I use tahini as a savory dressing, like the lemon tahini sauce already mentioned, on salads, steamed vegies and plain noodles. I also like to make halva, adding honey, dates,coconut, pistachios, cocoa, etc. It will be far...

can’t remember if they sold olives there too, but definitely halva and that gorgeous salty cheese with nigella seeds (again, forget what it’s called).

, especially considering how much work goes into making baklava. Greek rice pudding (rizogallo) could keep well, though. So would halva. If you’re willing to deviate from tradition, perhaps a pistachio cake with whipped...

and you see it fairly often at the chaat and sweet places along devon. As phonetically as i can replicate it: "godjer ki halva" or sometimes "godjerayla"

it’s found at most polish delis as well. benna’s on ronces has a good assortment of halvas. turkish shops should have it too.

. i mean, 9 out of 10 people walking court street dont care at all about raw vs. cooked foods etc. especiialy not with the wonderful miriam next door. i had only thing: carrot halva. its only one little thing so i dont want to...

halva (heavy!) to end a meal. Also pani puri if they serve them. they’re fun to eat. ugh im drooling:)

this summer (maybe big rent$$$?) They were good for emergency provisions (olives, cheese, halva - you know Health Food)

..“marzipan ” for their famous rougelach and the halva man. (cinamon halva). Brought home a variety of lovely cheeses as well from one of the vendors there. Next morning..tried the coffee at cafe hillel. Again, very...

. That’s a dinner in itself. A totally well-balanced one too. Bazaar is like the promised land to this woman – she stocked up on several types of beet salad, georgian eggplant, stuffed cabbage, smoked veal tongue,...

Gajar ka halva (but it’s sweet also, if that’s a factor.) http://www.indianfoodforever.com/desserts/gajjar-ka-halwa.html. Also found this thread at VegWeb: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=14440.msg90529.

have to say that the grocery store a couple of doors down has pistachio birfi that I prefer, lots of real pistachio pieces in a smooth yet chewy birfi, nice thin diamond shape that is easy to eat. Also, I like Bombay’s...

There’s a recipe for Carrot Halva with Raisins in Passionate Meals by Ismail Merchant. The end product is cooked down until it is dryish and firm, like a candy rather than a pudding. I recall having seen recipes like this...

in with the rest of the rice) to infuse the delicate spice flavor throughout the pilau. Wonderful! We topped the meal off (God, were we full!) with a turkish coffee ($2.55) and a dish of spectacular halva ($1.55). (The waitress...

Kulfi is basically an Indian version of pistachio ice cream. What you are thinking of is called gajar (carrot) halwa/halva. I’ve never heard of jalub? Perhaps you are thinking of golab jamun, which are fried milk balls...