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Peanut Chikki.

Peanut Chikki You can cook Peanut Chikki using 4 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Peanut Chikki

  1. Prepare of Peanuts.
  2. Prepare of jaggery powder.
  3. You need of Water.
  4. Prepare of Some oil or ghee for greasing.

Peanut Chikki instructions

  1. Roasting peanuts for chikki recipe.
  2. Heat a thick bottomed heavy kadai or pan. Add 1 cup peanuts in it..
  3. On a low to medium-low flame, roast the peanuts stirring often till they become crunchy..
  4. 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..
  5. Once the peanuts have got roasted well, then remove them in a separate plate or tray. Let them cool down..
  6. Grease the back of tray or plate or a marble board with some ghee or oil..
  7. Once the peanuts have become warm or cool down, then rub them between your palms. The husks peels of easily..
  8. 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..
  9. 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..
  10. 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..
  11. Keep on stirring the mixture often. Cook the jaggery syrup on a low flame with frequent stirrings..
  12. 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..
  13. Check the syrup in cold water and it should be firm, brittle and break or snap easily..
  14. Making peanut chikki When the jaggery comes to this consistency, quickly add the peanuts and give a quick stir and mix very well..
  15. Switch off the flame and quickly pour the chikki mixture on the greased plate..