Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo, filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with syrup or honey.
- Take a bowl, add all purpose flour, pinch of salt, 2 teaspoons of ghee and mix nicely.
- Add water and make a soft dough and keep aside for 30 minutes.
- Dust some flour and divide dough into equal portions and roll it into round sheet.
- Divide dough into small portion and roll into thin round sheet.
- Take one roll sheet, dust some flour on it and place another sheet and repeat it for 3 times.
- Gentle roll it into thin sheet and cut into round shape by using round mould.
- Dust some flour and place 20-25 layered pilo sheet like as shown in video.
- Fold it gentle and keep in refrigerator or cover it with wet cloth if you are using it later.
- Boil sugar and water in a pan until gulab jamoon consistency syrup is formed and add little lime juice and keep aside.
- Add rose water to it and mix it.
- Mix half oil with ghee in a bowl and keep aside.
- Make powder of almonds, walnuts and keep aside.
- Apply oil mixed ghee to baking tray. Place one layer of sheet and apply ghee and place another layer and repeat the process for 13 layer.
- Once 15 layer pilo sheet is done apply ghee mixed oil sprinkle almonds and walnut powder.
- Place another layer of sheet and apply apply ghee mixed oil and place another sheet and repeat it for another 10 sheets.
- Cut into pieces with knief and pour leftover ghee mixed oil.
- Bake it at 200 degree until nice crust is formed on top.
- Rest it for some time and pour sugar syrup, rest it for 5-10 minutes.
NowBaklava is ready to serve.