Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe
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Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe | मूंगफली गुड़ की चिक्की | Shengdana Gur Chikki | Peanut Jaggery Brittle | How to make gur chikki with step by step instructions and video.
Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe adds to the festive spirit of Diwali, bringing joy and sweetness to the celebrations. It is a symphony of simple ingredients like peanuts and jaggery.
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.
Why should you make Peanut Gur Chikki
It makes a delectable sweet to enoy for festivals.
Requires only a few ingredients.
Jaggery and peanuts having a warming effect on the body, hence good snacking option in winter.
Is a great energy booster.
Ingredients
For Measurements refer to the RECIPE CARD further below.
- Peanuts – without skin
- Jaggery – shredded(Use chikki Gur)
- Ghee – to give a shine to chikki and for brushing/greasing work surface
- Water – 1-2 tablespoons
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How to make gur chikki with step by step instructions
1. Firstly, to roast the peanuts, keep them in a warm oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. Alternatively, you may dry roast on a skillet. Let them cool.
2. Secondly, grease working slab, spatula and knife.
3. Thirdly, in a wok or pan, warm a teaspoon of ghee and add the shredded jaggery ‘gur’.
4. Stir and let the jaggery melt. Add in 2 teaspoons water to the jaggery.
5. Gradually, the jaggery will start to melt. Keep stirring so that jaggery gets heated uniformly. Keep a watchful eye.
6. The melted jaggery will change from light to darker colours.
7. After about two minutes of stirring with patience do the CHECK-TEST . For this drop some a few drops of melted jaggery in a bowl of water. If 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 till jaggery is shiny and hard. It breaks easily and is not sticky. This is the hard ball stage.
8. Finally, add the roasted peanuts. Put off the flame and combine the peanuts and melted jaggery till peanuts are coated well.
9. Transfer this peanut-jaggery mixture onto a greased surface.
10. Using greased hands and spatula, smoothen, shape and roll the chikki before it sets.
11. Cut into desired shapes. Let chikki cool down. Serve this for festive occasions.
12. Store the remaining 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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Recipe
Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe
Equipment
- heavy bottom pan
- wooden spatula
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanuts without skin
- 3/4 cup jaggery shredded. Use Chikki Gur.
- 2-3 tsp water
- 1 tsp Ghee
Instructions
- Firstly, to roast the peanuts, keep them in a warm oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. Alternatively, you may dry roast on a skillet. Let them cool.
- Secondly, grease working slab, spatula and knife.
- Thirdly, in a wok or pan, warm a teaspoon of ghee and add the shredded jaggery ‘gur’.
- Stir and let the jaggery melt. Add in 2 teaspoons water to the jaggery.
- Gradually, the jaggery will start to melt. Keep stirring so that jaggery gets heated uniformly. Keep a watchful eye.
- The melted jaggery will change from light to darker colours.
- After about two minutes of stirring with patience do the CHECK-TEST . For this drop some a few drops of melted jaggery in a bowl of water. If 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 till jaggery is shiny and hard. It breaks easily and is not sticky. This is the hard ball stage.
- Finally, add the roasted peanuts. Put off the flame and combine the peanuts and melted jaggery till peanuts are coated well.
- Transfer this peanut-jaggery mixture onto a greased surface.
- Using greased hands and spatula, smoothen, shape and roll the chikki before it sets.
- Cut into desired shapes. Let chikki cool down. Serve this for festive occasions.
- Store the remaining in airtight container.
Notes
- 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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This article is really the one that I needed. I really learned a lot by reading the whole content. Thanks for this.
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Hubby loves peanut jaggery chikki. When I showed him your post, he complained that I’ve not made some for him in a long time. Love the earthy flavour of jaggery.
Aww, that’s such a sweet gesture. Please do make this chikki. It will satisfy the sweetness urge and also good for wintry warmth.
I have been messing up my peanut chikki recipe so plan to follow yours. Thanks for the pics of the steps I think I know where I am going wrong.
Chikki is quite tricky. Make sure you get the chikki gur, then the task won’t be so arduous. Do let me know when you make peanut chikki.
Peanut Chikki looks crunchy and well made. Can we use other kind of jaggery for this chikki ? Would love to make it.
Jayashree I would suggest you to always buy chikki gur when making chikki. Otherwise the result may not me satisfactory. Do give it a try.
Neha, this peanut chikki looks amazing. It is one of my favorites during the winter season. Reminds me of the chikki from the street vendor in India. Will definitely try it.
Exactly! We too are fond of it during winters. A bit of it after dinner!
Peanut chikki is always very tricky and you have made it so perfect. Now following your recipe I will pkan to make
Narmadha I agree with you that making chikki is quite tricky. The first step is getting the right kind of gur. I always go for chikki gur. Thereafter the process is more of eyeballing, in order to get the right stage of jaggery.
Peanut chikki is a classic example of how simple is beautiful and brings back a lot of childhood memories making this with my grandmom in her kitchen, Great share, Neha
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