Baklava is a sweet pastry with chopped nuts inside.To know more about baklava go here
IngredientsPhyllo sheets - 6(In US, you can get this in frozen section of any grocery store)
For Filling
Almond - 1/2 cup(crushed)
Cashews - 10 nos (crushed)
Sugar - 5 tbspn(adjust to your taste)
Powdered cloves & cinnamon - 1/2 tsp(substitute with cardamom powder also)
Melted unsalted butter - 4 tbsp
For Syrup
Sugar -1/4 cup
Water - 1/4 cup
Procedure
Mix all the ingredients under filling and keep aside.
Take 2 phyllo sheet at a time and place it on working surface and cover the remaining sheets with wet cloth.Handle the sheets very carefully, it will tear easily.
Brush the sheet with butter and place the filling at one end and roll the sheet. Then again place the filling and roll it.Repeat it until the end of the sheet.
Similarly do it for all sheets and place it in baking tray and apply butter on top.
Then cut the rolls into pieces.
Cover the baking tray with foil paper(it prevents the top layer turning color very easily).Preheat the oven at 325F,place the tray in oven and bake it for 20 mins.After that remove the foil paper and bake it for another 10 mins.
In the mean time make the sugar syrup.In a sauce pan add the sugar and water and boil it for around 15 mins in medium flame or until it become thick consistency(dont make one sting consistency).
Now remove the baklava from oven and pour this syrup and allow it to soak for atlest 2 hrs before serving.
Now the tastiest baklava rolls are ready.This rolls are very addictive. you cannot stop by one.
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