Kaju katli (cashew fudge) is a most sought after indian sweet at home. Whenever we get a big box of kaju katli at home, they just get over in a couple of days.

Preparation Time : 05 mins

Cooking time : 15 minutes

Servings : Depends

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cashews/kaju
• ½ cup sugar or as required
• 5 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp ghee or coconut oil (optional)
• 1 tsp chopped rose petals (optional) or rose water
• A pinch of Saffron

How to make Kaju Cake (Cashew Cake):

1. Soak cashews in hot water. Then after, grind them into a rough paste, adding 1 tbsp milk in between.
2. Mix cashew paste with sugar and 2 tsp ghee in a pan. Stir and cook after adding the remaining ghee.
3. Mix saffron with 1 tbsp milk and stir in the mixture.
4. Cook the ingredients until you get a layered consistency.
5. Grease a plate and pour on the mixture. Allow it to cool down and then cut into small squares.
6. Your dish is ready.

Procedure

In a blender finely meld or mix together cashew nuts and milk. Transfer this paste into a cooking vessel. Add sugar into it and cook it over a low flame till the sugar dissolves, and bring it to a boil. Keep stirring till this mixture accumulates together and becomes dough like (shape). Remove from flame, cool enough a bit and then roll on to a greased surface with a greased rolling pin to ¼ cm/1/8" thickness. Allow it to cool. Ready to serve.

Enjoy!