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    Kaju strawberry recipe | Diwali sweets recipe

    November 2, 2015 by Raks Anand 66 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Kaju strawberry, a latest sweet I tasted when I visited Chennai this year. My relative got it when they visited us.

    kaju-strawberry-sweet

    Me and Aj loved this sweet so much that my MIL packed this for us. It had a rose flavour in the fruit part as well as an ice cream flavour in the leaf part.

    From that time I have been thinking to try this out for this Diwali 2015. But not sure about the method and recipe.

    I knew it is made of Kaju (Cashew nuts) and searched as Strawberry sweet in Google but never found recipe or method for this.

    But saw the name of this sweet as Kaju strawberry in online sweet shops.

    I am sure you might have come across this sweet in mithai shops. So here’s how to make this Diwali special sweet recipe.

    kaju strawberry | Diwali sweets

    I sent this recipe for my monthly step by step series in Kungumam Thozi, this time since Diwali, I thought of giving a sweet recipe for Diwali. The magazine is out, you can get your own copy for Tamil version of the recipe.

    • Check out my kaju katli and badam burfi recipe
    • Check all burfi recipes here.

    I did this twice, Aj really liked it a lot. Even Vj had this. Once clicked picture and once took video. I really enjoyed making this sweet and felt happy and content. I am sure you will also get the same feel if you make this and impress your family, relatives and friends. Perfect for gifting. And kids will sure love this one!

    kaju strawberry | Diwali sweets
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    Kaju strawberry

    Kaju strawberry, a latest sweet I tasted when I visited Chennai this year. Learn how to make this fancy sweet with full video, stepwise pictures.
    Course Sweets
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 25 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings 12 pieces
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • Cashew nuts – 1 cup
    • Sugar – ½ cup + â…› cup
    • Rose food colour – ¼ tsp
    • Red food colour – ¼ tsp
    • Green food colour – ¼ tsp
    • Rose essence – Few drops
    • Vanilla essence – Few drops
    • Water as needed
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    Instructions

    • Powder the cashew nuts to a fine powder in a mixer. Measure 1 cup of the powdered cashew nut.
    • In a heavy bottomed pan, prepare sugar syrup first with ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup water in medium flame. Bring to one string consistency. Refer video for one string consistency. If you check a drop of syrup in between your forefinger and thumb, a string will form. Add rose essence, rose and red food colour to this.
    • Add powdered cashew and keep mixing in medium flame.
    • At a stage, it will start leaving the sides of the pan. Check if its right consistency by greasing your hands with water and if you roll a small pinch of the cashew mixture, you will be able to roll a non sticky ball.
    • Switch of the flame and keep mixing to get a thick dough. Transfer to a clean kitchen counter top. When the dough is warm enough to handle, you can use few drops of ghee to grease your hands if needed and knead the dough to make it smooth dough. If it seems dry, add one or two teaspoon of milk.
    • Knead to make it smooth and divide the dough to 12 equal sized balls.
    • Shape it to cones that resemble strawberry. Refer video for better understanding. You can use a fork or tooth pick or any tool to press and make it look like a strawberry.
    • I have used a peeler to give the impressions to resemble the strawberry looks.
    • Now repeat the same procedure for green dough (measure the cashew powder and use ½ the amount sugar and ¼ the amount water). Add green colour and the essence while preparing the green dough. Divide into 12 small sized balls.
    • Flatten each into rounds and cut into quarters. Stick each quarter to the strawberry we made to resemble its leaf.
    • You can also do it in the way I have shown below. Use a clove for decoration as well as flavour. Arrange in paper liners.

