Shredded Halva

Hello everyone, I’m trying to make shreaded halva ( which has hairy texture) but I’m getting a hard and chewy texture, can anyone help how to make it crispy. S…

1. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   Try to decrease water and increase cooking temperature. And low pH makes it chewy.

2. Rahaf Masri reply

   I reached 180C in my last trial, still hard but less chewy, not crispy at all..

3. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   What about pH? And what is the water content of final product?

4. Rahaf Masri reply

   Citric acid is 0.1%, when I don’t add it the syrup crystalize when i reach 150, so not sure what to replace it with

5. Rahaf Masri reply

   I didn’t check water content, is there any standard?

6. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   [quote "RahafMasri, post:5, topic:10941"] what to replace it with [/quote] Invert sugar but amount is very important, if it is high it will be chewy. Do you have a photo of your p…

7. Rahaf Masri reply

   I’m sorry I’m not able to attach it here using mobile.

8. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   the product you want is in the video, am i right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Ns CExUooNg