Kaju Curry

From last 2-3 months I didn't try any new dish. Don't know why but was not feeling very enthusiastic about cooking anything new. My husband suggested me to do some variety dish for Sunday lunch. Then after a looooooooooooooooooong discussion we decided to make kaju curry and neer dosa. Since I was trying the kaju curry for the first time so he was my guide in making it. Finally it turned out very good. Even my in-laws liked it :-)

Ingredients
Cashew Nuts (Kaju) - 1 cup

Onion - 2 medium

Tomatoes - 1 big

Garlic - 7-8 cloves

Ginger- 1 inch

Khoya - 1 tablespoon

Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon

Garam Masala - 1 teaspoon

Sugar - 1 teaspoon (optional)

Pure ghee- 2 tablespoon

Cashew nuts - 7-8

Coconut milk - 1/2 cup

Salt as per taste.

Procedure
Soak cashew nuts in a warm water. Slice onion vertically. Chop tomatoes. Now heat 1 teaspoon of ghee in kadai and fry onion till it turns to golden brown. Then add garlic and ginger fry it. Then add tomatoes and cook it. Let this get cool for some time. Fry 7-8 cashew separately in ghee. Now make a fine paste of all this fried ingredients. Now heat one tablespoon ghee in kadai. Add turmeric powder. Now add this paste and fry till the Ghee separates out from rest of the mixture. Then add khoya, chilli powder, garam masala, sugar and salt. Mix wel. Now add water little by little to get the desired consistency of the gravy. Boil it for five minutes. Then add soaked cashew nuts. Again cook it for 2-3 minutes. In the end add coconut milk , mix wel and switch off the flame. Thick creamy kaju curry is ready. Tastes good with roti, neer dosa or rice.

Kaju Katli

My husband loves Kaju katli. I learnt this from one of the cookery show on Marathi channel. I thought it will be very difficult to make this at home. But when I saw the lady doing Kaju katli on that show, I immediately noted down the recipe and tried it. My hubby was very happy after tasting it. So the easy and tasty Kaju katli for Diwali…...






















Ingredients
Kaju (Cashew) Powder - 2 cups
Milk Powder - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Pure ghee - 2 tablespoons
Powder sugar - 2 teaspoon
Saffron +warm Milk - 2 tablespoon
Silver Foil: for Garnish

Procedure

Take a heavy bottom pan add sugar and 1/2 cup water. Make a syrup of it. Boil it till it reaches to one string stage (in marathi we say "Ek taari pak"). If you touch the sugar syrup between your fingers one string will come. Now add cashew and milk powder. Stir continuously so that no lumps will form. When it starts boiling add saffron milk. In between add little ghee and powder sugar. Grease the plate with ghee. When the cashew mixture leaves the sides of the pan, pour it on greased plate. Roll it evenly. Now Cut It Into Diamond Shapes And Decorate With Sliver Foil And Serve home made Kaju katli on this Diwali.


This recipe is for Diwali 2009 contest hosted by Priya
And Purva's Diwali Dhamaka
And Solkadhi's Festival Feast
And Shreesh's Sweet Series Event