Hasan's Egg Halua( Halva)

Preparation Time 30min


Ingredients

# 4 large eggs.
# 1/2 cup of blanched, finely chopped almond (optional).
# Dash of powdered cinnamon.
# 1 medium bay leaf.
# 2 ozs butter.
# 10 tablespoon full of sugar.
# 1 quart of full cream milk

Instruction:

Pour the milk in a saucepan and add half of the sugar and the bay leaf.
Boil to nearly half its volume with occasional stirring to prevent a skin being formed.
Allow to cool.Beat the eggs in a large bowl, adding the remaining sugar in three steps.
Add this and the dash of cinnamon to the milk and mix thoroughly.Cook, uncovered in a thick bottomed pan over medium heat until the halua turns golden yellow.Keep stirring regularly to prevent sticking and forming large chunks. This is very important to prevent clumping. The more you stir the less clumpier is the resultant halua.Add the butter and continue stirring until almost dry, but be carefull not to overdry.Serve when cool with a sprinkling of the almonds.