Kaju Katli (Cashew Burfi) - Indian Sweet

[MsSunlight2007]

i don´t know by what name i can find the ´powdered sugar´ here in Europe.. It´s not icing sugar, ha?

[shyla58]

There seems to be a 'cook -on-flame' method, as well as this 'cold-press' method..I guess, one has to try out both with small qualities and decide for one self..Best of luck!

[japanesemusiclover9]

this is my absolute favorite Indian sweet! whenever my boyfriend gets a package from India i always have him get some for me. i'm so happy to find a recipe for it online especially from ShowMeTheCurry. thanks so much!

[RENNAJMAL125]

i did it and it turned out very well.....!!!!!!!!! :-)

thank you so much for the recipe...i love the way you people cook !!!

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@RENNAJMAL125 : Thanks for your feedback and glad you enjoyed the Kaju Katli :)

[utdhhara]

thickness of kaju katli is soo goood.. i liked it a lot.

if wanna do different flavored kaju katli when things are added in it? like saffron, strawberry, etc..

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@utdhhara : Just before you start kneading the dough.

[BalooGoogle]

Skip the silver foil. It is not edible. It will damage your kidneys.

[ihatelovestories2050]

do we have to put the white thing on top of the dough???

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@ihatelovestories2050 : Nope, that is optional and only for decoration :)

[shima2145]

I used milk powder and im stuck with a bowl of dry powder;( what am i doing wrong ?

[shima2145]

Is instant milk the same as powder milk from a Indian store?

[priyenangel]

Powdered sugar= icing sugar?? Im confused?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@priyenangel : Yes, same :)

The store bought has a bit of cornstarch in it.

[1973psn]

Can we heat the sugar and milk powder in the microwave oven?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@1973psn : The microwave tends to heat in spots and it is not very even cooking - if you don't have a choice, we suggest you cook on a lower power and keep stirring...

[msamtulaleem]

I watched your procedure of kaju katli, but I am in a little doubt so as to boil the sugar in water and make it into syrup as made by other chefs. Plz suggest me ASAP.

[ssaroye]

Yumyyyyy......

[britneysaheb]

lol dats mah fav swt

[trishenjoy]

Hi am new to cooking and also to show me the curry and so far am loving both :)

I have a questions here:

can you tell me the name of the milk powder you used so that i can find it in Indian store.

[jhnwrx]

Very nice thanks for recipe.

[gsupraja]

hi

i made it today it turned it good but one issue is when we eat it ,little raw flavour of the cashew is coming and small graunles of the milk powder is shown on the burfi

can u tell me what happened

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@gsupraja : Next time try cooking the Cashew Powder just a bit, remove and then proceed with the recipe. If the milk powder granules were being seen, it probably not heated enough and did not mix in well into the dough. Hope that helps :)

[highjumperlove]

Hi where can you find the silver foil in Singapore? Thank you!(:

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@highjumperlove

Maybe some of the larger Indian grocery stores may carry it...we got our's from India. It is just for decoration so if you can't find it, don't worry.

[veenu1404]

samur420:- thank you very much for the advise!

[daxa10]

what is the difference between non-fat dry milk powder and milk powder for gulab jamus, can you use the milk powder (the gulab jamu one) for kaju katli??

[choowee]

if you wanted to make a plain milk burfee from this recipe, could we omit the cashews and add gee? If yes, how much gee? Thanks for the recipe!

[veenu1404]

Hello, where do I buy the silver wrap or whatever you call that in the US? Thank you

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@veenu1404

Maybe some of the larger Indian grocery stores may carry it...we got our's from India. It is just for decoration so if you can't find it, don't worry.

[samur420]

@veenu1404 , It is silver foil, but I would suggest you don't use it as you don't get genuine foils and they are beaten on leather (though I heard some are made through machines.... but no sources to confirm that) , in all it is not healthy at all , but if you want you can source it from India, try to find Jain Silver Foil,

[adhami132]

lol this is funny lol jk jk wtf the fk

[anabob29]

can you buy the kaju powder or did you grind it?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@anabob29

We have to grind it.

[oracle477]

Hi Anuja and Hetal, thank you for sharing this recipe. This is one of my all time favorites :) I had a question for you - could we use roasted , unsalted cashews or are raw cashews preferred? If raw cashews are preferred, where would you typically get them in the US? Thank you :)

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@oracle477

We have only tried this recipe with raw cashews but roasted will probably work as well. The taste may be slightly different. We buy raw cashews from our local Indian grocery store, but other stores like Sprouts or Whole Foods may also carry it.

[oracle477]

@ShowMeTheCurry Thank you for clarifying :)

[bebo783]

need to try it out as it looks easy:)

btw is rosewater optional!!??

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@bebo783

Rosewater gives it the store bought taste but you can definitely leave it out.

