How To Make Winter Special Peanut Chikki 

By Sushmita Sengupta

Basking in the winter sun on lazy afternoons, munching on your favourite chikki. Nostalgic yet? Here’s how you can make those sweet brittles at home. 

Ingredients

– Jaggery 2 to 4 pieces – Makhane powder 1 cup – Peanuts 1 cup – Cardamom powder 2 teaspoon – Water 4 tablespoon – Ghee 1 tablespoon

Step 1

Boil water in a pan and add jaggery. Wait for the jaggery to melt. 

Step 2

When jaggery melts, add a teaspoon of ghee and mix.  

Step 3

Then add peanuts and mix again. After another minute add crushed foxnuts and mix again. 

Step 4

In a tray greased with ghee pour the hot mixture and with the help of a rolling pin, roll it flat. The thickness should be 1 cm.  

Step 5

Let it cool and stiffen, while it is still soft, cut the chikki into equal-shaped pieces. Serve and store the rest in air-tight containers.