Kaju katli recipe ( Kaju barfi recipe )
Kaju barfi aka kaji katli recipe is one of the popular sweet dish in India, in which cashew powder is slowly cooked in sugar syrup, along with cardamom powder, rose water and ghee.
Ingredients
Ingredients For Kaju Katli
- Cashew nut or kaju 200 grams
- Sugar 180 grams
- Water 80 ml
- Cardamom powder ½ tsp
- Rose water 1 tbsp
- Ghee 2 tbsp
- Chandi ka vark or silver leaves.
Instructions
- how to make Kaju katli
- At first, pour 250-gram cashew into a mixing jar.
- Now, to avoid releasing oil from cashews without continuous blending, blend them in intervals.
- After that, sieve the coarse cashew and reblend the mixture.
- You will get a little grainy cashew mixture, set aside for later use.
- Now to prepare sugar syrup for kaju katli sweet pour sugar and water in a non-stick pan.
- Then, dissolve the sugar completely in a medium flame.
- After 2 to 3 min when sugar syrup starts rolling boil or one string consistency.
- Mix, cashew smooth powder in 3 to 4 batches.
- After, adding each batch, continuously stir the cashew mixtures in low flame, which helps to prevent forming any lumps.
- When kaju katli mixtures get thickens add a tablespoon rose water, cardamom powder, and desi ghee.
- Now, mix everything and stir continuously in low flame until kaju barfi mixture starts leaving the side of the pan.
- When this stage is achieved immediately transfer the Kaju barfi mixture in parchment paper or butter paper for cool.
- After 4 to 5 min when mixtures cool a little bit, knead it for 2 to 3 min for soft crack free dough.
- Now, cover this Kaju katli dough with another parchment paper and roll a circular or oval shape of at least 1/4 inch thickness.
- Next, just like haldirams, Kaju katli sweet add Chandi ka vark or edible silver leaves on the dough.
- Finally, gently cut in barfi shape and our most delicious Kaju katli recipe is ready.
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Notes
Kaju Katli Sweet Recipe Note
- If you are going to use Chandi ka vark or silver leaves add it before cutting these kaju katli sweets in barfi shapes.
- While grinding cashews don’t over grind cashews which ultimately makes oil, that mixture not suitable for kaju katli.
Nutrition
Serving: 3g | Calories: 2355kcal | Carbohydrates: 509g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 265mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 207g