Peanut Chikki.
You can cook Peanut Chikki using 4 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Peanut Chikki
- Prepare of Peanuts.
- Prepare of jaggery powder.
- You need of Water.
- Prepare of Some oil or ghee for greasing.
Peanut Chikki instructions
- 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..