Make your loved ones happy on Hariyali Teej, make delicious Kaju Katli at home, know the recipe

Hariyali Teej Kaju Katli Recipe: Make pure and delicious Kaju Katli at home to please your loved ones on Hariyali Teej. Know its easy and healthy recipe.

Hariyali Teej Kaju Katli Recipe: Hariyali Teej is not just a festival of fasting and worship, but also of adding sweetness to relationships. On this day, while women dress up and worship Teej Mata, sharing the happiness of the festival with family and loved ones is also a special tradition. Any festival seems incomplete without sweets and when it comes to Hariyali Teej, it is impossible not to mention a royal sweet like Kaju Katli. There may be a lot of sugar and adulteration in the sweets of the market, but homemade Kaju Katli is not only delicious in taste, but is also better for health. Let us make our loved ones happy with the sweetness made by our own hands this Teej and know the very easy recipe of Kaju Katli.

 

 

Cashews – 1 cup (150 grams)

Sugar – ½ cup (100 grams)

Water – ¼ cup

Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp (optional)

Ghee – a little (for smoothness)

Prepare Cashew Powder

First of all, keep the cashews in the fridge for 5 hours so that they remain dry, then grind them in a mixer and make a fine powder. Keep in mind that do not run the mixer too much while making the powder, otherwise the cashews will start releasing oil.

Make the Sugar Syrup

Now put sugar and water in a pan and cook on medium flame. Keep stirring till one string syrup is formed.

Add cashews

Add cashew powder to the syrup and keep stirring continuously on low flame. Slowly this mixture will start thickening. You can also add cardamom powder to it.

knead like dough

When the mixture starts leaving the pan and thickens, take it out on a plate. After it cools down a bit, apply some ghee on your hands and knead it like flour.

roll out and shape

Now roll the mixture on a smooth surface with the help of a rolling pin. After rolling, cut it into diamond shapes with a knife. If you want, apply silver work on top as well.

Important tips while making Kaju Katli 

Always sieve the cashew powder so that no large pieces remain

Do not cook the syrup too much, else the Katli will become hard

Store in the refrigerator, stays fresh for up to 6 days