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Peanut Chikki Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cup crushed/ chopped roasted peanuts
1½ cup Jaggery (chopped)
1 tbsp Ghee
Directions:
Directions:
2. Grease the hard surface.
3. In a thick bottomed pan, put 1tb ghee and add 1½ cup of jaggery.
4.. Stir well for 5 -7 minutes till the jaggery melts and gets foam like look. Also dark chocolate like color.
5.. Check the consistency by dropping syrup into a bowl of water, it should form hard ball and cut with a snap sound. You can try with the teeth too.
6.. Turn off the flame and add roasted peanuts.
7. Stir well making sure jaggery syrup coats well.
8. Immediately pour the mixture to the grease area.
9. Spread and pat with the help of small cup to smoothen the top.
10. Allow to cool for a minute, and cut into pieces.
11. Serve once cooled completely.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
We make for Uttarayan (kite festival). I make it with regular jaggery and roasted half crushed peanuts. You can make it with sesame seeds, puffed rice and dry fruits also. All the kids love me more in our family because I make best Chikki :)

 

 

 

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