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Kaju Katli | Cashew Burfi

March 28, 2017 By Vidya Srinivasan 15 Comments

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Kaju Katli | Cashew burfi | Cashew katli | mudhiri burfi is  a delicious sweet prepared with ground cashew. Rich and tasty cashew burfi is easy Indian sweet recipe that can easily prepared in pressure cooker.

Traditional method is time consuming but this pressure cooker is quick. Within 5 minutes  Mundhiri Cake is ready. Great sweet for specials occasion, Diwali, parties/get together etc.

Happy Ugadi to all my lovely readers. I wanted to post a sweet recipe in my last post, but weekend met friends and as usual I got lazy to draft s new post, so I picked a post from my draft.

Kaju katli is my favorite sweet, well more than me Jagadish loves it. After our marriage whenever we visit out to meet friends he always buy cashew burfi. I always wanted to try it in home, but after hearing the key for the perfect sweet is string consistency, I took a step back.


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Last year when my mother-in-law visited us, she got a 2 liter cooker. During 2016 Diwali I was thinking what sweets to prepare.

My friend kavitha and I decided to try some sweets together. She invited me to her house, but somehow I couldn’t go. She came home with kitchen food scale and cashew packet; asked me if I have measuring cup and a proper 2 liter cooker. It was like a magic seeing her do the Sweet. I was speechless tasting the cashew burfi. Within few minutes Munthiri Paruppu cake was prepared effortless.

She kept the entire batch of Kaju katli for us. Should I mention Jagadish and I finished all the sweets that evening😂 I called her, asked recipe and made two more batches for distributing to friends and to take for Diwali potluck.

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I owe 100% credit to the Mr. Ramakrishnan is the man behind these recipes. Hats off sir👋👋 OPOS is a registered trademark so I m not using it for my recipe. Fill credits goes to the recipe developer.
I have tried couple of direct pressure cooker and Instant pot recipes but this Sweet is next level.
Over to healthy and tasty cashew burfi

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Kaju Katli

Kaju Katli is a delicious sweet prepared with ground cashew. Rich and tasty cashew burfi treat are so addictive. Here is a super quick version using pressure cooker. Within 5 minutes the Mundhiri Cake is ready. Great sweet for specials occasion, Diwali, parties/get together etc.
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Course: Sweets -burfi
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Cook Time: 4 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Servings: 20
Author: Vidya Srinivasan

Ingredients

  • Cashew/ Munthiri Paruppu/ Kaju - 1 cup
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Ghee - 1 tsp
  • Water - 3 tbsp
  • Salt - pinch

Instructions

  • In a 2 liter pressure cooker add sugar, salt and water, stir it well. Let the sugar dissolve in water
  • Pulse the kaju and make it a powder and keep aside
  • Cover the pressure cooker with lid and put the weight
  • Grease a aluminum foil with ghee and keep one more aluminum sheet ready
  • Turn high flame on small burner and keep the cooker. Cook exactly for 4 whistle
  • Switch off the gas stove and release the pressure immediately
  • Add the kaju powder to the sugar syrup and mix well
  • Close lid and keep it with the weight for exactly 1 minutes
  • Add ghee and mix well. Grease your hands with little ghee and knead the cashew dough well (like chappati dough)
  • Transfer the dough to the greased aluminum foil. Cover one more greased aluminum foil over the dough ( imagine sandwich, in between two greased aluminum foil the kaju dough is present)
  • Roll the cashew dough to your desired thickness. Cut it with pizza cutter/knife into desired shape and enjoy Kaju katli

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Notes

  1. Salt is optional, my mother saws salt enhance the sweetness so added a pinch
  2. Use a proper 2 little cooker which whistles on/all time. Keep the flame on medium heat
  3. Releases the pressure immediately else the syrup might lose its consistency. I use fork to release the pressure. Pls be careful while releasing the pressure
  4. The recipe works perfectly. While trying to take picture/ video for the blog. I lost the consistency few times. This is what I did. If the dough breaks sprinkled little water and switch on the stove and cook till if becomes a non stick mass of dough. If the mixture is wet add a tbsp of cashew powder extra
  5. Cardamom powder can be added for extra flavor
  6. For the mentioned quantity 4 whistles comes around 4 mins
  7. You can double or alter the recipe. 4 whistle is the key
  8. Saffron can be added for extra flavour
  9. You can roll the cashew katli in any surface for me the aluminum foil method suggested by my friend was a breeze
  10. Avoid grinding the cashew for longtime. Oil in the cashew it might make it sticky
  11.  Cashew flour can also be used for making katli
  12. Avoid keeping the cooker on maximum flame, sugar syrup might get burnt. Keep it between medium to high, make sure flame is not outside the cooker
  13. Preferably use 2 liter cooker. If your are using 3 liter cooker make sure quantity is at-least ¼ of the cooker to avoid cooker from getting burnt
  14.  Stir sugar syrup well before closing the lid
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Ingredients:

