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Step-by-Step Guide to Make Homemade Indian Baklava

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Carl Johnson

Indian Baklava

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, indian baklava. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Indian Baklava is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Indian Baklava is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have indian baklava using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Indian Baklava:
  1. Take Saffron Syrup
  2. Get 3/4 cup water
  3. Make ready 1 1/2 cup sugar
  4. Get 1/8 tsp saffron threads
  5. Get 4 1/2 tsp rose water
  6. Take Baklava
  7. Prepare 1/2 cup raw walnuts
  8. Get 1/2 cup raw almonds
  9. Make ready 1 tsp cardamom
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  11. Take 1 pkg. (1 lb.) frozen filo, thawed
  12. Prepare 1 cup ghee
  13. Take 3 tbsp shelled unsalted pistachios, finely ground
Steps to make Indian Baklava:
  1. Crush saffron with a mortar and pestle or on a plate with the handle of a wooden spoon. In a small saucepan, mix sugar, 3/4 cup water, and the saffron. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, until liquid is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 5 minutes. Let cool, then stir in rose water.
  2. Preheat oven to 325°. In a food processor, whirl walnuts, almonds, cardamom, and nutmeg until nuts are coarsely ground.
  3. Unroll filo with a long side facing you and cut in half into two 9- by 13-in. pieces. Stack pieces and cover with a kitchen towel to keep from drying out.
  4. Brush bottom and sides of a 9- by 13-in. baking dish with ghee. Peel off 1 sheet filo, lay in pan, and brush with ghee. Layer 12 more sheets on top, brushing each with ghee (it's okay if some sheets are torn or not fitting evenly in pan).
  5. Sprinkle half the nut mixture over filo. Lay another sheet of filo on top, gathering it to fit into pan and brushing with ghee. Repeat with 12 more sheets of filo, buttering each. Sprinkle on remaining nut mixture. Layer remaining sheets of filo on top, buttering each as before.
  6. Cut baklava into 32 squares. Bake until top is golden and crisp and edges pull away from pan sides, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Cool pan on a rack 30 minutes.
  7. Pour saffron syrup over baklava. Let sit to absorb most of the syrup, at least 3 hours (overnight is better). Sprinkle each square with 1/4 tsp. ground pistachios.

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