[futuristfood]

very thin.

[abdul1047]

this is not good

[MrsDesi2010]

do you know how to make kaju apple?

[bhavanapise]

Thanks for all superb, easy, delicios recipes.instant non fat dry milk does mean milk powder here? plese reply.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@bhavanapise : Yes, in India it is known as Milk Powder :)

[dwarf108]

@ShowMeTheCurry do we need that silver paper (don't know name).

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@dwarf108 : No, it is optional. It does not add or take away from the taste of the burfi - it is more for looks and garnishing.

Enjoy :)

[dwarf108]

@ShowMeTheCurry thx you very much.

[kriya123]

hi, i really like to watch your cooking and follow the recipes, but i feel the sound quality is very very poor.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@kriya123 : For this video, we agree with you...but this is a very old video and we have since got new HD cameras and sound equipment. Pl. check out some our newer video and hopefully you will not be disappointed :)

[naima64]

powdered sugar or icing sugar is same?which milk powder is gud coz some of tem tast salty wen i make some sweet dish,help me pls recipes r sooooooooooo good thank u sooooo much

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@naima64 : Yes, they are the same. Carnation is a good brand of powdered milk.

[naima64]

@ShowMeTheCurry

thank you soo much my english is not good iam living in dubai in here wher i find this?my kids love ts dish if i make it home tey will be veryyyyy happy so plssss help me maselamaaa



[naima64]

@ShowMeTheCurry thank you so much.my english is not good iam living in dubai in here where i find ts?my kids love ts dish if i made it home tey will be very happy so plssss help me or which other brand i use pls tell me

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@naima64 : We really don't know which stores carry it - but think that if you go to the bigger grocery stores, they will have it. Another good brand is Nestle.

Hope that helps.

[cheffrankky]

I have seen most of the recipes you ladies have made and they seem to be very impressing, keep up the good work.

[loisir84]

thanks for the suggestion.........

will do that the next time.............

great video

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@loisir84 : Try heating it a little more and kneading a little longer...that helps release the oils and helps soften the dough. Hope that helps.

[reshu151]

its good, but we dont get silver funget, what can we put on this kaju katari ?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@reshu151 : You can skip it and it'll taste just as good :)

[01fashionista02]

so after you let it sit for a couple of hours, you can eat it right away? it wasn't clear in the video what to do after you make other shapes of it lol.. how many hours is a few hours by the way? thanks

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@01fashionista02 : just about 2-3 hours or once it has set.

[hyuv2025]

Hi if we don't have silver funget what can we put on the burfi ???

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@hyuv2025 : We got it from a Mithai shop in India...

[hyuv2025]

@ShowMeTheCurry

will it be good if we don't put silver funget ???

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@hyuv2025 : The silver foil/paper is just for decoration, it does not affect the taste of the Burfi.

Enjoy!

[shyshinshu]

Also, the final texture was slightly chewy and was not the same as the texture of a store bought burfi. I was curious to understand why so. Infact at the end of it I noticed that the little bit of leftover dough had actually hardened in the bowl (more like candy-hardened).

[shyshinshu]

Your dough appears decently dry and manageable but my dough let a lot of oil out ...atleast 2 table spoons. Infact there was so much oil oozing out that I did not need any extra touch of oil to roll it out. Even after it was set, there was so much oil at the bottom of the dish. Do you know why?

I could not find non fat dry milk, so I ended up using instant dry Whole milk (the Nestle Nido brand). Do you think that would make that much of a difference?

[shantelleyou]

Powdered sugar with corn starch, would'nt that be icing sugar?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@shantelleyou : Powdered Sugar is also known as Confectioners Sugar, Icing Sugar...

[kewl904]

please help me out with this milk powder ? Can i use nido ? O whas dis spray dried skimmed milk .. Can i use dt ? Plz plz leme noe. Thanx

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@kewl904 : We are not aware of Nido but if it is a milk powder, it should work.

[desigujjugirl]

when to add milk powder ?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@desigujjugirl : Milk Powder goes with the powdered sugar right in the beginning :)

[desigujjugirl]

@ShowMeTheCurry thanks a lott :))

[oshoisluv]

cardamom powder and rose essense kills the taste of cashews so dont add these

[TheVirtuous20]

great recipe, thx

[Jigar285]

hi nice recipes looks good, can i make with badam or pistacho with same recipes

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@Jigar285

Though we have not tried it, some of our other viewers have. If you do try it, we'd love to hear your feedback. Be sure to experiment on a small batch :).

[sabzilicious]

powdered sugar is icing sugar ryte? here u get only caster nd icing

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@sabzilicious

Yes, same thing.

[kashmira68]

hi Where would you get the silver stuff? I am in dallas!!

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@kashmira68

We got ours from a sweet shop in India. We are not sure if it is available in Dallas.

