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Kaju Katli

Kaju Katli is a delicious sweet made by grinding cashews to a powder & simmering it with sugar and shaped like diamond. Kaju Katli also called as kaju barfi or cashew fudge is a very popular Indian sweet that you can gift for your friends and relatives during any festive occasion especially during Diwali. Kaju katli is a very easy sweet can be made quickly too.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Servings15 pieces
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cashews
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • melted ghee just for greasing

Instructions

  • Measure your ingredients and keep it ready. If your are cashews are refrigerated, then bring to room temperature and then proceed. Ensure your mixer is completely dry. Transfer cashews to a mixer and grind it to a semi fine coarse powder. Don't overdo as the cashews will leave out oil and the whole mixture will turn sticky.
  • Now boil sugar and water, keep stirring in low flame till sugar completely dissolves.
  • Then it starts to bubble up, Keep stirring, keep a small bowl containing water. Check by pouring few drops of sugar syrup in water, it should a fine thread and should not dissolve. That's the right stage.
  • Now add the cashew mixture and keep stirring until it forms a thick rolling mixture like this.It should be like a flexible dough.
  • The dough should not be dry, it should be soft and flexible so switch off accordingly. You can even try rolling a ball, it should be flexible then that's the correct consistency. It took me just 7-8 mins for forming the cashew dough.
  • Switch off and let it cool down for 10mins.
  • When its still warm, knead it well, don't scrap the dough from the sides as the mixture would be hard.
  • The dough was grainy, but after kneading the dough became smooth. If you feel the mixture is dry add 1/2 teaspoon ghee and then knead it.
  • Now lay a butter paper, place the kaju dough and fold the paper such that the butter paper is on top and bottom of the dough.Now start rolling with a chapathi roller.
  • Roll it to 1/4 inch thickness, remove the butter paper on top. Cut with a sharp knife. Mark lines.
  • And cut into diamonds. Now you have the liberty to enjoy the edge uneven pieces :) Now separate the pieces.
  • Cool down and store Kaju Katli in airtight container.

Notes

  • If you have refrigerated your cashews, then first bring it to room temperature and then proceed.
  • Use a dry mixer, the mixie should be completely moisture free.
  • Butter paper helps in giving a neat smooth finish, so I recommend adding it. I was extra careful so laid butter paper underneath and above the dough so that its doesn't stick, also gives a smoother finish.
  • When you start grinding run the mixer at a stretch for 10 seconds, the scrap the sides then pulse it giving intervals. Make sure cashew is in powder for, it should not be pastey. If there are tiny bits, its ok but don't overdo grinding then cashews will let out oil and become pastey.
  • Seeing the coarse cashew mixture, don't panic and grind for more time then it will become sticky.
  • If you cook the cashew dough perfectly, the dough will be so flexible almost like the playdough clay and you can play and experiment a lot with it.
  • If you are not confident about the sugar syrup consistency, don't worry add the cashew powder while the sugar syrup starts to turn sticky itself. Finally when it all comes together it will be ok.
  • Though checking the sugar syrup is important what I found by experience is that adding cashew powder before the perfect syrup consistency is not an issue, but if the sugar syrup passes the correct consistency and then you add cashew powder, the dough will not form. The mixture will be crumbly and will not hold together so keep these as tips.
  • I used my nonstick pan so it was easy for me to bring it together.
  • I used whole cashews, you can use halved cashews too. But make sure you get high quality cashews so that powdering is easy.
  • If the mixture is dry, then add few drops of ghee and knead it. You can even use milk but shelf life will be less if you use milk.
  • If you add cashew paste instead of cashew powder then end product will be chewy.
  • Kneading is really important for a smoother finish.
    The cashew dough will get dried easily so when its still warm and hand bearable hot, start kneading.
  • I recommend to do the entire process in low flame or low medium.
    The only regret I had was, I should have rolled it in a perfect square / rectangle to avoid the edge pieces. I was a bit tensed so my mind was not letting me to think further so just rolled it as such.
  • I recommend rolling it into a square / rectangle so that the edge pieces are less. But nothing is going to be wasted, even the scrapes are edible and they were all done in no time even before I started my photoshoot.
Nutrition Facts
Kaju Katli
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 323 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 57mg2%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Fiber 0.3g1%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin C 0.04mg0%
Calcium 3mg0%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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