Cashew Bites/Kaju fudge
This kaju fudge bites are a delicious dessert for instant cooking favourites. This recipe is a keeper. It's a no cook 15 minutes recipe and a quick preparation loved by all. It's simple yet rich and delicious.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Roasted Cashews/Fresh crunchy cashews
- 1/2 cup Milk Powder
- 1/2 cup Condensed milk
- 1 teasp Saffron strands/Kesar
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 1 teasp rose essence/ kewra essence
- 1 teasp cardamom powder (Optional)
Instructions
- Take 1 cup cashews in a pan. Roast them on low flame for about 5-7 minutes. Do not roast until colour changes. Just make them crispy and keep stirring when roasting. (Check Notes)
- Now allow them to cool and grind them in a mixer grinder to get a fine powder. Sieve the cashew powder with a fine sieve.
- Transfer this cashew powder to a bowl and add half cup of milk powder to it.
- Now add the saffron strands and mix the dry ingredients. You may or may not add cardamom powder.
- Now add 1/2 cup of condensed milk and mix the mixture.
- Gradually add 2/3 tablespoons of milk to make a thick paste. The paste should not fall easily from the spoon.
- The semi thick paste. You may add rose essence or kewra essence or can even skip it.
- Now microwave the mixture for 2 minutes and give it a stir.
- The mixture thickens and is ready to set. Now fold the batter a few times with a spatula. This process brings out the fat in cashews.
- Now grease any mold with a bit of ghee/Clarified butter. You can take a plain tray, any design mould or any other of your choice. I used a rose shaped mould.
- Pour 1 tablespoon of each in the mould and press it. You can pour the mixture in a tray and flatten it with a spatula. Keeping it just about half a cm in height.
- Now remove the shapes from the mold gently. You can mark diamond or square shaped cuts on the flat tray.
- The rose shaped cashew barfi is ready.
- You may add silver leaf/ vark or barak on these or just leave them as it is.
Notes
- If the cashews are fresh and crunchy you can skip roasting it.
- Do not over roast we just have to make it crunchy without changing the colour.
- Sieve the powder before using.
- Milk required is 2 tablespoons. Do not overdo it as the mixture may become flowy and difficult to set.
- You can skip the essence flavours if you do not like it.
- Molds can be any. You can even make modak shapes of it.
- Adding a silver leaf/barak/vark can give an excellent look and presentation. However you can skip it too.
- If the mixture is too dry and thick after microwave just mix 1 tablespoon milk or hot water and fold the batter to bring out the cashew fat.