Kaju Curry || Kaju Masala Curry || Cashew nut curry || Restaurant style Kaju curry

Kaju Curry is rich, creamy, soft and delicious curry recipe which we regularly have it in marriages and parties. Kaju Curry is North Indian side dish, which we can have it with rotis, parathas, even with jeera rice and also with simple vegetable pulao. There are different variations of preparing Kaju Curry, like using fried cashew nuts, boiled and grinded cashew nuts and also heard of Goan style Kaju Curry but never tasted.  Though I regularly order paneer recipes but recently I had this Kaju Curry with kulcha (And also Kadai paneer with butter naans 😉) for Raksha Bandan with my cousins family @Krishna Bhavan restaurant, Adoni. Had a good food & time with niece Bhanvana and nephew Manoj😍.  Thought to post this Kaju Curry recipe from long back, at last today I am posting on hubby's demand 🤗.

    It is easy to prepare Kaju Curry with easily available ingredients . To prepare this Kaju Curry today I used soaked Kaju and poppy seeds(gasagaslu) paste to get rich creamy taste. Along with tomato puree and fried onions paste. Though the masala's used dominates  the sweetness of cahewnuts  still we get the richness of cashew with nice aroma. 

Let's start Recipe.... 

Kaju Curry ~ Restaurant style Kaju curry

Preparation Time : minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 4 people 
Category : Lunch/ Dinner /tiffin                         box
Recipe Cuisine: North Indian 
Main ingredients : Cashew nuts
Author : ArunaSarasChandra

Ingredients to prepare Kaju Curry

Ingredients mentioned as per pic.. 

Cashew nuts - 1 cup
Onions - 2 (chopped)
Green chilli - 1 
Ginger - 1 tsp(chopped)
Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)
Cashewnut - 5 (for paste)
Poppy seeds(gasagasalu) - 1tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Elachi - 2 
Cinnamon /dalchini - 1 inch
(From left in pic)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin/jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2tsp
Salt - as per taste
Kasuri Methi - 1 tsp
Butter - 2 tsp
Fresh cream - 2 to 3 tsp 
Oil - 3 tsp
Coriander leaves -१tsp(chopped)

Instructions to prepare Kaju curry :-

1) Soak cashew nuts and poppy seeds in hot water for 15 minutes. 

2) Take a pan add 1 tsp of butter along with cashew nuts.

3) Fry it till they turns golden brown and transfer into plate. 

4) In the same pan add 1 tsp of oil and roughly chopped onions, green chilli and ginger. 

5)  Saute the above well and let it cool. 

6)  Take a mixer jar add chopped tomatoes along with soaked cashew nuts and poppy seeds. 

7) Blend it to smooth paste and take it into cup. 

8) In the same mixer jar add fried onions mixture. 

9) Blend it to smooth paste. 

10) Now take a pan add 2 tsp of oil let it heat for a second add jeera, elachi, cinnamon one after other. Let it fry till you get nice aroma on low flames. 

11) Add prepared onion paste. Fry it on low flames for a minute. (As we already fried onions)

12) Then add tomato cashew paste to the above. 

13) Mix everything well, fry it till it oozes oil out. 

14) Then add spices turmeric, red chilli, cumin, coriander, pepper powders and salt.

15) Mix the above well by adding 1  glass of water. Adjust water as per your quantity.  Then add fresh cream mix everything well on low flame. Otherwise fresh cream will curdle. 

16) Add fried cashew nuts. 

18) mix the above and close the lid and cook for 3-5 minutes on low flames. 

19) Open the lid and add garam masala, kasuri Methi and give a quick mix. 

20) Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes lastly add finely cooped coriander leaves. Adjust water if it seems too thick. 

  Creamy and delicious Kaju Curry is ready.  Take it in a bowl garnish with cashew nuts, butter and coriander leaves. 

  We had this Kaju Curry with vegetable pulao for lunch. Enjoy your weekend with your loved ones 😍. 

 And had left over Kaju Curry with rotis for dinner😋😋. 

Note

◆ Instead of using cut half cashew nuts you can use whole kaju's. 

◆ You can also use garlic while frying ginger. 

 ◆ Adding fresh cream is optional. If fresh cream not available  you can add malai(megada) on low flames. 

◆ Instead of kasuri Methi you can also use dried Methi leaves. 

◆ Instead of butter you can also use ghee. 

◆ Adjus water as per your requirement. 

Tips

● To get  rich and cream texture I used soaked cashew nuts and poppy seeds paste along with tomatoes. (You can skip this cashew nd poppy seeds in 
paste). 

● Fry cashew nuts on low flames, so that they do not burn. 

 ●Kaju Curry texture will be bit thick. Adjust thickness according your wish. 

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