chikki recipe | peanut chikki recipe | groundnut chikki or shengdana chikki

Chikki recipe | Peanut Chikki Recipe | Groundnut Chikki or Shengdana Chikki with detailed photo and video recipe. It is one of the famous and traditional indian sweet recipes prepared with brown or sticky jaggery and roasted peanuts. generally, chikki is termed groudnut chikki but it can also be prepared with sesame seeds, puffed rice, and even beaten rice.

Chikki recipe | Peanut Chikki Recipe | Groundnut Chikki or Shengdana Chikki with step-by-step photo and video recipe. The recipe for chikki is very straightforward and it begins with preparing a hot jaggery syrup with brown jaggery. Typically jaggery would melt by itself when heated but it can be triggered with by adding some water. Later it is mixed with roasted peanuts and transferred to mould which is shaped into 6–8mm thickness bars.

This is my first chikki recipe and it took me a while to post it with the video. to be honest, I was planning to share this recipe long back, but I couldn’t because of the jaggery. basically, I was not able to get the sticky or brown jaggery that is used in this recipe. until last month I found this in one of Sydney’s indian grocery shops. I had visited Sydney for my friend’s daughter’s naming ceremony and I wanted to utilize it to visit the biggest indian grocery shopping center in Australia. I guess you may be doubting what is so special about this jaggery. basically, the brown jaggery’s are sticky which helps to bind the peanuts and gives a good glossy shining look to peanuts chikki.

While it is one of the simplest chikki recipes, I would like to highlight some essential tips for a perfect peanut chikki recipe. Firstly, I roasted the peanuts in the kadai before adding them to the jaggery syrup. Alternatively, you can use store-bought roasted peanuts or even the roasted ones in the microwave. Secondly, you can enhance the flavor of the chikki by adding 1 tbsp of ghee and a pinch of cardamom while jaggery is melting. Lastly, I have used brown jaggery which gives a dark glossy color to chikki but even normal light-coloured jaggery can also be used.

Finally, I would like to highlight my other Indian Sweet Recipe collection with this recipe post of peanut chikki. it includes dry fruits ladoo, til ladoo, besan ladoo, rava ladoo, gujiya, maida burfi, kaju barfi, milk powder burfi, coconut ladoo, 7 cup barfi and mohanthal recipe. In addition, do visit my other recipes collection,

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Video Recipe:

Recipe Card for Peanut Chikki

How to make Peanut Chikki with step-by-step photo:

1. Firstly, in a thick-bottomed pan dry roast 2 cups of peanuts on low flame. Alternatively, keep in the microwave till the peanuts are roasted well.
   
2. Keep stirring continuously, so that peanuts get roasted uniformly and do not burn.
   
3. Once the peanuts start to separate their skin, turn off the flame and cool completely.
   
4. peel off the skin and keep aside.
   
5. In a large kadai, take 1½ cup of jaggery. Use dark coloured jaggery as the colour of chikki depends on jaggery.
   
6. Add in 2 tbsp water and stir till the jaggery melts keeping flame on low.
   
7. Stir well till the jaggery melts. alternatively, use sugar, and caramelise the sugar without adding any water.
   
8. Boil the jaggery syrup on low flame for 5 minutes.
   
9. Boil till the syrup turns glossy and thickens.
   
10. Check the consistency, by dropping syrup into a bowl of water, it should form a hard ball and cut with a snap sound. Else boil for another minute and check.
    
11. Turn off the flame and add roasted peanuts.
    
12. Stir well making sure jaggery syrup coats well.
    
13. Immediately pour the mixture onto a tray lined with butter paper or onto a steel plate greased with ghee. Be quick else the mixture turns hard and will be difficult to set.
    
14. Spread and pat with the help of a small cup to smoothen the top.
    
15. Allow to cool for a minute, and when it’s still warm cut it into pieces.
    
16. Lastly, serve peanut chikki once cooled completely, or store it in an airtight container and serve for a month.
    

Notes:

• Firstly, dry roast peanuts on low flame till the skin separates.
• Also, instead of jaggery use sugar. However, chikki prepared with jaggery tastes great.
• Additionally, add finely chopped dry fruits to make it more nutritious.
• Finally, the peanut chikki texture completely depends on the jaggery syrup consistency and color.