Omani HALWA FACTORY TOUR!! Making Oman's #1 SWEET in Nakhal, Oman!!

OMAN TRAVEL: https://www.instagram.com/officialomantravels ‍ RESTAURANT: [Instagram Handle/Website] MY TRAVEL/FOOD BLOG: https://davidsbeenhere.com/ If you’ve ever been to the Middle East or South Asia, you’ll know that halwa is the king of sweets in the entire region. Practically every country in the area makes their own variety, and I was going to see how it’s made. Come with me as I see how Oman’s #1 sweet is made in Nakhal, Oman! For this unique adventure, I headed to Nakhal, a village roughly one hour north of Muscat. There, you’ll find a factory where they make it the traditional Omani way. I couldn’t wait! DAVID’S BEEN HERE MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/davids-been-here My guide Sabir from Oman Travel and I headed to For Omani Halwa, a family-owned business started in 1937. Here, they make this sticky confection from water, Omani sugarcane, cardamom, figs, walnuts, saffron, and more. The factory is in an area that also has several shops and an old fort. Inside, we started off with some Omani coffee with cardamom. Then, we had a special halwa containing saffron, cardamom, rose water, and walnuts. It was very sweet and sticky and had a gelatinous feel. I could taste the saffron and cardamom throughout! Halwa is eaten during special occasions and is also traditionally served to guests. In the back, they were mixing halwa in a huge vat. They start by boiling water, white sugar, brown, sugar, and starch for 90 minutes while mixing it constantly. As they stir, they add in ingredients like walnuts, cardamom, rose water with saffron, and ghee. Then, the let it sit and cool. The one they were mixing was about 15 minutes from being done. It had reduced and had gotten much thicker. Mixing it gets harder and harder as it gets thicker and stickier! Elsewhere, they were in the beginning stages of making another halwa. They clean and rinse the starch. Then, they boiling water with white sugar and brown sugar. After that, they take the starch mixed with water and filter it through a sieve as they pour it into the halwa mixture.