Badam ki JaliKishwar’s Jali From Aziz Bagh · Made in USA
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Our jali, Ashrafi, paan, strawberries, peosi, lauz and trays, photographed in our kitchen — and, at the foot of the page, the Old City of Hyderabad the recipe comes from. Select any picture to see it larger.

From our kitchen

What we make

A large two-layered warqi jali with silver leaf showing through the lattice
Large warqi jali, 4.5 inch — two layers with silver leaf
An Ashrafi — a saffron almond coin embossed with an inscription
Ashrafi, the 1.25-inch almond coin
An almond strawberry — shaped and coloured as a strawberry
Almond strawberry
A medium warqi jali
Medium warqi jali, 2.7 inch
A green almond paan folded like a betel leaf
Paan — the folded betel-leaf shape, 1.5 inch
A plate of almond ladybugs
Almond ladybugs for a children’s party
A large single-layer non-warqi jali
Large non-warqi jali, 4.5 inch
Peosi — a baked almond and saffron dessert topped with almond slices
Egg peosi — the baked almond-and-saffron dessert
A spread of saffron-yellow Ashrafi almond coins
Ashrafi coins
A medium single-layer non-warqi jali
Medium non-warqi jali, 2.75 inch
A slab of hab ke lauz
Hab ke lauz
A large star-shaped single-layer jali
Large single-layer star jali
A golden slab of kaddu ke lauz
Kaddu ke lauz
A tray of almond Ashrafi and paan decorations
Ashrafi and paan tray
A tray of almond stars and crescents
Almond stars and crescents
A tray of almond cookies and coins
Almond cookie and coin tray
A tray of golden almond pieces
Sweet treats tray
Where the recipe comes from

The Old City of Hyderabad

Aziz Bagh sits in Noorkhan Bazar, a short way from the Charminar and the palaces of the Nizams. These photographs are from Wikimedia Commons, used under their free licences with the attribution shown.

The Charminar, Hyderabad
The Charminar · Photo: Santosh Kumar Velamala, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad
Chowmahalla Palace · Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Paigah Tombs, Hyderabad
The Paigah Tombs · Photo: Didier Tais, free licence via Wikimedia Commons
A carved stone jali lattice screen at the Paigah Tombs
A stone jali screen — the lattice the sweet is named for · Photo: Adbh266, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Char Kaman arches in the Old City
Char Kaman, Old City · Photo: Gunjan Pandey, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Charminar illuminated at night
The Charminar at night · Photo: Rashid Jorvee, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Image credits

Credits

Product photographs on this site are our own (Kishwar’s Jali From Aziz Bagh, badamkijali.com). Historical and city photographs are from Wikimedia Commons and are used under the licences listed below — please keep the attribution if you reproduce them.

ShowsAuthorLicenceSource
Our kitchen — Kishwar’s Jali From Aziz Bagh, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Warqi and non-warqi jali (large and medium), star jali, Ashrafi, paan, almond strawberry, ladybugs, hab and kaddu ke lauz, peosi, trays and decorationsbadamkijali.comOur own photographsbadamkijali.com/gallery
Wikimedia Commons
Chowmahalla Palace, 1880s (heritage banner)Lala Deen Dayal / British LibraryPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Aziz Bagh, Hyderabad, 1940 photographUnknown; via oldindianphotos.inPublic domainWikimedia Commons
The Charminar (portrait)DidierTaisCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
The Charminar on a cloudy daySantosh Kumar VelamalaCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
The Charminar at nightRashid JorveeCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Chowmahalla PalaceBernard GagnonCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Paigah TombsDidier TaisAttribution (free)Wikimedia Commons
Stone jali screen, Paigah TombsAdbh266CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Char Kaman archesGunjan PandeyCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Almonds — in shell, cracked, shelled, blanchedIvar LeidusCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Blanched almondsNadiatalentPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Shelled almondsLuigi ChiesaCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Rolling out marzipanJames Petts (Flickr)CC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Sheer khurmaMiansari66CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Assorted Diwali sweets with varqrobertsharp (Flickr)CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Double ka meethaMiansari66CC0Wikimedia Commons
Khubani ka meethaMiansari66CC0Wikimedia Commons
Dum ka roatJyothivalabojuCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Kaju katli with varqVis MCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

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