I am obsessed with green color. Well do I need to mention that! Let me make it clearer. I am obsessed with the soothing green color of the pista nuts. Last weekend I had been on a hectic shopping spree. That’s when I realized the climate has changed and it getting warmer and warmer, I don’t even feels like wearing a light sweater.
I got home and made some ginger tea. I was longing to have some nice crunchy cookies to dunk and relax in the comfort of my own castle (read my tiny but cozy two bedroom apartment)
My cookie jars were partially empty with some leftover soggy biscuits. I was not in a mood to bake them right away. But after a few sips of the ginger tea somehow I felt like my run down batteries getting recharged, energy gushing into my tired soul. I thought of warming my oven and getting the trays and mittens ready.
Baking is a kind of meditation for me. I feel relaxed while shifting flours and whisking eggs.I really wish I should have joined the Hotel management course rather than getting myself into a MBA program. Well that’s long story, we will talk about that later!
So I decided to get my hands on the old successful cookie recipe. I have done tried a couple of times using walnuts but I imagined the combination of choco pista would look sensational.

I used my basic cookie mix. I used the same ingredients from my earlier post of checker board cookies.
Roll the dough and divide the mix into 60 : 40 ratio . Add 2 ounce of melted chocolate and I cup of roughly chopped unsalted pistaous to the small portion.
Divide each dough into round balls
1- Using a rolling pin ,roll the plain dough into a flat circle ( chappati).
2- Roll the choco pista dough into logs.
3- Place the log in the rolled flat round circle and seal the edges.
4- Roll gently to make a shape of a log.
5- Cling wrap and store them in a refrigerator not in the freezer to set.
6- Keep at least for six to eight hours.
Preheat the oven at 180’c. Line a baking tray with a butter paper. .Slice the log and arrange them in a baking tray. Bake them for 8 to 10 mins.
Transfer them in a wire rack. When cool and store them in a airtight container.


Hi, I am a stylist and photographer, a serious cake and dessert enthusiast, a loving wife and mother – with endless passion for baking, parenting and leading a healthy lifestyle . I was raised in Odisha, India and currently living in Sydney with a foodie husband and two adorable boys.
I truely believe in living the life with mojo and following your inner call.
This blog is filled with every day recipes to divine desserts and some traditional fare that I throughly cherish.
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20 Comments
omg.. these cookies look so good… i wish i had an oven … well that day would come.. but these cookies are truly a delight…
Luks very nice and i can gulp it like taht..
What delightful cookies they DO look so scrummy… I just love the beautiful green colour of those pistachio nuts!!
Rosie x
These cookies look awesome Shibani…nice with ahot cup of chai:)
Pista and choco are great combo. Great with tea, nice cookies…
nice combo!looks so lovely
Chocolates and pistachio sound like a lovely flavor combination. The cookies look delicious, Pearlsofeast!
lovely cookies..
Cookies looks so goooooood, nice recipe!!!
you love green! Mee too! those are the lovely cookies. Thanks for the easy recipe.
that’s definitely one of my favoourite flavor combinations! I’ll surely be trying these:) I posted jam-filled thumbprint cookies today!
these cookies looks delicious..thanks for sharing this recipe
Looks very yammy & delicious….Good combo
I love the look of these cookies! The green looks perfect.
Nice cookies, the chocolate and Pista must pair well..
cookies look soooooooo good ,I am gonna try these soon
These look great POE…I’m on a pistachio high these days too. can’t sem to get enough of this lesser used nuts!!! YAY…good to see another passionate pistachio Scorpion!!
Yummy.. Cookies looks mouth watering !! shall i try one ??
Cookies look really divine..
love the cookie and the sight of the sambalpuri table napkin made me nostalgic and miss my growing up years in bbsr. and are you a scorpio too?