    Video

    Notes

    • The whole process should be done in medium flame. Otherwise you may loose the right consistency.
    • Pink and red gives the strawberry colour.
    • I used liquid colour and recommend the same to use. Look for natural food colours, available though a bit costlier comparatively, it doesn't have any carcinogenic ingredients.
    • As soon as you make the dough, you should shape it, without letting the dough dry.
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    Kaju strawberry recipe method:

    1. Powder the cashew nuts to a fine powder in a mixer. Measure 1 cup of the powdered cashew nut. 1-powder
    2. In a heavy bottomed pan, prepare sugar syrup first with ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup water in medium flame. Bring to one string consistency. Refer video for one string consistency. If you check a drop of syrup in between your forefinger and thumb, a string will form. Add rose essence, rose and red food colour to this. kaju strawberry steps
    3. Add powdered cashew and keep mixing in medium flame. 3-add
    4. At a stage, it will start leaving the sides of the pan. Check if its right consistency by greasing your hands with water and if you roll a small pinch of the cashew mixture, you will be able to roll a non sticky ball. 4-consistency
    5. Switch of the flame and keep mixing to get a thick dough. Transfer to a clean kitchen counter top. When the dough is warm enough to handle, you can use few drops of ghee to grease your hands if needed and knead the dough to make it smooth dough. If it seems dry, add one or two teaspoon of milk. 5-dough
    6. Knead to make it smooth and divide the dough to 12 equal sized balls. 6-dough
    7. Shape it to cones that resemble strawberry. Refer video for better understanding. You can use a fork or tooth pick or any tool to press and make it look like a strawberry. 7-prick
    8. I have used a peeler to give the impressions to resemble the strawberry looks. 8-prick
    9. Now repeat the same procedure for green dough (measure the cashew powder and use ½ the amount sugar and ¼ the amount water). Add green colour and the essence while preparing the green dough. Divide into 12 small sized balls. 9-green
    10. Flatten each into rounds and cut into quarters. Stick each quarter to the strawberry we made to resemble its leaf. 10-leaf
    11. You can also do it in the way I have shown below. Use a clove for decoration as well as flavour. Arrange in paper liners. 11-arrage

    Stays good for 3-4 days in room temperature and about a week if in refrigerator.

    kaju strawberry

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Uma Shankar

      November 02, 2015 at 8:47 am

      simply superb!

      Reply
    2. Veena Theagarajan

      November 02, 2015 at 8:47 am

      so cute Raks.. Yummy!

      Reply
    3. sowmya

      November 02, 2015 at 8:58 am

      Is there any other way i can bring about the color using natural colors and not artificial colors?

      Reply
    4. Mahalakshmi Maruthi

      November 02, 2015 at 9:03 am

      Suberb!

      Reply
    5. Mahalakshmi Maruthi

      November 02, 2015 at 9:03 am

      Suberb!

      Reply
    6. Chiya

      November 02, 2015 at 9:05 am

      Super cool

      Reply
    7. Ranjani Venkatesh

      November 02, 2015 at 9:05 am

      Beautifully Beautiful

      Reply
    8. Shamee S

      November 02, 2015 at 9:12 am

      yummy...

      Reply
    9. Bindhia B

      November 02, 2015 at 9:17 am

      Very nice

      Reply
    10. Thava

      November 02, 2015 at 9:36 am

      Superb.. You have taken this blog to a next level.. Loving your stuff

      Reply
    11. Vinetha devi

      November 02, 2015 at 10:04 am

      Hi raks ,
      I'm a daily visitor of your blog .but never written a comment .. I'm impressed seeing this sweet u are a awesome woman made on earth .... keeping rocking

      Reply
    12. vijayalakshmi muthu

      November 02, 2015 at 10:09 am

      Awesome:)

      Reply
    13. vijayalakshmi muthu

      November 02, 2015 at 10:10 am

      Awesome:)

      Reply
    14. Sridevi Chakaravarthi

      November 02, 2015 at 10:24 am

      Superb raji

      Reply
    15. Deepa

      November 02, 2015 at 11:10 am

      Very Beautiful and Eye Catching Pic. Good Job!

      Reply
    16. Unknown

      November 02, 2015 at 11:59 am

      Lovely recipe. .good work raks

      Reply
    17. adiprabhurev

      November 02, 2015 at 12:13 pm

      Hi it really looks awesome may I where do you the Colours in Singapore

      Reply
    18. Naga

      November 02, 2015 at 12:16 pm

      Great work raks. Hats off to you. I don have a non stick pan and can we do in a irumbu vadachati and will the result be the same.

