Cashew and Cardamom Fudge

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Rich with cashews and fragrant with cardamom, the fudgelike candy called kaju barfi is simply a favourite South Asian sweet. It's traditionally prepared with cooked-down beverage and sugar; here, those ingredients are replaced by sweetened condensed beverage and tofu.

The tofu indispensable beryllium finely grated to support the substance smooth. You tin find blocks of super-firm tofu astatine Whole Foods and Safeway. Resist the impulse to substitute extra-firm tofu; the last merchandise volition beryllium excessively brushed and sticky.

The fudge needs to beryllium refrigerated for astatine slightest a fewer hours earlier being cut. It keeps well, covered and refrigerated, for up to 5 days. You tin frost it for up to 1 month, but it volition suffer a interaction of its oomph.

Adapted from "Asian Tofu," by Andrea Nguyen (Ten Speed Press, 2012).

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per piece

• Calories

  60

• Fat

  3 g

• Saturated Fat

  1 g

• Carbohydrates

  7 g

• Sodium

  15 mg

• Protein

  2 g

• Sugar

  6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Asian Tofu," by Andrea Nguyen (Ten Speed Press, 2012).

Tested by Becky Krystal.