Chikki | Peanut Bar | Groundnut Bar

Chikki or peanut bar is a simple Indian sweet made with fried peanuts and jaggery. Chikki is so popular in India that it can be found in every store right from a small mom & pop grocery store to high end supermarkets. Please try my recipe and let me know how it turned out

Chikki | Peanut Bar | Groundnut Bar

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Sweet

Cuisine Indian

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups Peanuts or Palli
• 1 1/2 cup Jaggery
• 2 tbsp Water
• 1 tsp Ghee(optional)

Instructions

 

• Dry roast peanuts or palli. Toss now and then to roast the peanuts uniformly. When peanuts starts splutter. If skin separates easily then switch off the flame and cool it.
  
• When peanuts are cooled, remove the skin and keep aside.
  
• Take jaggery in a large vessel or kadai.
  
• Add two spoons of water and heat it.
  
• Keep on stirring so that the jaggery starts melting and boils.
  
• Boil the jaggery syrup on low flame for few more minutes so that the syrup turns dark and thick.
  
• To check whether the jaggery syrup is perfect for preparing chikki, drop few drops of syrup into a bowl of water. The syrup should not mix in the water.
  
• If we take the syrup in our hand then we should be able to make a ball and switch off the flame. If not boil the syrup for few more minutes.
  
• Now add the peanuts, ghee(optional) and mix well so that the jaggery coats well on all the peanuts nuts. Adding ghee gives a very good flavour to the chikki.
  
• Meanwhile grease a plate with ghee and pour the peanut mixture immediately and spread it evenly with the help of a cup or roller pin.
  
• Wait for 2-3 minutes and cut it into pieces when it is still warm. Cool it completely and serve.
  

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