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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If you love butterscotch ice-cream with crunchy pieces of caramel teasing your taste buds, you will love this Chikki Ice Cream even better. Traditional notes of cardamom and saffron flavour this delicious ice-cream, which is enhanced further with crisp and sweet bits of homemade chikki. While we have prepared a chikki of mixed nuts to give a rich and luxurious texture and flavour to this ice-cream, you can opt to make your chikki with any nuts, or you can even buy readymade chikki if you are short of time. You will thoroughly enjoy the outcome!

Grated coconut and paneer, evenly blended into rolls and served with an apple flavoured rabri.

Meva Bati is a rich North Indian mithai made by stuffing a mava based dough with a rich mixture of nuts and mava, and deep-frying the delicate, stuffed balls till golden brown. These Meva Batis are then soaked in sugar syrup for a while and served warm. You will love the crispness, balanced sweetness and rich texture of this traditional sweet, which is served on special occasions and parties too. In fact, like Jalebi , Meva Bati is also a nice mithai to serve at chaat parties to complement the spicy chaat items.

Kesari is a wonderful low-calorie dessert made of milk solids blended with icing sugar and spices. A generous garnish of chopped almonds and pistachios adds to the rich-feel of this saffron-tinged sweet.

Crunchy salted dry fruits and puffed rice coated with melted jaggery tossed in pure desi ghee. Crisp and chewy, this is best savoured with your fingers while it is still warm. This snack derives its origin from the streets of Calcutta. Meethi moodi essentially means sweetened puffed rice or mamra. A special kind of jaggery called Nalini Gur is used for it but honey and ordinary jaggery when used together are comparable to this. Use ready salted dry fruits for this recipe. It might be a good idea to toast the nuts and the puffed rice in a slow oven for a few minutes before adding them to the moodi. Assemble the recipe just before serving.

Saffron flavoured sandesh stuffed with chopped nuts.

Batter-coated apple rings fried till crisp and coated with fragrant saffron-flavoured sugar syrup… doesn’t that sound heavenly? it is! apple jalebi is nothing short of a delicacy, especially if served immediately after preparation. To make sure your jalebis are perfect, you need to be tactful when dipping the apple slices in the batter, because you need to dip them quickly yet carefully!

Jodhpur is famous for its Mawa Kachoris. Rich dry fruit and mawa (khoya) stuffed crisp deep- fried kachoris are coated in sugar syrup. These kachoris are a welcome treat at any time of the day. These sweet kachoris are often called "gujjias" and are a "must have" for the Holi festival.

Pistachio added to sandesh gives you a mouthwatering recipe.

A traditional coconut meat sweet.

Lemon flavoured sandesh.

Stewed apple rings topped with freshly cooked rabdi and nuts. An immensely pleasing visual presentation.

A colourful dessert which can be prepared by a novice.

A novel form of pista barfi with tasty filling.
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