Peanut Chikkis – a traditional Indian sweet made from roasted peanuts and jaggery,
Makar Sankranti is around the corner. Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival is celebrated in different manner in different states of India. As regards food, sesame seeds, groundnuts, sugarcane, rice, jaggery etc. are important ingredients used in preparing various dishes, to celebrate this festival. Some of the common sweets prepared for Makar Sankranti are til laddoos, til chikkis, til vadis, sweet Pongal, peanut chikkis etc. Today, let us see how to make peanut chikkis.
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List of ingredients to make Peanut Chikkis
Raw peanuts
Chikki jaggery
sugar and ghee
Step-wise recipe with pictures
Heat a pan and add peanuts.Dry roast the peanuts for 8 to 10 minutes till they turn aromatic and start changing colour.
Allow them to cool down. Deskin the peanuts and break into small pieces.
Heat a deep non stick pan. Add the jaggery (grated or broken into small pieces).
Simmer over a slow flame till the jaggery melts and caramalizes.
Add sugar, ghee and mix it with the jaggery.
To check if it is properly done, add a drop of melted jaggery in cold water. It should form a hard ball. Turn off the heat.
At this stage, add the roasted peanuts and mix thoroughly with the melted jaggery.
When the mixture is still warm, drop the mixture on to a parchment paper and spread it using a spatula. Allow it to cool.
Cut into pieces.
Store peanut chikkis in an airtight container.
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Peanut Chikkis | Shengdana Chikki
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw peanuts(moongphali)
- 1 cup chikki jaggery(chikki gud)
- 1 tsp sugar (cheeni)
- 1 tsp clarified butter(ghee)
Instructions
- Heat a pan and add peanuts.
- Dry roast thepeanuts for 8 to 10 Â minutes till they turn aromatic and start changing colour.
- Â Allow them to cool down.
- Deskin the peanuts and break them into small pieces.
- Heat a deep non stick pan.   Add thej aggery (grated or broken into small pieces).
-  Simmer over a slow flame till the jaggery melts and caramalizes.  Â
- Add sugar,ghee and mix it with the jaggery.Â
- To check if it is properly done, add a drop of melted jaggery in cold water. It should form a hard ball.   Turn off theheat.
- At this stage, add the roasted peanuts and mix thoroughly with the melted jaggery. Â
- When the mixture is still warm, drop the mixture on to a parchment paper and spread it using a spatula.   Allow it to cool.
-  Cut into pieces. Store in anairtight container.
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