BAKLAVA | Pistachio Walnut Baklava | Make at Home | Easy Step by step recipe

Add 2 cups of all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, egg, oil, and milk. Mix all well then add little water and knead a semi stiff dough. Apply some oil on top. Cover & let it rest for 10-15 mins.

Coarsely grind Pistachios & Walnuts.

After the dough is rested, knead it again.

Divide the dough in 2 equal parts. Then divide each part in eight portions.

Dust some dry flour and roll 4 sheets. Now dust more flour on each sheet then stack them on each other.

Now again roll them, they should be very thin & somewhat see through.

Grease a baking tray with melted butter.

Start layering the baklava sheets. Apply melted butter on every sheet. After 3-4 sheets sprinkle the pistachios & walnuts. Repeat the process of layering.

When done layering the baklava, cut it in diamond shapes.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 45-50 mins or until it looks golden brown in colour.

Make sugar syrup: dissolve sugar & water, cook for 5 mins. Add lime juice & blossom water. Turn off the heat.

Pour the sugar syrup onto the hot baklava, let it soak in all the syrup.

Decorate it with pistachios.

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