Ingredients

• 500 g - cashews, soaked in hot water for 2 hours
• 300 g - sugar, powdered
• 1/2 tsp - cardamom powder
• 20 - pistachios, slivered thinly
• 1 tsp - ghee, if required for greasing
• Silver foil - for decoration

How to Make Kaju Rolls

• Drain water, grind cashews to a smooth paste, with as little water as possible.
• Put cashew paste in a heavy or non-stick pan.
• Heat and cook, stirring continuously with a spatula.
• Make sure not to allow mixture to stick to bottom or scald.
• When paste is thick like a soft lump, add sugar.
• Mix and continue to cook and stir, till a soft lump is formed.
• Stir in cardamom powder.
• Transfer to a clean work surface.
• Knead well till mixture is soft and smooth.
• Grease a large clean polythene sheet, to shape cylinders.
• Take fist-sized portions, make thin cylinders approx 1 cm in diameter.
• Roll each cylinder in silver foil and smoothen over surface.
• Press in some slivers of pista and almonds on top for decoration.
• Cool completely before storing in airtight container.
• Arrange layer by layer, interspersed with butter paper between each.