King and Queen of Sweets –Kaju Katli
Any festival and famous occasion without Kaju sweets is incomplete, mainly if we talk about ring ceremony, Roka and specific wedding rituals. There is one interesting story about Kaju sweets you would definitely love to read about Kaju-oriented sweets. Kaju barfi was created during the Mughal era when Emperor Jahangir was reigning. He had captivated several Sikh gurus and kings and held them for many years in the Gwalior fort. The condition of living was palpable and the prisoners were in constant suffering. In prison they work asked to prepare different kinds of Sweets for the emperor and one good day when there is no milk and they had to produce a new type of sweets, they prepared sweets with cashew & sugar to prepared Halwa which the king liked a lot and next day again he wants but by the time Halwa become little hard and they present the same which he liked a most. Kaju means cashew; Barfi is often, but not always, made by thickening milk with sugar and other ingredients (...