152 pistachios recipes

Pistachio Recipes, Indian Pistachio Recipes

 pistachios recipes | Indian pistachio recipes.  Pistachios (or Pista) are a very popular nut for all age groups. They grow on trees and come in a tan shell. Once you open these shells, you get the nuts which have a green in color which comes from the presence of chlorophyll. These kernels are eaten either raw, roasted or salted and have a mild sweet, rich taste that goes well with Indian Sweets. They are also used to make ice creams, pastes and puddings.

Indian Sweets using Pistachios

Almost all sweets in India use pistachios in them in one form or the other. They add a crunch and slight sweetness to the desserts. Sometimes we use also use pistachio powder to make the whole sweet or tiny bits just for garnish.

Rice Kheer - It requires very few ingredients, and the procedure is simple as well. Here, the rice is cooked slowly in the milk. Once the rice is cooked, the kheer is sweetened with sugar, flavoured with cardamom and kesar and garnished with some chopped dried nuts, like pistachios.

Shrikhand – Simple and humble dahi, when removed of its excess whey, gives a beautiful creamy thick yogurt which is then sweetened with powdered sugar, kesar and elaichi. Mix a few pistachios in the end for some crunch and serve your shrikhand cold!

Pista Barfi – This barfi is mildly nutty in flavour and has an attractive colour, both of which make it very tempting. For this, the pistachios are first soaked and then blended into a fine paste and then cooked along with sugar and spices.

Innovative Recipes using Pistachios

Thandai Mousse – This is a mousse with a desi twist to it! The rich and creamy thandai is set into a mousse that can be served at holi or any other festival too! The ingredients like almonds, khus-khus and cardamom that are present in the thandai syrup give a slightly spicy touch to this mousse.

Pistachio Soup – When we think of green soups, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a green vegetable. The creamy pistachio soup gives a different, yet pleasant mouth feel which is very rustic.

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A coconut flavoured chocolate crust topped with a delicious, creamy white chocolate and pistachio filling.

These delicious creamy white chocolate truffles will testify that nothing is as nice as home-made chocolates.

Rasgulla rolls interlaced with sandesh and attractively presented in banana leaf boats.

Saffron flavoured rasgullas stuffed with dry fruits. Another popular variation of the rasgullas.

A cone made of pistachio barfi filled with gulkand flavoured dry fruits.

Almond taco shells stuffed with a cashew filling. A sweet version of the famed Mexican tacos.

Almond barfi shaped to resemble small earthenware containers.

Baby apples poached in a saffron-flavoured sugar syrup are stuffed with a mixture of cottage cheese and pistachios and served with rabdi.

Rabdi, which is basically a thickened milk and sugar mixture, is one of the most versatile bases used to prepare loads of punjabi desserts. When prepared in large quantities, rabdi can take some time to cook though it is worth all the effort. Rabdi can be eaten hot of chilled. Using full fat milk for rabadi gives the rabdi a lovely texture and flavour.

Sugar-free date rolls, these date rolls use only the sweetness of dates to satiate sugar cravings for lactating mothers. Mixed nuts like almonds, pistachio and walnuts add both nutrition and crunch. Indulge in moderation, though, because dry fruits are heavy in calories.

Dates are naturally sweet and full of nutrients. Although not allowed in large quantities for diabetics, it is any day a better option compared to other sugar-laden sweets. Since this recipe contains nuts, it falls easily on the richer side of the sweets spectrum, so indulge in it in small portions and only once in 20 days to satisfy your sweet tooth. Poppy seeds and nuts are rich in protein, calcium etc. And therefore, there is a good dose of nutrients too in store! Try other desserts like Chocolate Pinwheels or Apple Crepes .

A creamy kheer of milk and bottle gourd, which has a very succulent mouth-feel due to the texture of grated bottle gourd. Sautéed bottle gourd has such a wonderful flavour, it is hard to believe that it is actually a vegetable in the kheer. The addition of milk powder to this recipe helps achieve the richness of condensed milk in a matter of minutes, while cooking in the microwave adds to the convenience.

Mithai khaja is a traditional sweet made with maida and ghee, sometimes stuffed with khoya or dry fruits, deep fried in ghee and then dunked into a fragrant saffron-flavoured sugar syrup. There are different kinds of khaja - depending on the stuffing. There's malai khaja, mawa khaja, pista khaja etc.

A sinful combination, simply irresistible.
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