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In Turkey the term "helva" is used to describe mainly tahini halva but there are also other types of deserts such as made with flour, semolina etc that are also called "helva".
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My first thought was to make helva, that crumbly sweet made from tahini.
Archive 2007-11-01 Mercedes 2007
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My first thought was to make helva, that crumbly sweet made from tahini.
Honey Nut Caramels Mercedes 2007
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We got tea from the galley, and-with bread and helva (an insinuating combination of sugar and oil of sesame, which tastes of peanuts and is at once a candy and a sort of substitute for butter or meat) made out a breakfast.
Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905
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He took no lunch, but ate some of the helva left over from Stamboul, and then started with us up the hill behind the camp.
Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905
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We contrived to get some black bread, hard-boiled eggs, oranges, and helva from one of the little hole-in-the-wall shops near by, watched
Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905
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It was followed by salted olives, which are wonderful, by the _helva_, i. e., the favorite sweet dish, and by a bowl of sherbet.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892
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Hunting the roebuck is recognised in the Welsh Laws; and is called one of the three cry hunts (helva ddolev.) “Mi adaen iwrch er nas daliwyv.”
Y Gododin A Poem of the Battle of Cattraeth Aneurin 1836
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When police went to the home of Gorado, he admitted that the candy box containing the Middle Eastern confection helva came from him but he said the cell phone was from Shani, the complaint stated.
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When police went to the home of Gorado, he admitted that the candy box containing the Middle Eastern confection helva came from him but he said the cell phone was from Shani, the complaint stated.
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