This is a sweet which is made by me atleast once a month. My husband likes this better than the kathlis available at the famous Grand Sweets and Snacks, Chennai. I came across this in Mallika Badrinath's Microwave recipes under Kaju Kathli. Since it looked very easy, i gave a shot at it and found out it was easy to make and tasted very much like the tradional one.It does not take a lot of ghee/butter when cooked in microwave. When i make this, i do not allow it to get to the Kathli stage, but take it out few minutes before it when it is halwa form.
Recipe:-
Cashewnuts - 2 Cup
Sugar or Powdered - 2 Cup
Milk - 4 Tsp
Butter/Ghee - 2 Tsp
Cardamom Powder - 1 Tsp
Method :-
~ Soak cashewnuts for 3-4 hours.
~ Powder Sugar first in a mixie/blender, if using regular sugar.
~ Grind Cashewnuts, sugar, milk, ghee/butter to a liquid consistency.
~ Transfer to a microwave safe bowl, preferably a glass one(you can see what is happening).
~ Microwave for 14-18 minutes with 4 minute interval. Mix the liquid every 4 minutes.
~ Add cardamom powder after 12 minutes, mix well.
~ After 12 minutes, you may want to reduce the interval to check for the desired consistency.
Notes :
~ It took me 18 minutes to get to the halwa stage. I would not say my microwave is powerful(it comes with the apartment and does not revolve).
~ If left for too long, it gets burnt, so be careful after 12 minutes.
~ Instead of sugar, condensed milk can be used. For one cup of cashewnuts, 3/4 of condensed milk is used.
~ My photos are not great, got to work on it :-)
7 comments:
Usha never heard of "Kathlis"... this recipe looks super easy-- will give a try for sure-- in 18 minutes if I can get an Halwa thats heaven.... I usually do in the stove and it takes hours:(
Hi- Thanks for a nice mw sweet recipe. Seems super easy. So how long does it take to get the katli stage?
Hi Usha,
Grand sweets and snacks is one of my husband's favorite.. their badam halwa is delicious. I make kathlis but havent tried halwa.. I think microwave cooking sounds easy. If u do it in a pan it will be a bit difficult as we have to stir it continuosly.
WOW!! that is a quick recipe with microwave!! Super!! thanks!!
Happy Diwali,Usha!
Thanxs all for the comments. Sorry for late reply. My comments always showed 0, so i did not bother to check in.
Mika,
You can get to the kathi stage in 18-20 mins. You may want to try it once becos my microwave is not powerful and takes longer time to get there.
Hope this helps.
Hey Usha
Kaju halwa seemsto be pretty easy to make especially as it is Microwave method. More interesting sweet recipes made in Microwave method:
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/ask-chitvish/2196-modern-microwave-cooking.html
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