CAN ANY ONE TELL ME HOW ALEWA IS MADE .IT IS A SWEET LIKE CANDY ROCK SOLD IN ENGLAND, IT IS SOLD BY THE HAUSAS, , I HEAR IT IS MADE WITH SUGARCANE SOME SAY WITH JUST SUGAR THEY ARE USUALLY WHITE IN COLOUR BUT CAN BE COLOURED PINK OR FLAVOURED WITH PEPPER OR COFFE, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT BALEWA,

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still no answer are there no northerner in this forum, PLS HELP I NEED THE RECIPE FOR ALEWA,

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You cant ask how Alewa is made which type of Alewa there are probably several hundrededs made from various diffrent ingredients.How ever the the term Alewa in itself does not automatically implies a traditional hausa sweet.Alewa can be used to describe any type of Sweet especially the foreign ones.There is a 95% chance that an average Hausa Kid you will see on the road has never tasted any such traditional hausa Alewas you are talking of. Cheers

Hello again i cant help asking what would a yankee like you be needing alewa recipe for.Just curious would really like to hear .If you tell me may be i might look up the libraries see if i cant get 1 or 2 recipes for you

there is an arabic one called helwa but they are more like cakes, there is an indian one called halwa which look like wha tyour talking about cut but up small squares.  It could derive from either of the above.

Halwa can be made made with bits of almond, cardamon, sugar and milk. Ghee is also added into it and you can colour it with saffron or orange colouring.

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I don't know how to make it but i remember we used to buy Balewa when we were little and it was of hausa origin.It was just sugar,water and colouring.Very destructive to the teeth.My lil sis can testify.

Water and Sugar or just honey

Mix 'em, pour liquid in a flat pan, put it on fire, wait for it to harden and voila. . . Sweet Alewa!!

If you want it sweeter (like it can get any sweeter than sugar and honey) let it get burnt

The [i]burnt-ness [/i]adds flavor to it.

Disclaimer
I do not advice nor recommend that any SANE person eat, smell or even look at this poison.

this ya recipe for Alewa na wah, get k leg . i have made sugar and water many times but never got alewa from it, ummm Jinx, gaskiya fa?

Rotflmao!! Walahi gaskiya ne!

You have to put it on fire for a loooooooooooooong time for it to harden.

That's how our local alewa maker made hers.

Honey is good too.