Ingredients
1. cashewnuts ---- 1/2 cup
2. food color ---- any 2 colors ( a pinch)
3. ghee ---- 1 tablespoon ( to grease the plate )
4. milk ---- 1 tablespoon
for syrup
1. sugar ---- 1/4 cup
2.water ---- 2 tablespoons
preparation method
1.powder the cashews by stopping the mixie at regular intervals. wipe the sides and bottom of the jar. every time while grinding. use pulse option if needed.
2. keep the food color and the ghee greased plate ready.
3. Now in a vessel add sugar and water and heat till it reaches one string consistency. ( ie - take a drop of syrup from the back of ladle. keep it between your thumb and fore finger. when you release your finger , it will form a thin string of 1 inch. This is called one string consistency. )
4. now add the cashew powder and keep the flame low and stir continuously till it leaves the sides and becomes a thick, non-sticky dough. After adding the powder , it takes just 3- 4 minutes in low flame to reach this stage. Be alert ( This is the procedure for kaju kattli. you can knead the dough, roll it to make shape )
5. now put the cashew dough in the grease plate and divide the dough into 2 parts using a spoon. Add few drops of orange and green color in each dough, mix it with a spoon for uniform distribution. leave it for 5 minutes. Let it become warm. If you remove the mixture a few seconds before when it is like slightly sticky chapathi dough, you dont have to add milk. The dough will harden in few minutes. If you feel the mixture is dry, crumbly , add 1/2 tablespoon of milk in each half of the dough along with food color.
6. After it is warm , apply ghee in your hands and start kneading the dough to make it soft and non-sticky. Do the same for the other dough and start making the shape. cover the dough while you make the shape to avoid drying.
7. make a big goose berry sized ball with one color dough and make at flat by pressing with your palm. Take a ball of orange dough and keep it in the centre of dough. Bring all the corners together and close it to make a ball ( use the procedure of stuffing kozhukattai ) ( while doing this you may get cracks, if you roll tightly , it will become smooth or add little more milk and knead the dough.
8. make all the balls , cover it and give a setting time of 30 minutes. now using a sharp knife cut the ball to make a flower shape. while you make the shape , the mixture may leave oil.
note
* The sugar syrup one string is compulsory.
* if the dough is correct , you may not need add milk , you can directly start kneading and rolling.
* setting time 30 minutes is necessary for the balls. if you have added more milk to knead the dough , the milk will settle in the bottom of the ball after the setting time. no problem, just wipe it with a tissue and start cutting the shape.
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