Dry Fruits Chikki

Dry fruits chikki is a home made sweet snack using jaggery and dry fruits.The following ingredients are needed to prepare Dry Fruits Chikki.

Ingredients:-

Grated Jaggery.      -1 cup
Water.                     - 1/4 cup
Ghee.                      - 1tsp
Cardamom powder.- 1/2 tsp

Dry Fruits:-

Almond.               - 1/3 cup
Pistachio.             - 1/4 cup
Peanut.                 - 1/3 cup
Walnut.                 - 1/4 cup
Watermelon seed. - 1/3 cup

Instructions:-

1). Grease a plate with little ghee and keep aside.

2). Dry roast peanut and remove the skin. Dry roast almond, pistachio, walnut and watermelon seeds and keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat ghee in a wide bottom pan and add grated jaggery and water. Stir it well till the jaggery melts and forms a frothy mixture.

2). Add cardamom powder into the pan and continue stirring until a drop of jaggery mixture poured in a bowl of water forms a hard ball.

3). Lower the flame and add the roasted dry fruits into the jaggery mixture.Mix well till the dry fruits nicely coated with jaggery.

4). Transfer the jaggery coated dry fruits to a greased plate and press it evenly with the back of a steel glass.

5). When the dry fruit jaggery mixture is warm, mark it into square shape with a knife. Once cooled cut along the marked line.

Dry Fruit Chikki is ready to munch.