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Kaju katli cookies
Kaju katli cookies, from above
VegIndia x UK

Kaju katli cookies

Shortbread that dressed up as Diwali's favourite diamond.

55 minTime
4 gProtein each
mildSpice
Diamonds from the oven3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
218kcalsame
4 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
55minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

10 servings
Cashews1 cup
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup
Butter7 tbsp, soft
Sugar½ cup, powdered
Cardamom½ tsp
Salta pinch
Milk1 tbsp
Pistachios1 tbsp, finely chopped

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Pulse the cashews in short bursts to a fine powder. Stop before it turns oily.
  2. 2Beat the butter and powdered sugar until creamy. Add the cashew powder, maida, cardamom and salt and mix to a soft dough, adding the milk if crumbly.
  3. 3Roll between two sheets of baking paper to 5 mm thick and chill 20 minutes.
  4. 4Heat the oven to 170°C. Cut into 4 cm diamonds, place on a lined tray and press a pinch of pistachio on each.
  5. 5Bake 13 to 15 minutes until just pale gold at the edges. Cool on the tray, then store airtight.
Serve it like this

Fan the diamonds on a brass plate or stack them in a tin lined with paper.

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