Monday, August 1, 2011
KAJU KATLI | DIWALI SWEET RECIPES
Before this I used to grind the cashews I keep in the fridge, so while grinding, it became sticky and dint get powdered properly. This time I dint do that mistake. Also the perfect smooth effect to the sweet will be attained only when we knead the katli dough/mixture. So will keep this as my main points,the next time I make this sweet again.
Ingredients (Makes 14-15 pieces)
| Cashew nuts | 1 cup(levelled) |
| Sugar | 1/2 cup(heaped) |
| Water | 1/4 cup |
| Milk | 1 tblsp |
| Ghee | Just for greasing |
- Powder the cashews in a dry mixer. You have to be careful here, just grind it in a stretch, don’t stop in between and grind. You will be sure able to see the powder in the transparent lid, so keep grinding until you get fine powder.This will not take much time. Also never grind the cashew which is cold,taken from the fridge,grind it when it is in room temperature. When I ground 1 cup of cashews, I got more than a cup of cashew powder, but I used 1 cup,heaped(like a mountain) cashew powder. There was some 2 tblsp left for me.
- Boil sugar with water and keep stirring. Keep little water in a small bowl and just pour few drops in the water to check the consistency. If you pour few drops, it should lay a fine thread that doesn’t gets dissolved in water immediately when you touch.
- At this stage,low the flame add the powdered cashew and keep stirring.Say for 3-4 minutes in low flame and your mixture gets thick and starts boiling, switch off the flame. Smear ur hands with water and test by rolling a small pinch of the mixture in between ur fingers. You should be able to form a non sticky ball. This is the correct consistency.
- Keep stirring in the pan itself with the ladle and the mixture turns more like a dough.When the mixture is still warm,take it to another clean platform/countertop and keep kneading. Mine was a bit dry, so I sprinkled some milk and kept kneading.The dough was grainy till then, but after kneading the dough really became smooth. I used gloves for kneading,so if you want u can use little ghee while kneading.
- Roll the dough into thin layer and cut it diagonally to make pieces.You can first draw lines lightly with the knife tip and then cut into diamonds to get perfect shapes.
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Awesome, u shd send the complete set prepared to me.. very well xplsined for a person who can never make sugar syrup properly..thanks dear its awesome..
I love kaju katli..one of my most fav sweets...looks perfect in texture n softness.just the silver warq is missing...!!!and that is wat made this look perfect home made style katli..:)
I hv some kaju rolls in fridge,would b happy 2 eat seeing ur kaju katli..;)
These katlis looks so perfect..soft and melt in the mouth kinds...love them
Thts an awesome recipe. yummy to look and taste. once i had tried this sweet in my microwave oven and ended up making kaju balls instead of kaju katli. Did the same mistake as u .. used the refrigerated kaajus and the dough resulted rough and sticky. But now i am cleared. thanks for sharing with tips and pics. This sweet is ofcourse one in my diwali sweet list.
Even I was planning to make this for diwali. Will be referring to this well explained post only.
I tried this when I went to my bro in laws wedding last year and it was a super hit too. Wonderful explanations and stunning clicks.
Well explained,sure will make this for deepavali...luks perfect.
The katlis look cute and perfect diamonds!
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Those katlis look super delicious. Great clicks too...
Very well made and well explained dear. Great clicks too!!!
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Katlis are looking perfect. my daughter loves it very much. thanks for the recipe
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Hi Raji,
Yummy yummy kaju kattly.In my child hood my mom use to prepare if regularly n can tel she's was an expert in doing this.Those days have gone now hehehe.Ur kattlly is absolutely mouthwatering.
B/w can i have ur email id.
Awesome awesome awesome :)
katlis looks perfect n yummy yummy!!!tempting click!!!
Kaju katli looks so perfect n same like the store bought one...very well explained that nobody can went wrong...thank you so much for your effort n I bookmarked !!!
Thanx for your lovely comment at my space :)
Awesome and superb katlis. I have not tried this yet.. I will try it as per ur explanation and let u know
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Beautiful looking kaju katlis looks awesome and u have perfected to the core...mine was not so smooth as urs..will make sure to use the tips that u have given next time I try them...I feel like grabbing a few katlis from the pics :)
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That looks soo wonderful:-) And great pictorial..cant wait to try it!!
well explained ....i have not yet tried this..now i ve decided to give it a try...
awesome recipe...love it
I tried it once and it neva came out well...should give it a try soon...ur katlis looks yummicious :)
Well written post and i do exactly same way , but if I am making in large quantities I opt for microwave method which equally tastes good too... Love the first picture Raji.
Woww... I too make this recipe.. yours looks absolutely perfect and tempting.. Wonderful job dear :)
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The kaju Katli looks delicious and perfect Raji!!! Loved the step by step tutorial. The post could'nt get any better :)
Wow!!!! looks very delicious and tempthing.
I do almost same way too ...but your tips sure going to help when I make this next time ...and will post the grater pic in fb :)
I adore kaju katli and that looks perfect Raks!
OMG,the katlis look so smooth.You have explained the method so well..I just might get tempted to make it!
You have got them exactly as we get in the shops!! Need to try this out!!
Katlis look amazingly delicious and inviting.I can almost feel the taste of the wonderful sweets.
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Awesome,perfectly made and well explained,thanks for sharing
Looks fab Raks..I also make the same way, Thanks for ur tips ..That will help if something goes wrong during the process..Ur's look soft, moist ..GReaaat
Yummy Katli's!!! have never got them right so far!!!! Very well explained raks!!!! will give it a try this diwali!!!
it looks so perfect...almost like the mithai shop bought ones. all its missing is the chandi ka varq. awesome recipe Raks.
yummy katli...Love the sweet always...