Cashew/ Munthiri Paruppu/ Kaju – 1 cup
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Ghee – 1 tsp
Water – 3 tbsp
Salt – pinch
Method:

  • Pulse the kaju and make it a powder and keep aside
  • In a 2 liter pressure cooker add sugar, salt and water, stir it well. Let the sugar dissolve in water and stir well before keeping it on stove
  • Cover the pressure cooker with lid and put the weight
  • Grease a aluminum foil with ghee and keep one more aluminum sheet ready
  • Turn medium – high flame on small burner and keep the cooker. Cook exactly for 4 whistle
  • Switch off the gas stove and release the pressure immediately

Kaju Katli

  • Add the kaju powder to the sugar syrup and mix well
  • Close lid and keep it with the weight for exactly 1 minutes (Need not turn the gas)
  • Add ghee and mix well. Grease your hands with little ghee and knead the cashew dough well (like chappati dough)

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  • Transfer the dough to the greased aluminum foil. Cover one more greased aluminum foil over the dough ( imagine sandwich, in between two greased aluminum foil the kaju dough is present)
  • Roll the cashew dough to your desired thickness. Cut it with pizza cutter/knife into desired shape and enjoy Kaju katli

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  1. Aruna Panangipally says

    March 29, 2017 at 02:57

    My absolute favourite sweet!

    Reply
  2. madhavicyberkitchen says

    March 29, 2017 at 05:37

    Interesting recipe , Thanks for sharing dear😊

    Reply
  3. Moumita Malla says

    March 29, 2017 at 09:14

    Perfectly made…loved the recipe

    Reply
  4. Gloria Duggan says

    March 29, 2017 at 18:53

    These look almost like a cookie instead of a cake. I love cashews, so these must taste so rich and delicious. Perfect with a cup of tea for an afternoon treat.

    Reply
  5. Gillian Thompson says

    March 30, 2017 at 00:30

    5 stars
    I love cashew nuts, my favourite nut. I bet these taste amazing. I used to enjoy eating the Indian sweets when I was travelling in India.

    Reply
  6. Antonet Roajer says

    March 30, 2017 at 12:20

    5 stars
    Kaju katli is one sweet that I prepare often at home. It is that easy and tasty. My son too loves it. Kaju burfi looks yummy!!

    Reply
  7. Sarah James @ Tales From The Kitchen Shed says

    March 31, 2017 at 07:39

    5 stars
    I love burfi but I’ve never tried making any. Your method of cooking in the pressure cooker sounds perfect, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  8. Amy says

    April 1, 2017 at 05:37

    I don’t have a pressure cooker but have been meaning to get one because I see so many interesting recipes and uses for it like this! I love that your friend came to make this with you! Cooking with friends is one of my favorite things!

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  9. Jacqueline Piper | PiperCooks.com says

    April 1, 2017 at 14:50

    5 stars
    Mm, I love burfi. I don’t have a pressure cooker but wish I did right to try this! Love cashews, this looks great 🙂

    Reply
  10. Allison Hanson says

    April 2, 2017 at 15:56

    I love this, it reminds me a bit of Halva made with sesame paste. My sister brought this home from her last trip home to India.

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  11. Derek Campanile says

    April 3, 2017 at 06:40

    These look good. I would imagine if you had an instantpot you could probably pull this off the same way right?

    Reply
  12. Anitha says

    November 5, 2018 at 17:11

    I tried this today and loved it. Thanks for the recipe

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      November 5, 2018 at 19:09

      Thanks for trying and sharing your feedback Anitha😊happy diwali

      Reply

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