Easy kaju katli recipe | kaju barfi recipe | kaju katli sweet | kaju ki barfi
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 40 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 2 cup cashew / kaju
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- firstly, in a mixi take 2 cup cashew and blend to a fine powder. make sure to pulse and blend else, the cashew will release oil and turns into a paste.
- sieve the cashew powder making sure there are no lumps. keep aside.
- in a large kadai take 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water.
- stir well and dissolve sugar. boil for 5 minutes or until 1 string consistency is attained.
- add in powdered cashew and mix well.
- stir continuously until the mixture is well combined and smooth paste is formed.
- now add 1 tsp ghee and ¼ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
- continue to cook until the mixture turns smooth paste and starts to separate pan slightly. do not overcook, as the burfi will turn hard.
- transfer the mixture on to the butter paper. make sure to grease the butter paper with ghee.
- now fold using a spatula until the mixture thickens forming a dough.
- once the dough is formed, knead slightly, to form a soft dough.
- place the cashew dough between butter paper and roll using a rolling pin.
- roll slightly thick making sure it's uniform.
- now grease with ghee and apply silver leaf or silver vark. applying vark is optional.
- now cut into diamond shape or shape of your choice.
- finally, enjoy kaju katli for a month when stored in an airtight container.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.