Description
Pista flavoured khoya /mava shapped in the form of rolls.| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| ½ cup | Khoya |
| 2 tbsp | Sugar |
| 1 tbsp | Pistachios (unsalted, chopped) |
| 1 drop | Pista or rose essence |
| 6 nos | Saffron (optional) |
| 1 no | Cardamom powder |
| 1 pinch | Green food colour |
| ½ no | Silver varakh sheet (optional) |
| 1 tsp | Milk powder |
Instructions
Click here for Khoya recipe. Take a heavy bottomed pan, combine sugar and khoya over lmedium flame stirring continously. Once it starts to leave the sides (4 to 5 minutes) add the cardamom powder, saffron (mixed in few drops of milk), essence and food colour. Sitch off and transfer the mixture to a bowl. Knead well adding little milk powder to bring it to a firm dough. Now you can either add the chopped nuts to the dough and then shape or use them later for decoration.
Knead the dough, divide and roll them to form a long tube like shape and cut into even sized rolls.
Place them over the silver varakh and roll once to make it stick to all sides. This step is optional, can also decorate them with thinely slivered pistachios. Store them in air-tight container upto a week.
You can also shape them like pedas, press gently in the middle and fill them with dry fruits and chopped nuts.
Notes
If the khoya is too soft use more milk powder to make it firm.
Makes about 10 rolls (2″ each).
24 Comments
Hi Mullai,
Where can I find unsalted pistachio nuts? All grocery stores seem to have only salted ones
Thanks!
Chandana
Mullai,
Pista roll is awesome, planning to do for this deepavali.
Where do i get Milk powder other than Indian store?? is it must for this roll?? any alternate for this milk powder??
Thank You,
Sathya
Sathya,
I've used home-mdae khoya..use the serach to locate the recipe. If you prefere milk powder, then try Indian stores first. If you dont find there then try regular supermarkets.. but not all stores have them, you got to get lucky to find one. Buying online is another solution. Making at home is what i would suggest. Good luck and have a great deepavali.
Mullai, I saw in a food network show that here a similar thing is used as silver varak for presenting rich dessert items,its name is ” edible golden or silver leaf” which the host said ,is available in craft shops like Michaels,Jo Anns etc..(though not sure whether they are nationwide shops)
Anitha, its true some locations of Jo ann have these but had to get help finding in the store. Amazon also carries gold and silver leaf but expensive though. Mine is from India, heard Indian stores have them too. Thanks.
Really good. thanks
Excellent…as usual output was ultimate….thanq mullai
looks very nice…very simple recipe
Mullai mam… I never imagined that pista rolls would be this simple… thanks much… will let you know the outcome whenever I try it… I still remember the seemingly perfect kaju katli that I prepared with your guidance. Very impressive work from you and undoubtedly you have inspired many others too, strenghtened unity , selflessness among people and brought out hidden creativity in many of us.
Best
Raech
it turned out well spiceindia recipe no… and, we started eating the dough itself…. a quick sweet with ready made khoya…. thank you… we dried with cashew nuts (pink colouring) – the taste was not tat great. hazel nut (yellow colouring) was awesome. peanut (green colouring) was HORRIBLE…. but had to finish it as din want to make aunt mad…. he he…. thanks for the easy recipes…
didnt let aunt to use silver foil as i dont want to consume it after knowing how the make it.Have you heard that ms.Megana kandhi made those sweet stalls to use some non-vege stamp on their boxes if silver foil is used. It really good if you dont use it mam. I know its temptin to see with silver foil but its unhygienic. I read it in "Snegithi" magazine two or three yr back.
I guessed, pista rolls & other stuff have khoya… but didnt expect it would be this easy… some khoya left in the fridge… showed this recipe to aunt too.. ha ha… you wont find foodies like us… :):):) THanks for sharing… we dont wake up her by sayin good mornin… we only wake up her with new recipes…. i kno its mean
Personally feel that cookin with colouring is better-cos no raw smell.. i always add colouring a couple of min before i take the stuff from fire.. is not tat good…
Hi Mullai. Pista rolls looks yummy. Can you please tell me where can i get this silver varak.
VIJI
Viji, some Indian stores have them, you cannot easily locate on the shelf, better to ask the grocer. My dealer has it for $4. Thats too too expensive…. so I grabbed some during my trip to India. If you have any friends visiting and returning…request them to bring, it would hardly take any space.
Mullai, Will surely ask my friend to get it from India. I checked with the Indian store. They don't have this. Will surely try this and let you know how it came out.. I love sweets and nuts. VIJI
Viji,
Check this link, they have it!! but as usual too expensive. Moreover I don't think that they are healthy, so better to use once in a while, for which your idea would be ideal.
http://www.bakedeco.com/detail.asp?id=8982&trng=fgle
Thanks Mullai for ur prompt response. It looks very expensive and need min 5 days shipping time. Specially i need it by Monday. So better i'll present this to my hubby's colleagues without silver foil.VIJI
You can also decorate with chopped nuts and saffron which would look colourful.
Ok Mullai I'll do that, Thanks for giving that idea.VIJI
hi mullai
pista rolls looks really super.
can i add grounded pista to this.
or this is the original
recipe.
You can very well add powdered pista, make sure its unsalted. Sometimes too much of pista could turn little bitter as its too strong. So add little by little until the taste is ok. You can also skip the milk powder part and use pista powder instead. Hope this helps, try it out and get back with the results. Thanks.
Mullai,
Is khoya available ready made in Indian store or american grocery store. I have not checked it.
The recipe looks easy except the khoya part. Great recipe, I love pista roll, thank you for reminding such nice recipes.
Abhi, not all Indian stores have this in stock but big chains like Patel bros for sure will have under refrigerated section. American store don't carry this item and pretty sure about it. Making homemade khoya is not a scary thing, you can give it try once, its pretty easy.
Mullai,
Thank you for your prompt response. I will try to get in Indian store, Patel brothers is near my house only. If time permits I will try to make Khoya. But not sure how the final product will become 😉
Happy New Year.
Looks awesome!!!