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chikki

chikki

If you have a sweet-tooth like my husband, then chikki is probably the most easy-to-make and tasty-to-eat sweet ....yummy :) Here I have used only groundnuts. Cashews, almonds and a mixture of all the above can be used.

Ingredients

  • Groundnuts – one and half cup
  • Sugar – about one cup
  • Ghee – 2 teaspoons

Method

  • Roast the groundnuts in a kadai on a medium flame.After it cools, rub off the skin and crush lightly with hand
  • Grease a plate with ghee and set aside
  • Melt the sugar in a thick bottomed kadai over a very low flame.
  • When it has melted and turned slightly golden, remove from the flame and add the nuts while stirring briskly.
  • Quickly pour into the greased plate and cut into small squares

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Posted 11 December 2006, 05:38 by Nayanatara Pai · Comment [3]

chakli

chakli

I guess chakkuli/chaakli/chakkli needs no introduction. There are many ways of making chakklis. The conventional method of making chakklis is quite elaborate. However if you get a craving for chakklis, here is a method of making instant chakklis. I did not go to the trouble of making round shapely chakklis though, which saved me time all the more :)

Ingredients

  • Rice flour – 2 cups
  • Hurigadale powder (putani, dalia split)- 1 cup
  • Maida – half cup
  • Butter (optional) – quarter cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon
  • Sesame seeds/til – 1 teaspoon
  • Oil for frying

Method

  • Mix all the flours, salt, sesame seeds, chilli powder, melted butter (alternatively you can use heated oil).
  • Now add some water and knead it into a soft dough (the more you knead, the better it is).
  • Heat oil in a kadai.
  • Fill the dough into chakkli press and press the chakklis in the kadai.
  • Deep fry on a low flame till they turn golden brown.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes

Posted 16 November 2006, 05:00 by Nayanatara Pai · Comment [1]

taLile shenga

Roasted Masala Peanuts

When I was young these masala peanuts were almost invariably present all the time in our home. It is very easy to prepare and we kids used to love it and so my mother would always stock it.

Ingredients

  • Groundnuts – 250 g
  • Red chilli powder – 3 teaspoons
  • A pinch of hing / asafoetida
  • Salt to taste
  • Gram flour – 2.5 tablespoons
  • Oil

Method

  • Mix the chilli powder, salt and hing in a bowl.
  • To this add some water (about 2 tablespoons) and make a thick paste.
  • To this paste add the peanuts and mix well. Now add the gram flour and mix well again
  • Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry the peanuts on a low flame till they just start turning brown.
  • These peanuts can be stored in an air-tight container for many days.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Posted 23 July 2006, 08:23 by Nayanatara Pai · Comment