Thursday, October 21, 2010

Pistachio-Date Muffins

Have you tried Indian spices like cardamom in your muffins? I did for the first time and it is incredible.  Absolutely!  If you like cardamom then you will love this believe me at the cost of sounding repetitive.  The minute I found this in the latest cook book (Flavored breads) I am going through I was excited.  Pistachios and cardamom are synonymous with Indian sweets for me and I was quite excited to try it in a muffin.  Now looking back, the excitement was well worth it because the muffin lived up to the expectation and is becoming a great favorite with the family.  Loved it.. try it you will too.

Pistachios and Dry Fruits Muffins

These are toooo good, loved the cardamom flavor in it. 
PS: These are quite rich too :-)

Pistachios and Dry Fruits Muffins

Ingredients:

Pistachios, lightly toasted- 1 cup
All purpose flour- 1/2 cup
Whole wheat Flour- 1/4 cup
Baking powder- 3 tsp
Granulated sugar- 1/4 cup
Salt- 1/2tsp
Ground Cardamom- 1/2 tsp
Ground Ginger- 1/3 tsp
Pitted, chopped dates/Dried fruits- 2 cups
Unsalted butter- 1/2 cup
Brown sugar- 1/3 cup
Honey- 2 Tbsp
Milk- 1 cup
Eggs- 2

Method:

1.Preheat the oven at 375 degree F.Prepare muffin pans by greasing or by lining with paper liners.
2.Grind together the pistachios and flours together in a blender, until pistachios are ground well.
3.Mix the remaining drying ingredients and mix with with the pistachio-flour mixture.
4.Stir in the dates/ dry fruits and mix.
5.Whisk together the butter and sugar followed by eggs, honey and milk.
6.Using a wooden spoon, fold this into the flour mixture.Take care, not to overmix.
7.Spoon this batter into the prepared muffin pans. It's ok to fill it up, since this won't rise like the other muffins.I filled them little more than 3/4th and they rose only upto the top edge of the pans.
8.Bake for about 16-18 minutes or until the top turns brown.
9.Cool on a wire rack before storing them in an airtight container.

Notes:

1.This is slightly on the sweeter side.
2.The original recipe calls for dates.Since I had only one cup of dates in my pantry, I used one cup, of a mixture of dried fruits :-)
3.The recipe yields 18 standard size muffins.


Contributor: Namitha
Recipe adapted from : Flavored breads by Mark Miller and Maclauchlan

48 comments:

  1. yummy! Great clicks again! Flavorful indeed!

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  2. Looks yummy cup cakes..cute presentation.

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  3. soooo beautiful...love the rich color.yummy combo

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  4. muffins looks awesome ...love the combination of dates n pista ..yummy

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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  5. WOW Muffins looks divine, super post :))

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  6. Love these muffins! They look simply lovely.

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  7. Elegant n classy pistachio date muffins ,nice try nami .

    http://sanscurryhouse.blogspot.com

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  8. Loved those cute looking muffins... looks yummy and very flavorful.

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  9. Muffins looks delicious..Nice with pistachio and dates new combo to me.

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  10. Awesome, awesome, i will love this for sure...

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  11. delicious muffins,beautifull presentation...

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  12. Scrumptious looking muffins. I so want to make this but my hubby is allergic to pistachios and obviously I can't eat a dozen of them myself.

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  13. Muffins look perfectly baked. Loved the clicks.


    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  14. Lovely muffins and of course cardamoms can add the special taste to muffins. In Mumbai you get mava cakes which have loads of cardamom and they are scrumptious

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  15. Lovely muffins and perfectly baked ones. Love the presentation.

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  16. Yummy and mouthwatering muffins... Nice click..

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  17. Innovative combo!I'm sure they taste heavenly.I am gonna try it for sure soon!

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  18. very creative...i m fan of muffins...so this make me drooooooling out...divine clicks too...

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  19. Lovely muffins! beautiful presentation Nami.

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  20. Hi Namitha,

    The muffins look nice. Muffins with cardamom flavour seem interesting. I am planning to buy an oven next year and will bookmark this recipe until then.

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  21. Wow wow wow....I love those muffins in every single way!I am a hardcore fan of pistachios and cardamom. They marry well perfectly and i am married to them too;)....lovely lovely pics..and i loved those muffin liners...wow...evidunnu kitty aa liners?...here we just get plain white and brown in shops..

    love,
    shabs

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  22. I have made cakes with cardamom and loved it too , these muffins look so so good.

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  23. Wish i could have those cute looking muffins...Lovely!

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  24. The moment i saw brown sugar and honey...i was sold!
    im beginning to enjoy the use of spices in my cakes

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  25. Wow love muffins anytime..this is extra special with cardamon,pistachios and brown sugar..will surely give this a try

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  26. I have been wanting to try baking with cardamon for a long time. Your muffins sounds so good. Looks like a great way for me to finally try it:) Thanks for sharing the recipe.

    That cookbook sounds so great. I am always so happy when I find a cookbook I really love.

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  27. Nice recipe dear....i love it...i love pistachios.Those green colour cup cake liners,look very exotic.
    Biny

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  28. Hello from Italy! I found this blog and I really like your kitchen!
    Skip to us, we like to exchange cultures and recipes!

    I hope you like what we do!

    Many greetings from Italy!

    www.whitedarkmilkchocolate.blogspot.com

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  29. oh yes i do love spices in my cake, cardamom have tried with mango cake, urs look just too gorgeous!

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  30. oh so beautiful, you always do it perfectly namitha..

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  31. Would like to pick that muffin right away!! Kidulam pics aanutou..:)

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  32. what a lovely presentation! the muffins look delicious and tempting.

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  33. They look great...I am becoming a fan of pistachios...

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  34. Super-kidu pics, Nami..Presentationum, picsum okke superb aayittundu..

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  35. I love the pinch of cardamom in cakes...Its simply irresistible...Great Clicks

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  36. So flavorful and yummy!!! adipoli!!

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  37. Hi dear,
    There is an award waiting for you..please collect:)

    Love,
    Suja

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  38. flavorful muffins, beautiful clicks, great

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  39. I love pistachios.. appo enikku ethu eshtapedumnnu sure..

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  40. Love the paper cups in contrast with the gorgeous muffins. Pistachios in muffins sounds a good deal.

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  41. I think u make muffins very often..Loved ur cups.Muffins kazhichu nokitu abiprayam paraym...parcel engotu vitekku :)

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  42. Gorgeous looking muffin with awesomeee flavors.

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