Kaju Katli – Cashew Fudge sweet

Kaju Katli – Cashew Fudge sweet  is one of the easiest Indian sweets, with very few ingredients and it’s perfect to eat during the Indian festivals like Diwali and can also be eaten when fasting.  More fasting food recipes are listed here. 

Ingredients:

• • 2 cups of raw cashews
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • large pinch of saffron
  • ½ tsp of ground cardamom
  • ¾ water

Method:

1.  Grind the cashew nuts.  I used a coffee grinder but any dry grinder is suitable for this.  Using a sieve with largish holes, sieve the cashew powder and re-grind any of the big pieces left.  At the same time remember not to grind the cashews too much as they will start to release their oils.

2.  Transfer the cashew powder to a microwave proof dish and heat the cashew powder for 2-4 minutes, stirring in between.  This takes away the raw taste of the cashew nuts.

3.  In a saucepan, add ¾ cup of water to the sugar and heat the mixture until the sugar dissolves.  Keep this boiling for about 10 minutes and add the saffron and cardamom powder. Dip a wooden spoon into the  sugar syrup to check the sugar consistency.  To find the correct consistency  – touch your fore finger on the sugar syrup.  Touch this finger to your thumb and pull apart gently.  The sugar will feel sticky and should pull apart in one string.  This is called the one string consistency.   You may have to keep testing the syrup to get the right one string consistency.  One you get the sugar syrup to one string consistency – add it to the cashew powder and mix well.

4.  Transfer the cooked mixture to a greased dish.  Using the back of a spoon or a very small flat bottomed bowl, press the mixture into the dish and make it nice and smooth.  Allow Kaju Katli to cool.

5.  Once cool – cut Kaju Katli into little diamond shapes as traditionally this is the shape given to Kaju Katli.   These little Kaju Katli pieces can be stored in a tin up to a fortnight.

Can you think of any Indian sweet that is easier to make then Kaju Katli?  I think this Badam katli might fit the bill.  The recipe is just as easy but the taste is a bit different.

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