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Kaju Katli Recipe

November 12, 2012 By Aarthi 31 Comments

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“Kaju Katli, Rich and decadent cashew nut barfi or burfi. Easy dessert to make at home, takes just less than 20 mins to make. Perfect to make this diwali”
Kaju Katli RecipeThis is one of most requested recipe in my recipe box. I was asked to do this for so many months, but somehow didn’t have time to make it. Finally the day came yesterday and I made it, the result is WOW, it does tasted like store bought kaju katli. Everyone enjoyed it a lot specially my sister, who cannot stop eating it.

What is Kaju Katli?

Kaju Katli is a Popular Indian sweet, Kaju Katli is a fudge made out of cashews. Cashews are powdered and then cooked in sugar syrup and shaped to form soft fudge. 

Is Kaju Katli healthy?

Cashew-rich homemade kaju katli are good for heart health as far as you consume them in a healthy way and avoid overeating. Unsaturated fats and omega 3 fatty acids in cashews help in lowering triglycerides levels, which help in keeping your heart healthy

Also Check my Motipak Recipe too.

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Kaju Katli Recipe

Tips for making perfect Kaju Katli:

Cashews:

Use good quality raw cashews, powder them till it is fine. Don’t over grind the cashews else it will get pasty. Powder it till it is fine and powder like.

Sugar:

Personally I don’t like my kaju katli overly sweet. So i use just half cup sugar for every 1 cup of cashew powder. You could increase or decrease as you like.

Sugar syrup:

Getting the sugar syrup to the perfect texture is important. Cook sugar syrup till one string consistency.

Kneading  & Shaping:

After you have reached the perfect texture knead the cashew burfi till soft and smooth. Then roll it thin and shape it.

SOME ERRORS & FIXINGS:

  • If you find that the burfi is hard and the syrup has crystallized. Then add little warm milk to the mixture and knead well.
  • Don’t over cook the burfi just take it out when you start them leaving the sides of the pan.

KAJU KATLI VIDEO RECIPE:


Kaju Katli Recipe

How to Get One String Consistency in Sugar Syrup?

To check that take few drops of sugar syrup between your fingers and it should form a string when your press between them(check image). Or you can add few drops of sugar syrup in a bowl of cold water, the sugar syrup wont get dissolved. Or you can take the sugar syrup in a spoon and invert them, the last drop falling from the spoon forms a string like consistency.

How to Make Kaju Katli?

  1. Powder cashews
  2. Make sugar syrup.
  3. Add cashew powder.
  4. Cook till it leaves the sides of the pan.
  5. Remove from heat.
  6. Add ghee and knead well till it forms like a chapati dough.
  7. Shape it.
  8. cool it a little bit
  9. Slice and serve.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you. I hope you will make this for diwali and let me know how it turned out.

If you are enjoying this recipe, you will love my Milk Cake Recipe too

Kaju Katli Recipe

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HOW TO MAKE KAJU KATLI RECIPE:

Kaju Katli Recipe
You will need Cashew Powder, Sugar, Water. Ghee
Kaju Katli Recipe
Take sugar in a thick bottom kadai
Kaju Katli Recipe
add some water
Kaju Katli Recipe
mix well..
Kaju Katli Recipe
Cook till it is a one string consistency
Kaju Katli Recipe
Press it between your hands, it will form a string
Kaju Katli Recipe
Now add in the powdered cashewnuts
Kaju Katli Recipe
and mix well
Kaju Katli Recipe
Mix well till it forms a ball
Kaju Katli Recipe
It will start to leave the sides
Kaju Katli Recipe
Transfer that to a ghee greased plate
Kaju Katli Recipe
and knead till it forms a soft dough
Kaju Katli Recipe
grease a rolling pin and roll it into a rectangle
Kaju Katli Recipe
It is pretty easy to roll too
Kaju Katli Recipe
Cut into squares

Kaju Katli Recipe

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Kaju Katli / Cashew Barfi ( Burfi ) - Diwali Special Recipes

Delicious sweet made using cashews which taste so delicious and it is super easy to make.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
servings
Course: Sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 220kcal
Aarthi
Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

  • Raw Cashew nuts - 1 cup powdered
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Ghee - 1 tsp for greasing
  • Water - 1/4 cup

Instructions

  • Heat a heavy bottom pan on medium heat. Add sugar and water to it. Mix well with a spoon.
  • Bring that to a boil and simmer them for 3 to 4 mins till they form one string consistency.
  • To check that take few drops of sugar syrup between your fingers and it should form a string when your press between them(check image). Or you can add few drops of sugar syrup in a bowl of cold water, the sugar syrup wont get dissolved. Or you can take the sugar syrup in a spoon and invert them, the last drop falling from the spoon forms a string like consistency.
  • Once the sugar has reached this consistency. Add the cashew powder to it and mix well.
  • Mix them for 3-4 mins till the mixture leaves the sides and form a sticky dough.
  • Transferred that to a ghee greased plate and let them cool for 5 mins.
  • Now grease your hands too and knead them till they get into a smooth ball.
  • Grease a rolling pin and roll them into a rectangle.
  • Cut them into squares and serve..

