Peanut Chikki (Peanut Brittle)
Peanut chikki or peanut brittle is a delicious homemade sweet snack. This recipe is super simple and easy with very few ingredients, peanuts, sugar and touch of ginger and salt. Ginger adds a very nice tanginess to the chikki.
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanuts shelled unsalted raw
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons of clarified butter or ghee
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ginger juice
Instructions
- Grease about 5x7 plate and set aside.
- Dry roast the peanuts on medium heat stirring continuously for about 6 to 7 minutes until golden brown. Remove from pan, wait till they cool off rub between your palms and remove most of the skin. Lightly crush the peanuts.
- In a heavy bottom sauce pan, over medium high heat melt the butter, then add sugar, ginger, and salt.
- Keep stirring the sugar continuously till sugar start melting and changing the color to light brown. Turn off the heat as soon it comes to golden brown in color. Note: when sugar starts melting it changes the color very quickly and it can easily burn.
- Add peanuts stir quickly. Pour over the greased plate and spread evenly.
- Cool for a few minutes chikki should be warm, cut them in about 1-1/2 inch square.
- Store them in air tight container
Notes
Note: To make the ginger juice grate the ginger using fine shredder and then press it between your fingers to yield the juice.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Deepti
January 20, 2018 at 1:44 amAwesome and very helpful. Thank you for sharing
veena
October 8, 2017 at 4:33 amI prepared this recipe but it turned out very bitter in taste, why is that so.
Manjula Jain
October 9, 2017 at 9:47 pmVeena, I think you cooked sugar too much, as soon sugar start getting the golden color you have to turn off the heat.
Antonet Roajer
March 23, 2017 at 8:08 amPeanut burfi looks yummy. Delicious snack.
nisha
October 14, 2015 at 3:47 amIs salt ginger nesecery for chiki
Manjula Jain
October 15, 2015 at 10:40 pmnisha, salt and ginger is for extra flavor but they are optional
Gilln
October 13, 2015 at 5:40 pmBeautiful receipes I love them
Minaz
October 7, 2015 at 12:24 pmDo kurmure need to b roastd
sobha ramah
July 23, 2015 at 10:33 amHow to make ‘Pani Puri’. thanks in advance… : )
Manjula Jain
July 24, 2015 at 8:48 amSobha, here is the link for pani puri https://manjulalive.wpenginepowered.com/2008/06/01/pani-puri/
payal
July 23, 2015 at 8:49 amNice n easy receipe
payal
July 23, 2015 at 8:52 amNice & easy receipe.
rama
July 23, 2015 at 7:52 amWhy add the ginger juice?
kusum
July 22, 2015 at 7:49 pmLuv ur receipes. They are v easy. Thank you v much for suck receipes..
Manu singh
July 22, 2015 at 7:09 pmeasy and delicious….which every female can make at home
Shashi
July 22, 2015 at 2:00 pmi want to use jaggery instead of sugar. Can u tell me the process? Please..
Manjula Jain
July 22, 2015 at 3:27 pmsame proportion jaggery should be melted and get little darker in color
kaajal puri
July 22, 2015 at 12:00 pmHi…I.need to use some gud or jaggery. How may I use that or combination wd sugar in d recipe?
Ranjita
July 22, 2015 at 11:12 amMam can I use jaggery powder in place of sugar?
Sushma
July 22, 2015 at 9:46 amNice recipe….. and very easy
Helen
January 14, 2015 at 1:29 pmCan i freeze them after making them
Manjula Jain
January 15, 2015 at 12:48 amHelen,
You do not need to freeze them, you can save them for months, keeping in any container.
Helen
January 15, 2015 at 8:05 amOk thank you 😉
And i love your receips as my husband is indian i cook from ur site. And he loves it !
Jay Rajpurohit
January 10, 2015 at 7:48 amwhich oven u use and which company mam in making recipe for different foods..I want 2 in my home for my pizza ..so please give me a example ..thank u ..and ui watch all ur recipes videos ..thank u and carry on ..
prema
January 9, 2015 at 11:58 pmI use different method to make this. Your recipe is simple and easy. Now, I am going to use your method.
Thanks.
Rekha
January 9, 2015 at 2:06 pmLooks lovely and very tasty. How can I keep and try all your recipes?
jyoti desai
January 8, 2015 at 11:52 pmits really nice loved it mam!!!
N M desai
January 8, 2015 at 6:26 amnice receipe
N M desai
January 8, 2015 at 6:19 amnice receipe i want kurmura chiki receipe
Asha
January 9, 2015 at 8:08 amInstead of peanuts, use kurmura
sikha satapathy
January 7, 2015 at 10:27 pmGood cooking