[Nejitemalover]

I'm curious: is the consistency of this sweet kind of chewy? I'm just wondering because when I was smaller, my mother had an Indian friend who would bring a treat that looked like this (i guess) but she never asked the name of it. To this day, I loved eating them and that's why I'd like to know if this is it.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@Nejitemalover

It's a little chewy but not really chewy.

[sameena777]

hi, can we add regular sugar available at home by powdering it in dry grinder?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@sameena777

We have not tried it with regular sugar, but powdered (confectioner's) sugar has added corn starch to it so the texture you get may be different than powdering the sugar yourself at home.

[daveofkingston]

i never knoticed this, but can u actually get powdered cashews in stores?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

@daveofkingston : We have never looked for it either, sorry... :(

[M4037331]

i love the design you guys did in the start of the video..u guys rock

[pariapsara]

please Hetal --- do all the talking and explaining--your voice is loud and clear

and you explain "'to the point"

[mannyparmar]

i like most of your recipe and tried many. It turned out great. Just a quick note to others asking about silver Varak. I prefer not to use those foils.

(Just a word of caution, it is used for decoration only and not required.

It is silver metal which is kept between animal skin and beaten. The foil may contain animal skin and sometimes it is not even silver. )

[Mohseen3]

u suck!

[AuntyM66]

I amgoing to make myself some barfi

[cdnbrowngirl]

I've been looking for this recipe forever! I'm my parents are guyanese so I don't even know the indian name for this i just call it barfi.I'm soo gonna make this thank you for your help

[balajimani8765]

can we add ghee or butter to this??

[ShowMeTheCurry]

This is a instant version of the recipe that halwaais make, if you do add butter or ghee, it will make it very oily!

[anikpriya]

HI...

how can i powder cashew since i dont have a cofee grinder

[DaikiraiDesu]

Quick and easy as promised! Just made it's fabulous! Many thanks for showing this recipe

[ayeshaayaz]

I liked your easy recipe please may I know that is ground sugar Icing sugar?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Yes, the powdered sugar we use is sometimes called icing sugar. It is different than regular sugar that has been ground. Powdered (or Icing) sugar has corn starch mixed in it.

[brkupsngs]

sorry to bother u buhh me n my mother wld relli lyk 2 knw wot u used 4 deoratin da dessert.

fnxx verii much.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

It's called Varak. It is real silver that has been pounded down to extremely thin sheets. Some Indian grocery stores may carry it. We got our's from India.

[AznBxM101]

How is it edible

[77nishtz]

Can I replace the Dry milk powder and Sugar with sweetened condensed milk? Like u did in coconut Barfi...

[Kittenful1]

is it halaal

[iwaterlily]

Where can I find powdered cashews? Could I make it myself, and would I need to use only raw cashews? I would like to try this recipe. Thanks!

[ShowMeTheCurry]

You can powder cashews in a coffee grinder. For this recipe, you need raw cashews.

[addukka]

Can we use caster sugar in the place of powdered sugar?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Castor sugar is superfine sugar - used when you need sugar to dissolve quickly. Powdered sugar has a texture that is even more fine than castor sugar plus it has corn starch mixed in. In this recipe, powdered sugar is needed to get the correct texture for the burfi.

[sangeetajain123]

Is there an alternative to the powedered sugar.. or can we make it.. what is the ratio of icing sugar and corn starch.. please help

[hemantpayal]

is that powder sugar is same like icing sugar or not,

because i couldn't find this powder sugar,where i can find it.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Yes, it is the same as icing sugar. It has corn starch added to it.

[pophess11]

Ps Can we knead it with a food processor?

[pophess11]

Can i heat the powder mixture in the microwave/ Also am planning to make it with Almond Powder.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

We have used the microwave and it worked out fine. But have never tried the microwave for the Almond Powder. Don't see why it should not work.

Let us know the results if you do try it.

[pophess11]

Hi Anuja n Hetal,

Thanks. The recipe worked just fine with Almond n microwave.

I really enjoy watching ur videos. Funny am 4m Kerala bought in a goan style in a gujrati community, now living in an euopean country, so i quite enjoy learning to cook for myself as mums not around. Easy Recipes. Cheers guy.

[ArtStudent22]

Can you give me a recipe to make at least 24 kaju katli?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

double up the recipe and you get 24 good size pcs.

Enjoy:)

[MorganFawnvern]

@ArtStudent22 why can't you just take it into your own hands and double the recipe or something?

[likeyourshow]

Hi do we need to fry cashew before make powder

[ShowMeTheCurry]

No, no need to fry cashews.

[sweetest85]

Hi just wondering if the powder suger is iceing suger?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

yes

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Yes, we powdered the cashews in a coffee grinder.

[sabihaislamsamira]

where can i find these leaves i live in london

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Indian Sweet shops may sell them:)

[royalwww]

its like marzipan.

