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Peanut Brittle|Groundnut ckikki| Moongphali Chikki
Main ingredients: peanuts and jaggery
levels of cooking: Medium
Course
sweet snacks, sweets & Desserts
Cuisine
Indian
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
6
Calories
384
kcal
Author
Swati Paathak
Ingredients
2
cup
Peanuts
150
gram
jaggery
Gur
1.5
teaspoon
Clarified butter
ghee
Instructions
Preparation:
Grease a thali and rolling pin with ghee or line the sheet with foil.
Dry roast peanuts on medium heat in a heavy bottom pan for 5-8 minutes or till crispy. Stir continuously to prevent burning.
Peel off the skin, after 3-4 minutes while they are little warm.
Method:
Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan, add jaggery and cook on medium flame stir it continuously.
Cook and stir it continuously on low flame for 4-5 minutes, till a thick syrup, is formed.
Add the peanuts in jaggery syrup. Mix well.
Now transfer entire mixture on the greased plate or a smooth greased stone surface.
Roll it out thinly with a greased rolling pin.
Cut them into square pieces using a sharp knife.
Notes
Don’t heat jaggery for a long time, it will turn hard.
This recipe uses jaggery to make chikki you can replace it with sugar as well.