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This dish was in my draft for a very long time. I thought it is the best time to post it since Ganesh Chaturthi is just 3 days away. These pictures were taken at my native by my brother when aayi prepared these.
When we were kids, my aayi would prepare these delicious treats in a big batch and we would munch on these for many days. The aroma that comes out of this when the peanuts are roasted, then mixed with sugar and cardamom is just amazing. Aayi would make these and spread on a board and then Pappa would cut them in neat pieces. They would give us the shapeless pieces from the sides - the diamond/square shaped ones were saved in air tight containers to be eaten later. My brother and I always loved to eat these when they were still warm, Yummm :).
Ingredients:
1 cup peanuts
1 cup sugar
3 tea spns ghee
1/2 tea spn cardamom powder
Method:
Roast the peanuts on a medium flame. Remove the skin and make a coarse powder.
Heat ghee, add sugar. Heat on a medium/low flame, mixing it continuously. When all sugar melts down, immediately add the peanut powder. Remove from heat and mix well.
Grease a plate/cutting board with ghee, pour this mixture on top, roll into a big round. Cut them immediately.
Preparation time : 15mins
PS: The sugar should not be heated for long. Once it melts down, immediately the peanut powder should be added.
Mixture should not be allowed to cool before spreading. If it cools a bit, it cannot be spread and once it reaches this point, you cannot bring it to normal again.
Updated:
These can also be made with jaggery. When jaggery is used, do not use ghee, the whole process takes more time since jaggery needs to be heated till it has the right consistency. After heating the jaggery, put a drop of it in a bowl of water. If the drop sits like a solid drop in water, then you have the right consistency. Other steps are same as above. At my home, sugar version is more popular. When we want to make with jaggery, we use molasses(the black colored liquid jaggery), if the solid version that is available here is used, heat it with little water to avoid any burning.
I am sending this to Lakshmi’s Ganesh festival event
Hi shilpa
September 12th, 2007 at 7:01 pmMy granny used to prepare these delicious chikki. I think instead of sugar she used to add jaggery. Only i had an experience of eating this one. But now i will definitely try this one!!!!
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Shilpa you could send it to latha for the ganesh chaturti event! love it i make with jaggery 
September 12th, 2007 at 7:05 pmooh! looks yum! it’s my fav, i use jaggery though!
September 12th, 2007 at 8:10 pmWow….I was waiting to eat this since long. Will try tonight. I liked the way it is rolled, so well and perfect round. Thanks Shilpa.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:12 pmHi Shilpa,
September 12th, 2007 at 10:10 pmThanks for this receipe. We were purchasing this from any stores and always me & my brother used to fight for this to have big pieces!!! Now let me try this for Ganesha festival….
Thanks once again….
Wish you a very happy Ganesha & Gowri festival…
yummy!!! i love anything that has groundnuts in it. one of my best memories while travelling from bangalore to mumbai is the lonavla chikki barrage that would start as the train approached bombay.
btw, we’re (my amma and i write a food blog) rounding up all treats for ganesha. we’d love to have this as an entry.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:38 pmI made it and it was too good. We finished most of it. Thanks again
September 13th, 2007 at 12:27 amShilpa,
September 13th, 2007 at 1:38 amPeanut Chikki is indeed a all time favourite snack!As kids too we used to buy from shop, plus anyone going around Lonavala, we ensured to get our share from the lovely chikkis that we get from there. I remember keeping away the other varieties (coconut, cashew etc) aside to pick on the peanut ones! Making peanut chikki at home is something which needs applaud! Thks for posting ..shall give it a try for my kids! Yes..the aroma and taste + after taste is exotic..out of this world!
Hi Shilpa..Thanks a lot for this since all in our family are big fans of chikki? Can jaggery be used instead of sugar??
September 13th, 2007 at 2:51 amShilpa: Yes, you can use jaggery
Hi Shilpa,
September 13th, 2007 at 3:02 amI am waiting for this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
YAY! I remember eating lot of Chikkis in Hubli and Belgaum.The one I get here is so hard and like glass to bite. Thanks for posting this, will try!
September 13th, 2007 at 8:04 amHappy Gowri-Ganesha habba Shilpa!:)
I have been wanting to try this Shilpa. Thanks for the detailed recipe!
