Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Indian Baklava

Indian Baklava.

You can have Indian Baklava using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Indian Baklava

1. You need of Saffron Syrup.
2. It's of water.
3. Prepare of sugar.
4. It's of saffron threads.
5. Prepare of rose water.
6. You need of Baklava.
7. You need of raw walnuts.
8. Prepare of raw almonds.
9. It's of cardamom.
10. You need of nutmeg.
11. You need of frozen filo, thawed.
12. You need of ghee.
13. Prepare of shelled unsalted pistachios, finely ground.

Indian Baklava step by step

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..