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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Servings: 20
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
- Salt is optional, my mother saws salt enhance the sweetness so added a pinch
- Use a proper 2 little cooker which whistles on/all time. Keep the flame on medium heat
- 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
- 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 tablespoon of cashew powder extra
- Cardamom powder can be added for extra flavor
- For the mentioned quantity 4 whistles comes around 4 mins
- You can double or alter the recipe. 4 whistle is the key
- Saffron can be added for extra flavour
- You can roll the cashew katli in any surface for me the aluminum foil method suggested by my friend was a breeze
- Avoid grinding the cashew for longtime. Oil in the cashew it might make it sticky
- Cashew flour can also be used for making katli
- 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
- 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
- Stir sugar syrup well before closing the lid
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