[amiastonishing]

wow this is great

[ajoop202002]

CAN WE USE THE SUGAR FREE POWDER IN THAT

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Sorry, we have never tried sugar substitute for this recipe. If you do try it, we would love for you to post your feedback.

[SephoraMAC]

Thanks for the recipe. Very helpful. Love your videos. Keep em coming.

[balajimani8765]

can we add ghee or butter?

[bbbeachlover]

i lovvvvvee this barfi

[illuminatioracle]

did you find the edible silver leaf at the indian grocery? if so, would there be a name in hindi it goes by? most of the products at the store in my area do not go by their english names. thank you.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

We got our "Varak" - edible silver foil, from India. You may be able to find it in larger Indian grocery stores or sweet shops. If you can't find it, you can leave it out. It does nothing as far as the taste is concerned and used only for ornamental purposes.

[redfootwalking]

I made this for a classroom of first graders and now, everytime they see me, they ask for more! :) thanks!!

[hafsa26]

I made these, it was perfect (after the third attempt). I always wanted to know how this was made and waited years to find this recipe. I didn't know it was so simple! My children loved it. Thank you. very much!

[deepinsideurheart]

Nice recipe. I will try it today, i am a single dad and my daughter simply adores kaju burfi. God Bless

[wannafreeze]

after watching ya video tried making this dessert with less amounts of ingredients as i didn't want to throw away loads of stuff incase it went bad. only problem is when i started mixing the dough with hand after awhile the oil from cashews separated from the mixture and it turned really weird :( and i had to throw it away... can you tell me what went wrong so that i'll avoid it next time...

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Sorry, your kaju katli did not come out well. The only thing we can think of is the proportions were not right...the kaju was too much for the rest of the ingredients. To recify that, you can add in a little more milk powder and be sure not to over cook the sugar and the milk powder mixture.

Hope this helps:)

[wannafreeze]

thanx for the tip... will try it next time caz i just ended up eating the mixture just like that as if it was cookie dough :P Yummy ^_^

[akuhiroshi]

i love your stimulation !!

[dalvirkaur]

use hand gloves

[ShowMeTheCurry]

We don't really see the need to use gloves since we are making this for ourselves and not in a restaurant.

[Desi4evah]

u do u care?

[humairap]

where did  you buy those silver paper/warq from?

[Rubygloss98]

how old are you guys?

[shabbo786]

wow!!!u gals make it look so simple!!!!thanks

[krukka]

Thanks for posting. I love your videos! I also like how you put the grams also, as our cups here in Iceland are somewhat smaller than yours in the USA.

Keep up the great work girls! :)

[narutoguy87]

your foods looks good

[vidhyaaraam]

Hi I am from India. I used Amul milk powder and powdered sugar. I added very little water only. But i could not knead the mix to a smooth dough as you had prepared. It became a very sticky coarse mix. Neither could I roll it out into a roti as it was shown in the video. Please let me know where I could have gone wrong.

[latalampu1]

Hi, When i saw this video to my 74 years old mom she was amazed with it!!Thanks for wonerful recepy!

[cakula]

Hi

instant non fat dry milk means is it milk powder? and where the silver foil would be available?

thanks for ur wonderful recipies.

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Instant non-fat dry milk is milk powder. We wrote exactly what was written on the box to make it easier for people to find it in the grocery store. The varak or silver foil may be available in some Indian grocery stores or sweet shops. Otherwise, you can get it in India.

[saraenayath963]

the one in orange almost looks like she's gona crack up sometimes . She doesnt look serious and she sometimes looks around at the camera man or something lolzz

[ShowMeTheCurry]

What can we say, the camera man is cute ;)!

[NiniPaulson]

Excellent videos.

Can you plz advise what food processor to buy eg to make dough, powder nuts etc.

Also for dosas do I have to use a wet grinder from India or is there a blender that I can buy from here.

Please advise.

TY

[ShowMeTheCurry]

Black & Decker Pro II is a good food processor for dough/chopping. For dosa, the Cuisinart CBT-500 works well ($99).

[Eram77]

Thanks for the post, like your clear and conscise manner very easy to follow. I've just prepared some for my husband and must admit its turned our brilliant.

[sapna101]

Do u have to use dry milk powder or can you use the carnation milk from the can?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

You have to use the dry powder. This recipe takes very little liquid to form the dough so if you use the canned milk, it will be far to wet.

[Na082]

I really want to try this recipe! Can I use a food processor to knead?

[ShowMeTheCurry]

I don't see any reason be able to, personally we have never tried but sounds like it should work. Let it works out for you!

[cre8ivethinkr]

great..thanx for this recipe..kaju katli sold in indian sweets shop in US are not the good quality at all. I will for sure try this one out.