Kaju katli recipe | Kaju barfi recipe | How to make kaju katli

Kaju katli recipe – smooth cashew powder slowly cooked with sugar syrup, fragrant with rose water, cardamom powder and clarified butter is one of the popular Indian sweet recipes during most Indian festivals. These Kaju katli sweets are also popularly known as Kaju barfi recipe. In this post, you will learn how to make kaju katli?

Though it takes a little bit of handwork to prepare this smooth and melt in mouth texture homemade kaju katli sweets, yet, the whole preparation is very easy even beginners can make it without any hassle.

To get the best result first read the below step by step instructions then make it properly for your family.

 

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How kaju katli is made

Kaju katli or kaju barfi recipe is made with cashew powder which is slowly cooked in string consistency sugar syrup and fragrant with rosewater, cardamom powder, and ghee.

 

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Can kaju katli be frozen

Yes,

you can store these delicious kaju katli sweets in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 5 to 6 days.  

 

Tips to make easy kaju katli recipe

 

• Types Of Cashew : To make the best kaju katli recipe we need smooth cashew powder, for this sieve grainy cashew after grinding the first time and then regrind in batches.

 

• Cooking Method : To avoid forming any lumps and making a mouth-melting kaju barfi recipe, while adding cashew powders add it in batches and stir continuously and cook in low flame.

 

• Parchment Paper : While making kaju katli at home remember one thing cashew mixture is a little bit sticky so while kneading and rolling to avoid any stickiness, we simply use parchment or butter paper. 

 

• Sugar Syrup Consistency : Just like the traditional kaju katli recipe the best consistency of sugar syrup must be one string.

 

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How to make kaju katli

 

Here, the complete recipe of kaju katli preparation is classified into three simple categories first one is making smooth cashew powder for kaju barfi recipe,

second one is preparing sugar syrup for kaju barfi recipe and the last one is making kaju katli recipe.

so, let’s make it now.

 

Cashew powder for kaju barfi

 

1. At first, for making smooth cashew powder for kaju barfi recipe pour 250-gram split cashew in a blender.

 

2. Now, blend these cashews or kajus in intervals.

 

Note : As continuous blending cashew mixtures will release oil and mixtures become lumpy.

 

3. Then, sieved coarse cashew powder and blend them again.

 

4. Next do these steps a few times until you get slightly grainy cashew powder for Kaju katli recipe.

 

5. Finally set aside this kaju katli mixture for later use.

 

Making sugar syrup for kaju katli

 

1. At first, prepare sugar syrup for kaju barfi recipe and pour 200-gram sugar into a non-stick pan.

 

2. Also, pour 100 ml of water into this pan.

 

3. Now, gently stir the mixture and completely dissolve the sugar in medium flame.

 

4. Make the sugar syrup boil sometime.

 

5. Check whether sugar syrup becomes one string consistency.

 

Making kaju katli recipe

 

1. Now making mouth-melting Kaju barfi recipe make the flame low and pour cashew powder in 3 to 4 batches in sugar syrup.

 

2. While adding cashew powder continuously stir the kaju barfi mixture on the low flame which helps to avoid making any lumps.

 

3. Next, add the second batch of cashew powder.

 

Note: Don’t add all the cashew powder at a time, because in this way it creates lums in the cashew mixture. I added cashew powder in 3 batches.

 

4. Now continuously stir this kaju katli mixture on low flame for at least 25 to 30 min until it gets slightly thick.

 

5. When it achieves this stage, for enhancing flavour add 1 tbsp rose water.

 

6. Also, add 2 tbsp ghee.

 

7. Now, continuously stir these kaju barfi mixtures until it leave from their side.

 

Note : To check whether your kaju katli is ready or not, first grease your finger then take a small portion of the mixture, cool it down then rotate it in between your fingers if it forms a circular shape without any stickiness then your mixture is ready, otherwise you need further cooking.

 

8. Then turn off the gas and immediately pour the Kaju barfi mixture on butter paper or parchment paper for cooling.

 

9. When Kaju katli mixture cools a little bit, knead it for 2 to 3 min which makes crack free smooth dough.

 

Note : Don’t completely cool this mixture because it will become hard and you will not be able to knead the dough.

 

10. Now place butter paper on the top of the dough and make a circular or elliptical shape with a rolling pin or belan of minimum ¼ inch thickness.

 

11. Next, just like haldirams Kaju katli , I add Chandi ka vark or edible silver leaves to this dough.

 

12. Without wasting any time cut this Kaju barfi dough into barfi shapes and gently separate this from each other.

 

13. Finally, our homemade Kaju katli recipe is done, you can taste its mouth-melting flavour.

 

Kaju Katli Recipe Card

Here is a quick overview of all the ingredients for kaju katli recipe including the quick step by step preparation of Kaju barfi recipe shown in the recipe card.

Take note of all ingredient lists. 

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