Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe | मूंगफली गुड़ की चिक्की | Shengdana Gur Chikki | Peanut Jaggery Brittle

Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe |  मूंगफली गुड़ की चिक्की | Shengdana Gur Chikki | Peanut Jaggery Brittle

Prep time:20 mins
Cooking Time:10 mins
Total Time:30 mins
Servings: 4

Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe |  मूंगफली गुड़ की चिक्की | Shengdana Gur Chikki | Peanut Jaggery Brittle is a sweet that is relished during festivals as well as winter season. Jaggery is non refined sugar made in Asia and Africa. It has less calories and more vitamins minerals as compared to refined sugar. Also peanuts are rich in proteins and various nutrients. So shed off any doubts!! You can prepare this wonderfully quick sweet and enjoy in moderation.

Recipe Video:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Peanuts without skin
• 3/4  cup Jaggery shredded(Use special chikki Gur)
• 2-3 teaspoons water
• 1 tsp Ghee

Method:

1. Get organised
   
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2. In order to roast the peanuts keep them in a warm oven  at 160 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. Let them cool.
   
3. Grease the working slab, spatula and knife.
4. In a wok or pan, warm a teaspoon of ghee and add the shredded jaggery 'gur'.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Stir and let the jaggery melt. In the meanwhile add 2 teaspoons water to the jaggery.
   
   
   
   
6. Jaggery starts melting. Keep stirring so that jaggery gets heated uniformly.Keep a watchful eye.
   
   
   
   
7. Melted jaggery will change from light to darker colours.
8. After about two minutes of stirring with patience do the check test . Drop some a few drops of melted jaggery in a bowl of water.If the jaggery is soft and stretches, continue to heat the jaggery further. Do the check test again after a minute. Now if the melted jaggery forms a hard mass in the  bowl of water, then proceed to add the peanuts. Otherwise repeat again. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. After some time again repeat this test till jaggery is shiny and hard . It breaks easily and is not sticky. This is the hard ball stage.  
   
10. Now add the roasted peanuts. Put off the flame. 
    
11. Combine the peanuts and melted jaggery well till peanuts are coated. 
    
12. Topple this peanut-jaggery mass onto a grease surface. 
    
13. Using greased hands and  spatula , smoothen, shape and roll the chikki before it sets.
    
    
    
    
14. Cut into desired shapes.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
15.  Store in air tight container. 
    

Tips:

• You can use peanuts with peels.after roasting the peanuts rub off the peels and then use. 
• Be watchful and accurate in testing the hard ball stage. The taste and texture of the brittle depends on this. 
• Maintain low to medium flame for preparing this chikki

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