Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, peanut chikki. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Peanut Chikki is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Peanut Chikki is something which I have loved my whole life.
Peanut Chikki is the Indian version of Peanut Brittle. Ever since I can remember, I have been obsessed with chikki. I would wait for winters every year so that I could get to eat this peanut chikki.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook peanut chikki using 4 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Peanut Chikki:
- Get 1 cup Peanuts
- Make ready 1/2 cup jaggery powder
- Prepare 2 tablespoons Water
- Make ready Some oil or ghee for greasing
Chikki is a traditional Indian sweet (brittle) generally made from nuts and jaggery/sugar. There are several different varieties of chikki in addition to the most common groundnut (peanut) chikki. Each variety of chikki is named after the ingredients used, which include puffed or roasted Bengal gram. Peanut Chikki (Groundnut Chikki, Peanut Brittle) is a healthy, delicious traditional candy made from peanuts and jaggery.
Steps to make Peanut Chikki:
- Roasting peanuts for chikki recipe
- Heat a thick bottomed heavy kadai or pan. Add 1 cup peanuts in it.
- On a low to medium-low flame, roast the peanuts stirring often till they become crunchy.
- Roast till you see some black spots on the peanuts and they should have a crunch in them. Taste a few peanuts and if it feels raw, then continue to roast.
- Once the peanuts have got roasted well, then remove them in a separate plate or tray. Let them cool down.
- Grease the back of tray or plate or a marble board with some ghee or oil.
- Once the peanuts have become warm or cool down, then rub them between your palms. The husks peels of easily.
- Now to get rid of the husks, you can use a winnow or use a sieve with large perforations. Add the peanuts in the sieve and sift. The husks will get sifted easily. Remove the husked peanuts and keep aside.
- Making jaggery syrup for peanut chikki - - In the same kadai or pan, take ½ cup tightly packed jaggery powder. You can also use jaggery block. If there are impurities, then you will need to strain the jaggery syup.
- Add 2 tablespoons water. - - Heat the kadai or pan on a low flame. With a spatula or spoon, begin to stir, so that all the jaggery gets dissolved.
- Keep on stirring the mixture often. - - Cook the jaggery syrup on a low flame with frequent stirrings.
- While the jaggery syrup is cooking, also keep a bowl of cold water where you can check the consistency of the syrup. - - Keep on cooking till the mixture Reaches the hard ball stage.
- Check the syrup in cold water and it should be firm, brittle and break or snap easily.
- Making peanut chikki - - When the jaggery comes to this consistency, quickly add the peanuts and give a quick stir and mix very well.
- Switch off the flame and quickly pour the chikki mixture on the greased plate.
Peanut chikki or peanut brittle is a delicious homemade candy. This recipe is super simple and Ginger adds a very nice tanginess to the chikki. Peanut chikki is a popular sweet that is prepared in South India for most festivals. Chikki is a popular South Indian sweet that is prepared with roasted peanuts and jaggery syrup. Peanut Chikki Recipe, How To Make Peanut Chikki Recipe.
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