Baklava With Puff Pastry recipe By Food Fusion

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Baklava Recipe in English:

Puff Pastry with Ghee:
Ingredients:
-Ghee 400 gms
-Pani (Water) 200 ml
-Anda (Egg) 1 (Optional)
-Oil 4 tbs
-Namak (Salt) 1 tsp
-Cheeni (Sugar) Powdered 2 tbs
-Maida (All-purpose flour) 500 gms
-Pani (Water) if required

Directions:
-In wok,add ghee,let it melt and bring it to room temperature.
-In bowl,add chilled water with ice cubes,melted ghee,leave it until ghee becomes solid and refrigerate for hours.
-In jug,add water,egg,oil,salt,sugar and whisk well.
-In bowl,add all-purpose flour and make a well,gradually add egg water mixture and knead until smooth & soft dough is water if required,cover and let it rest for 20 minutes.
-Take out solid ghee from water and squeeze out excess water completely.
-Take square pan,place butter paper and set a block in a square pan.
-Place butter paper on top and with the help of kitchen hammer flatten ghee and freeze ghee block for 20 minutes.
-Take prepared dough,sprinkle generous amount of flour and roll out dough in round shape with the help of rolling pin.
-In the center of the dough,place solid ghee block,wrap four sides,dust dry flour and roll out in rectangular shape with the help of rolling pin,fold one third into the middle and then the other third on top,fold and overlap the remaining sides,cover and freeze it for 20 minutes.
-Take out from freezer,dust dry flour and roll out in rectangular shape with rolling pin.
-Repeat the same over lapping folding process,cover and freeze it for another 20 minutes.
-Again take out from freezer,dust dry flour and roll out in rectangular shape with rolling pin.
-Puff pastry is ready and use as required.

Tips:
-If you are using butter,follow the same puff pastry method.
-If you are using ghee,freeze it for 15-20 minutes and if you are using unipuff,put it in fridge for 15-20 minutes.
-Sprinkle generous amount of all-purpose flour while you are rolling or overlapping puff pastry.
-In puff pastry recipes,egg is optional.
-Put the ghee (with chilled ice cold water) in refrigerator until ghee becomes solid.

Baklava Ingredients:
Sheera (Sugar syryp):
-Cheeni (Sugar) 2 Cups
-Pani (Water) 1 Cup
-Laung (Cloves) 3-4
-Rose water 1 tsp
-Lemon juice 1 tsp
-Pista (Pistachio) Crushed ½ Cup
-Badam (Almonds) Crushed ½ Cup
-Akhrot (Walnuts) Crushed ½ Cup
-Darchini powder (Cinnamon powder) ¼ tsp
-Brown sugar 1 tbs
-Jaifil powder (Nutmeg powder) ¼ tsp
-Puff pastry as required
-Anda (Egg)

Directions:
-For sugar syrup,in pot,add sugar,water and cloves,cook until syrup thickens.
-Turn off the flame,add rose water and lemon juice,mix well and set aside.
-In bowl,add pistachio,almonds,walnuts,cinnamon powder,brown sugar and nutmeg powder,mix well and set aside.
-Roll out puff pastry,egg wash,add dry fruits mixture,fold and press,cut with cutter.
-Take baking tray,place baklava,slighty cut with cutter,egg wash and bake in pre-heated at 180 C for 30 minutes or until baklava turns golden brown.
-After baking, immediately pour sugar syrup and serve.

Recipe in Urdu:

Directions:
-Karhai mein ghee dal ker melt ker lein aur room temperature per thanda ker lein.
-Bowl mein thanda pani baraf ka saath aur melted ghee dal dein aur chor dein jab tak ghee solid form mein ajaye aur 6 hours kliya refrigerate ker lein.
-Jug mein pani,anda,oil aur namak dal ker ache tarhan whisk ker lein.
-Bowl mein maida dal dein,well bana lein aur thora thora ker ka egg water mixture daltay jayein aur ghond ker medium soft dough tayyar ker lein (agar zaroorat ho tou pani dal ker ghond lein) dhak ker 15-20 minutes kliya rakh dein.
-Solid ghee ko pani sa nikal lein aur ache tarhan nichore lein.
-Square pan la ker butter paper laga lein aur squeeze solid ghee rakh dein.
-Upper sa butter paper laga ker kitchen hammer ki madad sa ghee ko flat ker lein aur 15-20 minute kliya freeze ker lein.
-Dough per maida chirak ker rolling pin ki madad sa round shape mein bail lein.
-Dough ka bech mein solid ghee block rakh dein aur dough ka corners ko fold ker ka block ko wrap ker lein,maida chirak ker rectangular shape mein rolling pin ki madad sa bail lein,one third side ko middle tak fold ker lein phir dosray third part ko bhi fold ker lein,baqi bache hoye sides ko overlap fold ker lein aur 15-20 minutes kliya freeze ker lein.
-Freezer sa nikal ker maida chirak dein aur rectangular shape mein rolling pin ki madad sa bail lein.
-Yehe over lapping folding ko dubara karein aur 15-20 minutes kliya freeze ker lein.
-Freezer sa nikal ker maida chirak dein aur rectangular shape mein rolling pin ki madad sa bail lein.
-Puff pastry tayyar hai,zaroorat ka mutabiq istemal karein.