing the water and sugar in a medium sized saucepan.
 * 2) Add cardamom, rosewater, and lemon juice.
 * 3) Boil for 5 minutes, until sugar dissolves.
 * 4) Set aside to cool.
 * 5) Place oil in a medium sized saucepan on high heat for 5 minutes.
 * 6) Dip almonds until slightly red, remove almonds and set aside until required.
 * 7) Lower to medium heat, and add flour to the oil.
 * 8) Mix until flour becomes reddish brown in colour.
 * 9) Now add the cold syrup and mix well.
 * 10) Keep mixing until you see the mixture starting to bubble and becoming thick like a dough, remove from heat and spoon onto a platter.