Sweet things in life

With Diwali just round the corner, get inspiration from GAURAV MASAND as he rustles up these divine delicacies in his kitchen

Chikki

Chikki/brittle can be made with sugar or jaggery or both. You could make this with peanuts, dry fruits, coconut, sesame seeds or bengal gram. The recipe presented here is simple and has readily available ingredients.

Ingredients

1 cup peanuts (without skin)

1/2 cup jaggery

1 tbsp ghee or clarified butter

2-3 cardamoms powdered

Instructions

Pulse peanuts in a food processor very briefly, to get a roughly cut texture. You don’t want a powder. Dry-roast peanuts in a heavybottomed pan, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes. Take off the heat when the nuts start to get brown spots.