Ingredients:
• 1.25 cups – all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup + 3 tbsp – Sugar
• 1 cup – mawa/khoya (unsweetened)
• 1.25 cups + 2 tbsp – Milk
• 2 tsp – baking powder
• 1/2 tsp – baking soda
• 3/4 tsp – Saffron
• 1/2 cup + ( 2 tbsp to garnish) – Pistachios
• 1/4 tsp – Cardamom
• 1/2 cup – unsalted melted Butter
• Few Almond slices for garnishing
Method:
- Bring the khoya/mawa to room temperature.
- In a blender, pulse it along with milk and butter without any lumps.
- Sieve the flour with baking soda and baking powder.
- Soak the saffron in warm milk ( 2 tbsp of milk) for 15 mins.
- Mix the khoya, milk mixture along with the sifted flour and blend it again in a blender along with sugar, pistachios, cardamom and soaked saffron.
- Grease the cake pan and transfer this cake mixture to the pan and bake it in a pre-heated oven for 25- 30 mins at 150 degrees.
- Garnish with the sliced pistachios and almond slices.
- Insert a tooth pick and check out whether it is done or not.
- Allow this to cool and after 10 mins carefully invert the pan and take out the cake.
- You can bake this in normal cake pan or even can bake as cute muffins too.