Crunchy and sweet, peanut fried gram chikki is my family favorite munching snack. I nibble it while editing, writing or reading blog posts, lil’M carries these in her snack box and my husband loves to savor this after meal. I always make chikki at home and I have got few variations in making it. The one I am going to share with you is easy, simple and yum chikki recipe.
Talking about snack box I remember, few days back I have asked my facebook buddies about options to pack in snack box for 3 year old to her school? I have got so many replies to the query…..top among them were fruit pieces, biscuits, bread pieces, cheese, idli, poori etc.; Lil’M is little fussy when it comes to eating fruits, but she likes juices and shakes. Sometimes I make juice, sometimes I add puree in making muffins, which she loves to eating. Sending something new in snack box everyday is a challenging task…but its fun too…
I tried biscuits, muffins, chocos, dry fruits, wafers, chips, bite sized bread with jam pieces, boiled egg, etc., and today I wanted to send something new, healthy and yum…which lil’M loves and can eat easily. In the process I thought of Peanut and Fried Gram Chikki or balls.
Peanut Fried Gram Chikki with Jaggery
I used jaggery (gud), as jaggery is also called as medical sugar and has got micro nutrients and is also a good source of Iron. Jaggery is easily digestible too. Peanuts are rich in energy and carry good dietary fiber. So what could be a better snack than chiiki for lil’M to carry her snack box. During my college days, chikki was my savoir as I had the habit to nibble something while studying late at night. Till date I love these as mid night snacking and I feel these bars or brittle or balls are best companion while you are travelling or reading a book…..Do you like these too….? Then check out this simple and easy recipe…
Peanut Fried Gram Chikki Recipe
- 1 cup Peanuts
- ¾ cup Fried gram
- 2 cups grated Jaggery
- 2 tbsp. Ghee
How to make Peanut Fried Gram Chikki
- In a heavy bottom cooking vessel or non stick pan dry roast peanuts. Once done take them out on a kitchen plate. Let them cool and gently remove the skin by rubbing peanuts in between your palms. Set aside.
- In the same pan gently roast the fried gram for 1-2 minutes. Take out on a plate and set aside. Grease plate with ghee and set aside.
- Take a heavy bottom cooking vessel, add grated jaggery. On low flame leave the jaggery to melt. Stir in between and remove the scum if any.
- When the jaggery tends to thick and turn dark colour add ghee. Give the mixture a gentle stir.
- Now add roasted and de-skinned peanuts, roasted fried gram by giving the jaggery mixture good stir.
- Turn off the flame and pour the mixture on a greased plate. Spread evenly with back side of a big spoon or wooden spatula or rolling pin.
- Leave the mixture to cool for 1-2 minutes and start to shape into balls by applying a drop of ghee to your palms.
- If you want square pieces, take a sharp knife and run through the surface on the evenly spread mixture as shown in the picture above.
- Or else you can just break up the mixture into small pieces once the mixture has come down to room temperature.
- Add love to make this peanut fried gram chikki taste ‘Yummy’.
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Tips to make Peanut Fried Gram Chikki:
- When you are shaping out the balls, be careful as the mixture will be hot to handle.
- Be careful when you are working with jaggery, stir regularly but gently to avoid burning of the mixture.
- Once the peanut fried gram chikki or brittle come to room temperature, store them in a clean and dry air tight container.
Variations in Chikki:
- You can make plain peanut chikki by skipping fried gram.
- Add roasted sesame seeds in place of peanuts in the above recipe and make sesame chikki.
- You can make chikki out of cashews too withe the above procedure.
Priti S says
Looks yum …nice clicks dear
Sayantani says
I agree with you. if its studies or both parents working I can undersatnd this decision but just to sleep in the afternoon. My son is in lower kg and the 4 hours he is absent from home I miss him so much. The chikkis looks wonderful. Hope you have sorted the lunch box ideas with lil M's help.
Maha Gadde says
touching intro.even I dont want 2 (send full day school)my 4 yrs son.n the head of school already asked abt this n also she asked abt my lit one.oh my god.no way he is just 2 yrs old..The 4 hrs vch my son spends in school is always hard time 4 me..Sum times I even call 2 school to ask abt my son.ur doing gud job..kids never burden to mom n they need lit bit love..
BTW chikki luks awesum…love these
Razina Javed says
Good one….
Savitha Ganesan says
Loved your recipe to the core.Touched by the school story.
Priya Suresh says
Omg, very touching..I crossed all these situation and now i can feel ur situation Lubna.. Chikkis looks very tempting and nutty.
Sireesha Puppala says
reminds me of my childhood days lubna.mom used to give a 50np coin to buy something n i would buy these.:)
M D says
Nice post Lubna. Love your chikkis and your photographs too. Beautiful!
Rafeeda AR says
how come i missed this post!!! :0 being a working mother and having read your intro, i was reminded of the day i took leave from work to send rasha to her first day at playschool. the nursery insisted she goes by bus, so i did so. as she smilingly told salaam and ran into the bus, i was a bag of mixed feelings. i came back home and cried, my HD thought i was crazy, i wanted her to be independent, at the same time, i felt i was letting go my child. since i have had my mom till now, i've not known much of difficulty with both of them, though in between i had a nanny to take care of both of them at home for a long time, when she was away. life is different now lubna… we see children as blessings, but there are people who treat them as mistakes and behave as such, forgetting the fact that we too were mistakes at one time, whom our parents accepted wholeheartedly and took care of!!! the chikki looks easy to make, should try my hand at it as both my kids love them… 🙂