Badam Halwa is my favourite Sweet and my ammamma, prepares it excellently. She always prepares it for my Birthdays. and as a follower of her, i made Kaju Sweets for my Son's Birthday Party. It turned out with Great Taste, and my guests enjoyed the Kaju Sweet very much.
Coming to the Recipe..
Ingredients:
(Yields 30 very small pieces / 18 medium sized pieces)
1. Cashews - 2 cup (300 gms)
2. Sugar - 1 cup
3. Water - just to the level of sugar immerses (1/4 cup water)
4. Ghee - to Grease your Palms.
5. I used 3 Colours, (i) Kesari Colour (ii) Lemon Yellow Colour (iii) Orange Red Colour
6. Few Cashew's and Almonds to decorate.
- Wash and dry your mixer, without any wet.
- Grind the Cashew to the powder form.
The Ratio between Cashew Powder and Sugar is 2 : 1.
How to Make Sugar Syrup for Kaju Sweets?
Take One cup of sugar in a thick bottomed pan, and pour water till it get immersed (1/4 cup of water). keep checking every half minute after the sugar syrup starts to boil. it may take 5 or more mins in medium flame to attain single thread consistency.
When the syrup attains the single thread consistency, put the cashew powder to the syrup and keep stirring it to avoid lumps. even break the lumps if any formed.
Keep the flame Low and keep stirring for at least 3-4 minutes.
(For Good Quality Cashews, it takes less time like 4 minutes., but for ordinary Cashews, it takes atleast 10-15 minutes of stirring)
All the cashew dough would come together to the center of the pan without sticking to the bottom of the pan. this is the stage to remove the pan from flame.
Remove the pan from flame and let it cool for about 10 to 15 minutes and till your palms could bear the heat for kneading.
Grease some ghee on your palms and knead the cashew dough for about a minute or 2, till they all come out to a big ball shape. (Kaju Dough is ready) - Refer here to make Kaju Roll.
Divide the Cashew dough into 3 parts and add 3 different colours to each part of the cashew dough. mix the colours well with the dough. and roll into small balls with your ghee greased palm's. (just as we make balls from chapathi dough).
Cut the Almonds and Cashews into small pieces and insert into the centre of the Kaju Sweet Balls so that they get flattened a little.
Coming to the Recipe..
Ingredients:
(Yields 30 very small pieces / 18 medium sized pieces)
1. Cashews - 2 cup (300 gms)
2. Sugar - 1 cup
3. Water - just to the level of sugar immerses (1/4 cup water)
4. Ghee - to Grease your Palms.
5. I used 3 Colours, (i) Kesari Colour (ii) Lemon Yellow Colour (iii) Orange Red Colour
6. Few Cashew's and Almonds to decorate.
- Wash and dry your mixer, without any wet.
- Grind the Cashew to the powder form.
The Ratio between Cashew Powder and Sugar is 2 : 1.
How to Make Sugar Syrup for Kaju Sweets?
Take One cup of sugar in a thick bottomed pan, and pour water till it get immersed (1/4 cup of water). keep checking every half minute after the sugar syrup starts to boil. it may take 5 or more mins in medium flame to attain single thread consistency.
When the syrup attains the single thread consistency, put the cashew powder to the syrup and keep stirring it to avoid lumps. even break the lumps if any formed.
Keep the flame Low and keep stirring for at least 3-4 minutes.
(For Good Quality Cashews, it takes less time like 4 minutes., but for ordinary Cashews, it takes atleast 10-15 minutes of stirring)
All the cashew dough would come together to the center of the pan without sticking to the bottom of the pan. this is the stage to remove the pan from flame.
Remove the pan from flame and let it cool for about 10 to 15 minutes and till your palms could bear the heat for kneading.
Grease some ghee on your palms and knead the cashew dough for about a minute or 2, till they all come out to a big ball shape. (Kaju Dough is ready) - Refer here to make Kaju Roll.
Divide the Cashew dough into 3 parts and add 3 different colours to each part of the cashew dough. mix the colours well with the dough. and roll into small balls with your ghee greased palm's. (just as we make balls from chapathi dough).
Cut the Almonds and Cashews into small pieces and insert into the centre of the Kaju Sweet Balls so that they get flattened a little.
I love the variety of colours, just like in the shop, i wish i was living next to you so that i will be invited ofr your sons b'day and then i can hogg this :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy B'day Lavi and bealted B'day wishes to ranga kutty. Kaju sweets looks awesome. Looks so perfect and must be delicious. Feels like grabbing one.
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday wishes to ur son.nice treat for his birthday
ReplyDeletesuperb what a delicious sweet..its one of the very tasty sweets.u did it perfectly.Its just like the store bought one.Perfect..very nicely explained..nice pic
belated wishes to ur son...Perfect recipe dear,Luks gr8...
ReplyDeleteBelated wishes to your dear son, Lavi! This is superb and easy recipe. Looks so cute and beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteHave been drooling over this since u posted this in FB....looks perfect apdiye sweet shopla vangara mariye iruku....Kalakara Lavi!
ReplyDeleteWow....you made these yourself, Lavi....they look so colourful and professionally made.
ReplyDeleteso pretty..
ReplyDeleteThanks for the easy & mouthwatering recipe.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe....I saw the pics in FB and waiting for the recipe...looks so gud..yummy yum..hope the party was gud
ReplyDeleteCute and attractive kaju sweets, looks sooo delicious..
ReplyDeleteMy b'lated wishes to ur son ..Iam sure ur son would have loved these colorful kajus.. Looks aweosome..thnx for the recipe..will try for my kid..
ReplyDeleteoh wow. very colourful. I too made badam sweet this weekend. urs has come out very well.
ReplyDeleteWow....thats so beautiful!Just as in bakeries!
ReplyDeleteOh my!! They look gorgeous. Your kid and his friends are so lucky. Colorful and healthy too.Lovely, I tried Almond peda like that, loved it. Must try with Cashews.
ReplyDeleteLavi, thanks for this detailed recipe. I have bookmarked it and will surely try it out :)
ReplyDeleteBelated birthday wishes to your son.Very nice detailed presentation.Love the colorful presentation.
ReplyDeleteThese look so yummy!!
ReplyDeletelooks perfect like store brought and definitely yummy!!
ReplyDeletehey lavi,
ReplyDeletebelated wishes to your son!!kaju sweets looks so perfect and tasty..
Wonderful Lavi,so colorful and pleasing,great for BD parties!
ReplyDeleteThat’s a great photo; it looks so tasty!
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Such a treat. Never knew this was so easy to make :)
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to make kaju katli at home from a long time but wasnt sure, bookmarked your recipe! thanks!
ReplyDeleteCan it be home delivered lavi ? Amazing kaju sweets .
ReplyDeletethese cuties really prompt me to try..have to muster confidence ;)..really nice ones..I think you have become an expert in making kaju sweets and playing with them..with shapes and colours ;)...great cook!
ReplyDeletehi lavi, i tried this recipe, but the kaju katlis were soft and they bend when i try to remove from the plate after making pieces and werent stiff, why is it so, wat is the mistake that i made when preparing? pls explain
ReplyDeleteHi Shylaja, did u knead the kaju katli dough, before spreading on the plate for cutting?
ReplyDeletealso, the sugar syrup should have come closer to single string consistency.
for now, as the dough is bending, make them into small balls like we used to shape for chapathi's. and insert some nut on it.