      Reply
    19. lakshmi kumar

      November 02, 2015 at 12:21 pm

      Very nice presentation!

      Reply
    20. Durga Karthik.

      November 02, 2015 at 12:32 pm

      Nice work Raks.Only today i was watching a youtube video on Cashew apples.Anothet video is on watermelon sweet too.

      Reply
    21. Krithika Rajesh

      November 02, 2015 at 12:44 pm

      hi raks, simply awesome ....

      Reply
    22. Anchana Dhilip

      November 02, 2015 at 12:45 pm

      Lovely and it is a great to the eyes the way you have clicked. I have a doubt. When you say 1 cup of cashew powder, do you mean that we need to just use half of the powder to make the strawberries and the reminder half for the green part. Please advice.

      Reply
    23. Uma Venkat

      November 02, 2015 at 12:49 pm

      Kudos to u raji...beautifully done nd presented..hats of to you!!

      Reply
    24. Krithika Rajesh

      November 02, 2015 at 12:54 pm

      hi raks, simply awesome ....

      Reply
    25. Rajee

      November 02, 2015 at 1:50 pm

      I never thought I can do this at home. Tasted only in shop. I am really confused now. So many sweets. Which one to try?

      Reply
    26. Unknown

      November 02, 2015 at 2:08 pm

      Luking very yummy

      Reply
    27. Gayathri Sathyanarayanan

      November 02, 2015 at 5:54 pm

      Gorgeous.

      Reply
    28. Sowmia pragash

      November 02, 2015 at 8:10 pm

      Innovative share raks... Love it

      Reply
    29. Vidya Saravanaperumal

      November 02, 2015 at 10:51 pm

      Hats off to you Raji...Great effort, very tempting

      Reply
    30. Sujatha Madhu

      November 02, 2015 at 11:10 pm

      No wonder you are top blogger... always rocking RAKS!!!!!!

      Reply
    31. Mala Thiagu

      November 03, 2015 at 12:21 am

      Hi Rajeswari, superb presentation, great clicks as usual. You really take the trouble of making anything, and there is nothing impossible for you. Hats off to you. If time permits, please take time to visit my blog and would love to have your comment.

      Reply
    32. Divya

      November 03, 2015 at 12:55 am

      It's a sweet called as marzipan which is generally available in selected cake shops during Christmas time. This sweet can be made of cashew paste or almond paste etc. your presentation is really wonderful!

      Reply
    33. Traditionally Modern Food

      November 03, 2015 at 1:02 am

      Wow awesome Raks.. U did it perfectly

      Reply
    34. Subashini

      November 03, 2015 at 1:59 am

      awesome work raji. ..hats off to your passion...The sweets look like a real strawberry. ..great job..just a small doubt..do we get 1 1/4 cups of powder for 1 cup of cashew and in that we need to use 1 cup for red color and 1/4 cup for green color? hope my understanding is right...

      Reply
    35. Raks anand

      November 03, 2015 at 2:17 am

      Atleast we can use beetroot for red colour but wonder what we could use for green colour.

      Reply
    36. Raks anand

      November 03, 2015 at 2:18 am

      I got from fairprice 🙂

      Reply
    37. Raks anand

      November 03, 2015 at 2:18 am

      Not sure, may be you can try in a heavy bottomed vessel. Like a pressure pan or cooker.

      Reply
    38. Raks anand

      November 03, 2015 at 2:20 am

      Yes correct 🙂

      Reply
    39. Raks anand

      November 03, 2015 at 2:24 am

      Yes roughly 1 & 1/4 cups of powder. even if its more than that, adjust the sugar and water measurement for the green dough accordingly.I hope its clear

      Reply
    40. Raks anand

      November 03, 2015 at 2:24 am

      Thank you so much all for your encouraging feedback 🙂

      Reply
    41. Subashini

      November 03, 2015 at 3:04 am

      Thanks raji for the prompt response. ..

