Kaju Katli recipe | kaju burfi recipe | how to make kaju katli

Ingredients:

• Cashews - 1 cup(150gm)

• Sugar - 1/2 cup(75gm)

• Water -5 tbsp

• Saffron - 1 pinch

• Ghee - 2 tsp

Method:

• Put the cashew nuts into the blending jar and grind it into powder.

• Do not blend it in one go, blend it for 5 seconds then mix it with spoon (repeat blending and mixing 2 times).

• Turn on the flame, put a pan over it, add sugar and water together into the pan.

• Let the sugar come to boil, add saffron into the sugar syrup and stir it.

• Once sugar is dissolved, add cashew powder and stir continuously.

• Cook it for 3-4 minutes on low flame, keep stirring.

• Once the cashew paste starts separating from the pan, cook it for another minute (keep stirring).

• Turn off the flame, keep stirring for another 30 more seconds.

• Grease a plate with ghee, pour the prepared cashew paste in the plate.

• Allow it to cool down little bit, keep mixing it with spoon to avoid lumps while its cooling down.

• Start kneading the dough when it is little cold (ensure that its not too hot, it may cause burns if too hot).

• Apply some ghee to make the dough smooth, knead the dough for 2-3 minutes.

• Place butter paper on the the board, put the dough on butter paper and apply little ghee on it.

• Place the another butter paper over it and roll it with rolling pin evenly.

• Cut the edges of the flattened cashew dough then cut it into diamond shape.

• Kaju katli is ready, serve it fresh.

Note-You may preserve in air tight container or in fridge and consume it for up to 3-5 days)

Date-Nut Ladoo-dates roll Recipe - Healthy sugar free recipe

Ingredients:

• Dates (chopped and deseeded) –  1 cup

• Mixed dry fruits(Almond, Cashew) (chopped) –  1/2 cup

• Poppy seeds(khus khus) –  1 tbsp

• Clarified butter (Ghee) – 1 tbsp

Method:

• Put the chopped dates in the  grinding jar, and coarsely grind it (Do not add water).

• Turn on the flame and put a pan on it, add poppy seeds and roast it for 2 minutes on low-medium flame. 

• Take out the roasted poppy seeds in a plate, keep it aside for later use.

• Add chopped dry fruits in the pan and roast it  for 2 minutes on low-medium flame. 

• Take it  out in a bowl. keep it aside.

• Add ghee in the pan. Add grounded dates and roasted nuts in the pan. Mix it together.

•  Stir it for 3 – 4 minutes on low-medium flame, keep stirring.

• After 3-4 minutes turn off the flame. Let it cool down a bit (leave it for  3-4 minutes).

• Apply ghee to your  palm. Take a small portion of mixture and roll it into ladoo (small ball).

• Roll the ball into roasted poppy seeds to coat it.

• Make all the ladoos like this.

• Delicious date-nut ladoos are ready.

For Date-nut Rolls :

• Take half of the mixture, roll it in cylindrical shape, coat it with poppy seeds and wrap it with foil paper.

• Keep this roll into the refrigerator for 1 hour to set.

• Take out the roll from refrigerator, remove the foil paper and cut it into slices.

• Date-nut  rolls are ready, store it in air tight container and consume it for up to 3 weeks .