KAJU KATHLI

KAJU KATHLI recipe

         
                    One of the Indian Diwali sweet made using cashew powder and sugar . My daughter loves this sweet very much. In chennai we used to bought this sweet from stores . But here in USA ..DOESN'T EVEN SMELL THE TASTE OF INDIAN ...Ofcourse here also we have indian stores and indian hotels ..but I'm not satisfied with the taste ..(but ,it's like used to). Also my hubby is a snack  lover so .. .

These conditions forced me to start my research ! In HOME MADE (of all kind of sweet and snack).for the last 1 1/2 years I've tried many sweets and snacks . In between I got some flops but overall  I got good results only .. 

I'll blog all my tried sweet and snacks recipes one by one later in this blog .. 

Here I'll give you kaju KATHLI recipe ..

                   

Ingredients:

Cashew.   - 2 cups (heaped)
 (I used broken cashew) 
Sugar.       - 1 cup (flat measure) ( you can reduce it to 3/4 cup  for less sweet)
Corn starch - 2 tbsp (optional )
Water.       - 1/2 cup
Butter /ghee for greasing

Method :

1. First grind cashew into fine powder using dry grinding jar of mixer / blender.

2. Powdered cashew may look like clusters  ,break all these using a fork.and keep it aside.

3 . Add sugar and water to a pan and keep it in medium flame ,bring it to boil and wait until you get one string consistency.you may get it in 10-12 minutes.

4 . Add cashew powder to the syrup (keep the flame low).stir continuously using a wooden spoon ( because it may form lumps and  stick to the bottom and chance of burn  ,so keep stiring ) for about  10 minutes . Now take a drop of that mixture and roll it between your fingers ,if it can be rolled with out sticking ,that's the stage .switch off and let it sit  for 5 minutes.

It'll become thick ..after it gets cooled. (After 5 minutes)If you  feeling the mixture is runny  or sticky ,don't worry just add  corn starch little by little and knead it like chapathi dough.

5. Finally roll this dough  into  1/4"  thickness using  rolling pin   and cut them into your desired shapes. Store  in a  air tight box for about 1 week or you can keep it in fridge for 2-3 weeks .

Before roll the dough just grease the rolling pin  and surface used for rolling  with little butter or ghee.

 Total process needs only 30 minutes

Time , it needs to be in stove for heating is only  15 - 18 .minutes ( sugar syrup 5 minutes , adding and stiring mixture 10 minutes ).It doesn't need much time for cooking .