      Reply
    42. vibhasri

      November 03, 2015 at 4:59 am

      Hi Raji this is awesome. I hv a doubt. Have u used two cups for this sweet? Is it like one cup for red ones n one cup for green ones? Or is it totally one cup n half of each?

      Reply
    43. gauri thakar

      November 03, 2015 at 5:23 am

      Wow gr8

      Reply
    44. gauri thakar

      November 03, 2015 at 5:24 am

      Wow gr8

      Reply
    45. Naga

      November 03, 2015 at 6:25 am

      Oh . Will try it out .

      Reply
    46. SnehaPrasad

      November 03, 2015 at 8:17 am

      We can use spinach for green colout

      Reply
    47. Raks anand

      November 03, 2015 at 8:31 am

      If you grind 1 cup of cashew nuts, you will get 1 cup plus 1/4 cup roughly. so I used 1 cup for pink dough and the rest for green dough.

      Reply
    48. Shaya

      November 03, 2015 at 4:30 pm

      Hi, awesome recipe! Can you please let me know how much does your one cup measure?

      Reply
    49. Shreem

      November 05, 2015 at 1:05 am

      Simply great!

      Reply
    50. api

      November 05, 2015 at 11:27 am

      Hi Raks,
      Sweet job!;) can you let me know which brand of food Color you used ? I am also based at SGP

      Reply
    51. Bagirathi Karthikeyan

      November 05, 2015 at 11:27 am

      Looks beautiful.

      Reply
    52. Raks anand

      November 05, 2015 at 11:31 am

      Bake king from Fairprice

      Reply
    53. Sumithra Senthil Kumar

      November 07, 2015 at 4:34 am

      U have done it effortlessly rak's. Happy diwali to u & ur family.

      Reply
    54. Meenakshi

      November 09, 2015 at 2:15 pm

      Hi I dint get pink food color rather I used rose milk essence...so color cum essence together..tastes yummy

      Reply
    55. Aruna

      November 12, 2015 at 12:23 am

      Thanks for this super recipe, with videos... I was able to get this done for diwali this yr... The compliments poured in

      Reply
    56. Time123

      November 12, 2015 at 7:59 pm

      Hey Raks, I made this for diwali, and it was a super hit! I got rave reviews for the taste, texture and presentation! 🙂 thanks a lot! Keep blogging!

      Reply
    57. Unknown

      November 14, 2015 at 10:04 am

      Thanks for your recipe published just in time for deepavali. I tried and it came out very well. I was glad to share it with friends. Thanks again 🙂

      Reply
    58. Roopa Shastry

      November 16, 2015 at 12:43 am

      Wow raks, mouthwatering....

      Reply
    59. Roopa Shastry

      November 16, 2015 at 12:43 am

      Wow raks, mouthwatering... Will definitely try...

      Reply
    60. Susi Siva

      October 30, 2016 at 1:02 am

      Hi Raks, i have been a big fan of your recipes. Your website is my go-to place for diwali sweets and snacks. i made kaju strawberry and it came out really good. i like kaju sweets to be less sweeter. Can i reduce the sugar to 1/4 cup +2 tbsp? Will that affect the consistency?

      Reply
    61. Raks anand

      October 30, 2016 at 1:11 am

      You can try reducing a little, but not half 🙂 It will sure affect the texture. May be try a little quantity and try, it will be useful to you.

      Reply
    62. Unknown

      October 19, 2017 at 10:13 am

      Hi...Raks..looks yummy..jus a doubt..can we add strawberry essence instead of vanilla to enhance the flavour??

      Reply
    63. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 10:37 am

      Sure 🙂

      Reply
    64. shruthi

      October 22, 2018 at 12:47 pm

      Wow...superb one mam..mouth watering..

      Reply
    65. Deepa

      November 03, 2021 at 10:33 am

      5 stars
      Soooo pretty I shall try this for Deepavali

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        November 03, 2021 at 10:49 am

        Thank you 🙂

        Reply

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