Mangalorean Kajju beeye Khadhi/ gsb style cashew burfi:

Every year with the onset of wedding season I am always nostalgic about how as a child I used to attend weddings in my native place, Mangalore. After the wedding lunch,the packet of sweets distributed to all was much awaited.It is usually consisted of a boondi laddu and kajju beeye khadhi. The khadhi was my favorite sweet.We konkanis call burfi as khadhi.Well today I am going to make some kajju beeye khadhi to satiate the kid in me.

Ingredients :

• Powdered cashewnuts – 1 cup.
• Besan ( Bengal gram Flour ) – 1 cup.
• Sugar – 1 cup.
• Water – 1/4 cup.
• Ghee – 1/2 cup.
• Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp

Method : 

• Sieve besan to remove any lumps.
• Fry besan in ghee till it smells good ( Do this on a reduced flame . Take care that the colour of besan does not change.)
• Heat sugar and water in another heavy kadai till it forms a soft ball consistency.( It should form ball when a drop of syrup is put in water but should disperse when taken out ).
• Immediately add fried besan ,cashewnut powder and cardamom.Stir quickly.Pour on a greased tray.
• Cut into pieces when it is still warm.