Kesar Pista Roll

Once I mastered the Kaju Katli recipe, I realized the possibilities were endless! I continued my experiments and came up with more preparations, using the delicious, simple Kaju Mava! One of my favorites is this one – the Kesar Pista roll – the most beautiful one in any mithai platter. Most probably the first one anybody will reach for 😛

You can change the color of the filling to have either a green or orange tint to play on pistachios or saffron based on the aesthetic you are going for and the rest of the mithais that it will hang out with!

Without further ado, Let’s go to the recipe! you will need to follow the first few steps of the kaju katli recipe until you make the kaju mava needed for this recipe – this forms the base of this mithai and many other mithais that can be built with it. Once you master this, you will be inspired to innovate and create new and interesting mithais! Another favorite of mine using the same base is Rose bahar 🙂

you will need:

Kaju mava – 300g – use the recipe in Kaju Katli – until the step where the ball of mixture is kneaded to a homogenous ball

coarse crushed almond or cashewnuts or flour – 50 g

Chopped nuts – cashewnuts, pistachios and almonds – 80 g total

liquid glucose

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

saffron strands soaked in very little water for at least 20 minutes

food color – optional

silver leaf

Procedure:

• Divide the Kaju mava in two parts
• to one part, add the crushed almond/ cashew, chopped nuts, liquid glucose, cardamom powder, saffron water and color – green or yello/orange – mix until homogenous and make two logs with this
• Roll out the other portion of the kaju mava, to about 1/2 cm thickness, in a rectangular shape as much as possible, keeping the width same as the length of the log.
• Place the log and roll the mava over covering it compleetly. Repeat with the other log
• Shape both the rolls to make neat cylinders
• Roll in silver leaf and keep both logs covered in oarchment paper for at least 4-5 hours at room temperature
• Once set, cut slices with a sharp knife – your beautiful mithai is ready!