Kaju Gulkand Ladoo – Cashew balls stuffed with a flavourful and delicious rose jam filling
As diwali is around the corner and we all are busy preparing sweet and savoury items to welcome our guests, I am sharing today a delicious sweet – Kaju Gulkand Ladoo.
These ladoos are made with cashew powder and sugar and then a mixture of nuts, gulkand (rose petal preserve) and fennel etc is stuffed inside the ball.
These balls are garnished with silver leaf to give a festive look. For more dessert recipe, you may check here.
INGREDIENTS-
- Cashew pieces-2 cup
- Milk powder-2 tbsp
- Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp
- Sugar-1 cup
- Silver leaf/foil – 4 sheets
- Saffron paste-1/4 tsp
- Oats- 3 tbsp
Stuffing-
- Gulkand (Rose Preserve) -2 tbsp *
- Crushed Nuts -1 tbsp
- Saunf Powder (Fennel Powder) -1/4 tsp
- Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp
PROCEDURE-
- Grind the cashew pieces and make a powder (do this by gently pulsing it in the mixer, avoid over doing it, else the cashews start releasing their oil, and the mixture becomes sticky).
- If using oats then dry roast them in a pan or in microwave for a minute and grind to make a fine powder and add in the cashew powder
- Prepare the sugar syrup – In a heavy bottom pan add sugar and 3/4 cup water and cook to make a sugar syrup of 1.5 thread consistency. Keep stirring the syrup while cooking.
- Bubbles will start appearing all over the sugar syrup when its done. Check and switch off the flame and then add cardamom powder to it.
- Now add cashew powder and milk powder to the sugar syrup and mix well.
- When this mixture cools down to room temperature – knead and mash the dough to make it smooth, and then make small balls from the cashew dough.
- Stuffing – In a bowl take gulkand (rose jam), crushed mixed nuts, fennel powder, cardamom powder and mix well. Then make small balls of the stuffing (smaller then the cashew dough balls).
- Take a cashew ball and flatten it on your palm and stuff the gulkand ball in it and close it from all the sides and make a smooth and neat ball.
- Stick silver foil (silver vark) on the balls and make a ring of saffron paste by dipping a small bottle’s cap in the saffron paste and gently pressing it on the top of cashew ball.
- Garnish with a pistachio slice on top and serve.
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* Gulkand is a sweet preserve/jam of rose petals especially made in India and Pakistan. This is incredibly refreshing and cooling delicacy, and is used as a mouth freshener too. It is available easily in Indian stores across the world.
- CourseDesserts/Sweets/Mithai, Festive Recipe
- CuisineUttar Pradesh Cuisine
Prep Time
25minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
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Prep Time
25minutes |
Cook Time
20minutes |
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