Skip to main content

Diwali Special Dessert Recipe - "Kaju Katli"

By

Hello readers,
     Today I'm going to share with you 'Kaju Katli' recipe.This is a popular dessert of India. Mainly prepared during Indian festivals like ' Diwali',' Ganesh chaturthi', 'Navratri', 'Raksha Bandhan'.


Ingredients:

1. Cashew nut- 1 cup.( Do not use refrigerated cashews).

2. Sugar- 1/2 cup.

3. Water-1/2 cup.

4. Cardamom powder-1/8 tsp.

5. Ghee( clarified butter)- 1 tsp.

6. Butter paper.

7. Silver vark.


Preparation:

1. First grind cashews in a mixer, make fine powder with them.

2. Take a non-stick pan add sugar along with water, remember to keep flame low.

3. Now stirring to form syrup keep stirring till it forms 1 string consistency.

4. Add ground cashew powder and mix well with syrup, if there are any lumps then break the lumps and add cardamom powder mix it till it starts releasing from pan.

5. Once the cashew paste turns to dough add ghee and mix properly, when dough leaving the pan turn off gas.

6. Transfer this dough on to the butter paper.

7. Grease a plate with ghee and press the dough to form uniform layer.

8. Then roll the dough with a roller-pin ,(place butter paper on the top while rolling). Adjust thickness according your choice.

9. Cut them in diamond shape, and decorate them with silver vark.

10. Delicious 'Kaju Katli' is ready to serve.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Last week's top

Thai Green Curry Recipe

By
  image credit Hello readers, Today I'm going to share with you "Thai green curry" recipe. Green curry evolved during the reign of king Rama VI or Rama VII between the years 1908-1926. Ingredients: 1. Boneless chicken-500g (cut into 1.5 cm cubes) breast and thigh portion of chicken. 2. Thai green curry paste-4 tbsp. 3. Coconut milk-1.5 cups. 4. Thai sweet basil leaves- 8 pieces. 5. Chicken stock- 1/2 cup. 6. Eggplants- 70g (1.5cm cubes). 7. Oyster mushrooms- 70g( small pieces). 8. Bamboo shoots- 1/2 cup. 9. Kaffir lime leaves- 4 pieces.(broken halves). 10. Palm sugar- 2 tbsp. 11. Fish sauce- 2 tbsp. 12. Coconut cream- 1 cup. 13. Vegetable oil- 2 tbsp. 14. Red spur chilies -2 ( julienned). Preparation Method: Step 1- In a blender add sweet basil leaves (4) with half portion of coconut milk and make mixture with it set aside in a bowl. Step 2- Place a wok on the gas oven add vegetable oil and remaining coconut milk and bring it to boil till it became thick. Step 3- Add gree...
Post a Comment
Read more

CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE

By
  Hello readers,        Today I will share with you a famous dessert recipe of France " Chocolate Souffle.This is a French word that literally means"To blow up"or "Puff-up". "Souffle" is attributed to French master cook 'Vincent La Chapelle',in early 18th century. February 28th is 'National Chocolate Souffle day'. Did you know friends The Guinness Book record souffle in the 'Palestinian' town of 'Nablus' weighed 3.891 pounds,and was 243 feet long before it was consumed in10 minutes.😃 Ingredients:- 1. Melted butter- 1/2 cup.(unsalted) 2. Granulated sugar- 1/4 cup divided. 3. Bitter Sweet chocolate(70% dark chocolate)-1 cup(roughly chopped). 4. All purpose flour-2 tbsp. 5. Whole milk- 1/2 cup.(cold). 6. Sea salt- 1/2 tsp. 7. Egg Yolk-4(room temperature). 8. Egg white - 4(room temperature). 9. Cream of tartar- 1/2 tsp. Preparation Method:- Step 1- Preheat oven to 400 degree F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment pap...
Post a Comment
Read more

Famous Maharashtrian Dessert- Puran Poli

By
  Dear friends,     Today I am here with another famous delicacy of Maharashtra(India), Puran Poli. The famous delicacy; is specially made by the Marathi during the Gudi padwa and Holi festival. This dessert is also famous apart from Maharashtra in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu. But the stuffing and ingredients of the delicacy are different. This dish is one of the old dishes mentioned in a 12th-century Sanskrit concordance collected by SomeshvaraIII, who conducted from present-day Karnataka.     So friends, let's start making Puran Poli. Ingredients:- For the outer dough- Whole wheat flour- 2cups.(you can mix all-purpose flour also) Clarified butter- 4tbsp. Salt- 3/4tsp. For the Puran Poli Filling:- Jaggery- 1cup(grated/powdered). Split Bengal Gram- 1cup. Saffron- A pinch. Fennel powder-3/4tsp. Dry ginger powder- 1tsp. Cardamom powder-1/2tsp. Nutmeg powder- A pinch. Clarified butter- 2-1/2 tsp. Other Ingredients:-  Oil- As requir...
2 comments
Read more