September 13th, 2007 at 11:13 amWe make it with jaggery too. My mother-in-law taught me to make these and one tip she gave me was that when you are learning to make it you should make really small batches so its easier to roll out and faster too. That tip has been very useful for me.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pmShilpa, this is similar to something we call nut-brittle
September 13th, 2007 at 8:52 pmWhne I travelled from Bombay to Pune via
September 13th, 2007 at 11:02 pmDeccan Queen Express, I used to buy “chikkis” from Lonawanda Station.
Vry delicious indeed. Also, when I went
to movies when I was a kid (especially matinees), I used to take chikkis to eat
after the movie was screened. My wife will make it for me for Ganesh Chathurthi. Thanx for a grear recipe.
Will be Yummy, Yummy!!!
USA
Hi Shilpa,
My mami makes these delicious chikkis too with both sugar and jaggery.
September 13th, 2007 at 11:28 pmLovely post
Wow Shilpa here you go reviving yet another old recipe. Thankyou for the energy bar. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to you and your husband.
My mother used to make one khatkhate (The ‘T’ is pronounced as Tomato )when we were small it is a Goan chikki made with lots of coconut, jaggery etc.. This is not to be confused with khatkhate the vegetable stew.
Your recipes really bring back fond memories. Hats off to you.
September 14th, 2007 at 1:11 amReminds me of Lonavala chikkis!! How I loved them! HAppy Ganesh Chathurthi!
September 14th, 2007 at 3:11 amHi!Shilpa,
September 14th, 2007 at 10:53 amWe can have have variations of other dry fruit coarsely grounded instead of peanuts. When made with jaggery it has more nutritional value too.
Hi Shilpa,
Thanks for this yummy recipe. Reminds me of Lonavala Chikkis…..one question though can i use cashews instead of peanuts to make Cashewnut Chikki? my hubby loves it….
September 14th, 2007 at 10:57 amHappy Ganesh Chaturthi!
Hey Shilpa,
Happy Ganesh Chaturti
Have fun!
Take Care
September 14th, 2007 at 11:23 amRegards,
Shafa
Hi Shilpa,
September 14th, 2007 at 3:31 pmNice post…Chikkis look wonderful…Thank you for sharing the recipe…Will surely try them.
I made two different varieties today, one using cashews and the other with almonds and pistas. I followed the same recipe. It was excellent. I got the same taste of the lonavala chikkis.
September 14th, 2007 at 5:45 pmHappy Ganesh Chaturthi to you. Do save some for me….
September 14th, 2007 at 7:51 pmSHILPA..WISH U AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI..(U WERE BUSY WITH VAYNA POOJA YEST NA)TC
September 15th, 2007 at 7:05 amNice Receipe !
In Tamil we say this as ‘Kadalai Mittai’
Senthil
September 17th, 2007 at 11:51 pmPerfect !!! I never get it this perfect.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pmShould try out your way.
Hi shilpa,
Thanks yaar for the recipe. I’m going to try out my favorite chikki during this weekend.
Will be using jaggery and here we get only the solid ones… so need i use water to melt it faster?
Thanks and Regards,
March 12th, 2008 at 1:07 amleena
Thanks
April 7th, 2008 at 3:23 amExcellent one!! This is something that i just tried. Your recipe is amazing and since i had ready crushed groundnuts it just took 12minutes over all to make it. My Husband will definately like it. To add to the flavor i did sprinkled decicated coconut and some crushed nuts. Try this. Its WoW!!!
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:15 amNice recipe my son always like this
May 19th, 2008 at 10:29 pmDear Shilpa,
Thank you very much for the reciepe…. Keep up the good work. It might sound wierd to you if I say that I am a 29 year old guy, but the only reason which attracts me to this website is because of my intrest in cooking. I was not sure about sugar chikkis and used to prepare only chikkis with jaggery, however after checking your recipe i will try to make chikkis tonight. Thank you once again.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:30 amHi shilpa
this is the only recipe that failed for me.I put ghee and put sugar.It did not melt for 3 /4 minuted then i added little water and sugar became balls so i added more water and made it.it was a big flop.Can you tell how much time i shud wait for the sugar to melt?
Shilpa: It deinitely takes more than 3-4mins. Don’t try to rush it, let it do its thing and it will melt.
August 8th, 2008 at 6:47 pmnice one……. gud for fasts aslo.will try it soon…
August 19th, 2008 at 12:14 pmHi Shilpa
i read chikki recipe and understand that liquid glucose is also added along with other ingredients. pl tell me the ratio and reasons why it is added ?
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August 25th, 2008 at 10:10 am