Macaroons

 

We need

 

1 egg white

75 gm cashew nuts cut into small pieces

175 gm finely powdered sugar

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

 

Let's start

Preheat the oven at 120 C

Take a big glass or steel bowl and carefully separate the egg white from yellow.

Begin whipping egg white  slowly till it becomes  foamy and frothy. Increase the speed till the egg white becomes stiff. (Test: when the whisk is lifted the peaks should not drop).

 

Add sugar spoon by spoon into the stiff egg white. Keep whisking/whipping. [Takes a bit of time. Be patient].

 

Fold in the cashew nut pieces delicately little by little. Don’t mix vigorously. Finally add cardamom powder. Fold it gently.

 

Line parchment paper on a baking tray and drop spoonfuls of batter on leaving sufficient space in between. (10-11 macaroons). Place the baking tray in preheated oven and bake

 

for 20-30 minutes or till the macroons turn light brown.

Let them cool completely and enjoy with hot cup of coffe.

Note: Any yolk (or yellow part) or oil if mixes up with white will keep the white from getting stiff. Hence, wash the whipper/whisk and bowl with hot water before you start the recipe. Add the sugar only after egg white has beaten to a foamy stiff stage.

Can also bake the macaroons in microwave in convention mode. It will take around 15 minutes. Please refer users guide of microwave for correct timing and heating.