We are starting the second week of BM#60, this week featuring Festival Foods. I wanted to focus on Sankranthi Special dishes and decided to check out what special dishes are made across India.
Our Sankranthi holidays are mostly spent at my SIL's home. This year will be the first in many years that we are not going and will be at home. I remember my childhood when we used to visit my father's village where sugarcane is the main crop during this period. I have seen jaggary being made and it was so interesting to watch it being made. While I don't exactly remember this chikki being made, I checked out that this Dry Fruits Chikki is made in Punjab for the Lohri.
Lohri special dishes seem to be around these dry fruits chikki and it actually was a breeze. I was inspired by this recipe from theholidayspot and wanted to make it right away. It turned out so good and in much less time for the amount I made. Hubby dear in fact said he would prefer this way to eat the dry fruits in jaggary. So make this and enjoy it!
Dry Fruit Chikki
Ingredients Needed:
Badam - 15 nos
Pista - 15 nos
Cashew - 15 nos
Raisins - 15 nos
Jaggery - 1/4 cup, grated.
Ghee - 3 tbsp
How to make the Dry Fruits Chikki
Grate jaggery or break into pieces.
Heat a nonstick pan with ghee and then add the jaggery to mix well.
Let it cook for 5 mins until the jaggery is melted and starts leaving on the side.
Now add the dry fruits to the jaggery mix. Let it stand for a few mins.
Grease a plate with ghee and transfer the dry fruits to the plate.
Allow it to cool and break into bite-size pieces.
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Chef Mireille says
this looks so yummy - a real treat
Sapana Behl says
I love chikkis.This one is loaded with dry fruits and looks yum.
Suma Gandlur says
I too am contemplating on this for this week's festival theme. The chikki must have tasted good.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
Perfect festive treat.
Mayuri Patel says
your chikki recipes brought back sweet memories. My mother in law use to make these mixed nuts and fruit chikkis often for my kids.
sushma says
Chikki looks yummy.
Priya Suresh says
If i make this chikki,i wont keep myself away from it..So addictive they are.
Holy Food says
Ohh absolutely tasty and crunchy!!
Thanks for sharing this with us!
Pavani N says
That chikki is so simple to make. It must have tasted amazing with all the nuts in it.
Priya Srinivasan says
That must taste yumm, a rich treat!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Such a lovely recipe and so easy to make. I am bookmarking this to try soon.
Varadas Kitchen says
Sounds so delicious. I must try this.
Gayathri Kumar says
I am somewhat sceptical while trying sweets with jaggery because of the syrup consistency. This looks like an easy to manage recipe and full of dry fruit goodness..
veena krishnakumar says
This looks so easy and loaded with goodness. Want to try this too