My friend's mom used to make it perfect...I tried 2 - 3 times but did not get the shape...Sure try it...
awesome Raji. My girls really love Kaju Katli. But as you said in the beginning, I used make few mistakes all the time and never get a good one:) I am bookmarking this one. Will try it pretty soon..
It looks so soft and delicious. Honestly its my most favorite sweet and I used to eat 4 to 5 at a go if it is from Shree Mitai. Yours look so perfect that I wish I can eat them now. Got to try this asap and enjoy :)
delicious soft looking katli looks wonderful
Awesome recipe and clicks!! You are just amazing!! Im gonna try this today :)
Lovely looking Katlis....hmmmm looks like Diwali is too early at your place. I just can`t help drooling here. I recently got some from India so I am going to have some.
Looks really awesome!
aah ipdi tempt panriye!!!fridge la ore oru sweet thaan iruku ;)i loved that mayil ya :))))
i had bookmarked one long back too, innum try pannale!
Awesome kaju katli, iam drooling here :)
omg! they look awesome...very nice recipe dear!
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Ah! The first time I made this I made the same mistake of using refrigerated cashews as I store the cashews in the fridge. Amma was quick to point out my mistake and also the mistake of my adding elaichi essence. So now I can easily say I have mastered it. Clicks are cool and the notes section will be very helpful for first timers.
Delicious and soft kaju katlis with fantastic pictorials.
Perfeclty made kaju katlis...!!! They look so irresistible..And thx Raks for those tips...Trying it out soon :)
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They look delicious! The tips are really useful. Will try during diwali. Thanks.
That is an awesome step-by-step explanation! bookmarking right away!!
its my all time fav dear..looks perfect and mouthwatering...
Perfect Raks!! Its so soft! Great Pics!!
I love kaju katlis but never knew that we can prepared this at home..too good and loved your clicks..do visit us sometime if time permits
sukanya
delicious...raks....my all time favorite...missing those tasty kaju katlis from ananda bhavan & saravana bhavan:(
This looks so professional Raks. You dare to try so many delicious recipes :) Have bookmarked this :)
Nice clicks Raji! kadaiyil vaangaramaathiriye irukku! :)
Awesome!
Wow...kaju katli looks awesome and lovely.. bookmarked....
Wow! kaju katli looks so delicious. Lovely presentation....
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Awesome work as usual...simply irresistible.
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This has come out so perfect Raji...simply yummy!
Beautiful clicks. My mom tried this last diwali,but could not get perfect shapes. Shall reco this page to her.
Hi,
Very nice recipes with the beautiful photos.I saw many postings of yours I liked all postings. Well done Keep it up.
Will try this ,thnks for the recipe :)
I have to try this recipe of yours. The kaju katli looks too delicious! I have been trying to make it in so many different ways but it has never come out perfect. Love you blog. Great pictures and recipes!!
wonderful recipe - perfection!!!!- bookmarked thank you :) And btw, Raks, I tagged you for the 7 links questions - Hope you will join the fun
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tried this... simply perfect.........
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i made kaju katli today....i thought i made a mistake while putting the cashews...thank god it was right...thanks a lot for this recipe.....my husband will love this.
Oh man! Cashews?? I know this will be amazing!
oh I have come to the right place...I want to learn few sweets,you have shared a lot with step by step pics...Thanks.Will follow you...
thank you raji !!!
this is gonna be my diwali sweet.
am sure am gona try it soon. Ur notes made it sound so easy to make..
my little boy would definitely love it
and I have a big bag of cashew nuts in my fridge.
i shall make it and update u for sure !!!
Wow!! perfect raji
looks very nice and explained very well neatoooo
Hi,
I am new to your blog and all your recipies with pictures are mouthwatering. I am a beginner in cooking, and I tried some of your recipies which turned out great.But when I made Kaju kathli,the final thing was not a dough but it was very dry mixture..what was wrong,pls help me to make perfect kaju kathli like yours...Thanks raks
Hi Viji,
May be you stirred for bit more time or you did in higher heat.Another possibility is the sugar syrup consistency. But as I have mentioned in the post, dont worry if its dry. Next time immediately sprinkle some milk and knead well. It will work.
i tried kaju katli today ...As i am newly married i don't know cooking much...:-)... but this sweet came out well... our thala diwali with kaju katli...thank you so much
I made exactly as per your instructions and I have to admit that Kaju Katli was awesome..I used Varak on them and the final result was outstanding..thanks!!
I tried it but failed . I realised it when i ground cashews....it became a paste. I continued with the steps and made some changes. I added milk powder to the sticky paste and set it to harden. Believe me.....kids loved it! :)
Hi Raks
I tried this Kaju Katli today, followed each line of your recipe and came out perfectly...tasted so yummy than the store bought...thank you thank you so much for your detailed recipe..i tried 3-4 times before everytime i went wrong with the sugar syrup or with the powder now your recipe helped me a lot n got perfect. My H and kids liked it a lot, only thing is i couldn't make perfect diamond cut like yours :( should learn cutting also if u would have showed that i will be 100% right :-)
Thank you so much and appreciate your great effort!
i could nt need the dough as it was very hot... i allowed it to cool then it became crumbles.... i added some milk (about 4 spoons) and rolled them and named them as kaju rolls.... may be i failed with the consistency..will try again...
hi raks!!!... this is the second time i doing this recipe. first time it came as halwa... :P but after reading the step by step picture illustration of ur blog it has really come out very well... :) :) thnks a ton!!!... i didn't make it into diamond shapes rather made it as hearts <3 with ma cookie cutter... it luks n taste awesome... i am very happy that now i know how to make my fav sweet... :)
Hi ...
Thanks for the recipe. I made it just now and it turned out very good.
Tried this recipe today for a friend it came out soooooooo goooooooood :) Loved it!! Thank you Raks!!
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