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 220kcal | Sugar: 20g
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  1. Roshu

    November 12, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    Super yummy….mouthwatering here

    Reply
    • Chithu

      August 29, 2019 at 2:42 pm

      Mind blowing recipe Aarthi, One thing i have to say..You are great at giving out proportions of ingredients…Love your work..Go Ahead with all glow

      Reply
  2. divya

    November 12, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    looks awesome….Happy Diwali to you and ur family…:)

    Reply
  3. Poornima Satheesh

    November 13, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Happy Thala Deepavali Aarthi

    Reply
  4. ABD

    November 16, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    Truly bluely delicious…thanks for sharing

    Reply
  5. Anu & Hema

    March 14, 2013 at 10:13 am

    thanks a lot for giving such a nice blog. After seeing the blog, we developed great interest in cooking.
    Good job. Keep it up.

    Reply
  6. Anu & Hema

    March 14, 2013 at 10:13 am

    thanks a lot for giving such a nice blog. After seeing the blog, we developed great interest in cooking.
    Good job. Keep it up.

    Reply
  7. sujikrish

    May 7, 2013 at 10:40 am

    I love ur blog aarthi.keep up the excellent work. Fantalicious

    Reply
  8. Angela Navejas

    May 6, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    Kaju barfi is one of the delicious sweets in India.

    Real Usha Foods | Usha Foods

    Reply
  9. Anonymous

    September 17, 2014 at 1:41 am

    Hi aarthi….I tried this today and while kneading , I cudnt make a soft ball…it used to break…so where did I mistake..?

    Reply
  10. Aarthi

    September 18, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    @AnonymousYou have over cooked the sugar syrup. So it has started breaking

    Reply
  11. Anonymous

    September 24, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    Hi aarthi…tried this yesterday and cudnt knead into a soft dough…it breaked…do you have any idea where I done the mistake..?

    Reply
  12. Aarthi

    September 25, 2014 at 5:52 am

    @AnonymousYou have over cooked the sugar syrup, so it has crystalized. Next time make the sugar syrup perfectly

    Reply
  13. Anonymous

    September 26, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    @aarthi…thanks for the suggestion

    Reply
  14. Anonymous

    September 27, 2014 at 1:20 pm

    Hey Aarthi,

    I tried it today.the colour and taste was intact. But the consistency got missed. I could not get the dough consistency right and so could not roll it.it got dried and little power like when it cooled. Any tips for getting the consistency right?

    Reply
  15. Aarthi

    September 27, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    @AnonymousTake sugar and water in a thick bottom kadai. Heat it on low flame and keep mixing till the sugar is completely melted. Now increase the heat and boil it..It will get little thick and syrupy first, then when you lift the spoon from the pan, the last drop falling will form a string like thing, that is the right consistency.now you have to add cashew powder and keep stiring till it gets a sticky mass..You shouldn't over cook at this time. Remove it and let it cool enough to handle, now when you knead it will get a smooth ball,

    Reply
  16. Anonymous

    December 29, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Hi Aarthi..
    I tried it today n got the same problem. Eveeythin went right till mixing cashew powder to suvar syrup. I transferred into greased plate bt there it got dried n I culdnt get it inti soft dough. It was in powder form n then I have to add ghee to hold it up n end up shaping them into balls as I culdnt soften it up n roll down into rectangle and shape into barfi shape. No doubt taste was perfect.

    Reply
  17. Aarthi

    December 30, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    @Anonymousyou have cooked the sugar syrup too much, so it has crystalized…So next time keep a eye on it..

    Reply
  18. nitha

    January 25, 2015 at 6:21 pm

    Tried khaju barfi .came out very nice…first two times dough consistency was not correct. ..then I read u r comment. In that u told not to overcook the sugar..and made again. Thanks

    Reply
  19. Anonymous

    May 7, 2015 at 9:51 am

    Made it n it was awesome

    Reply
  20. Indhu Chezhian

    June 7, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    I tried it today and it came out very well �� thankyou so much

    Reply
  21. Indhu Chezhian

    June 7, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    I tried it today and it came out very well �� thankyou so much

    Reply
  22. MAHA LAKSHMI

    September 29, 2016 at 7:10 am

    Hi arthi,I tried manyof ur dishes…it was awesome…I have one doubt.
    How long we can keep it???

    Reply
  23. MAHA LAKSHMI

    September 29, 2016 at 7:10 am

    Hi arthi,I tried manyof ur dishes…it was awesome…I have one doubt.
    How long we can keep it???

    Reply
  24. MAHA LAKSHMI

    September 29, 2016 at 9:39 am

    How long I can preserve this sweet?

    Reply
  25. MAHA LAKSHMI

    September 29, 2016 at 9:41 am

    How may days this sweet will be good?

    Reply
  26. MAHA LAKSHMI

    September 29, 2016 at 9:48 am

    How many days it can be stored?

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      September 29, 2016 at 10:15 am

      it can be stored in fridge for over a week

      Reply
  27. Sourav

    March 28, 2019 at 4:11 am

    5 stars
    Nice article 👌 thank you

    Reply
  28. Swati Pandey

    February 21, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    5 stars
    I have tried several times but every time failed. I will try it again. Hope this time it will work. Thanku so much for the recipe.

    Reply
  29. freya

    August 11, 2020 at 9:08 am

    5 stars
    Its become very hard now what to do pls help

    Reply

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