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Gachak | Gud Chikki recipe | how to make gud chikki

blessmyfoodbypayal
Easy recipe of Gachak also called chiiki made with jaggery & peanuts.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Sweets
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 16 pieces

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup peanuts mungfali
  • 1 cup jaggery gud
  • 1 tsp desi ghee plus little extra for greasing

Instructions
 

  • Take a pan and dry roast the peanuts in it at low flame for at least 5 minutes or until they slightly change their colour.
  • When they turn cool, remove their skin and divide the peanuts into halves. keep aside.
  • Grease the back side of a steel plate, spatula and rolling pin with desi ghee. Do it at this stage only otherwise later you will be short of time in doing all this.
  • Place the pan on gas stove at low flame and add jaggery and desi ghee in it.
  • Keep stirring until jaggery melts completely. Break the lumps, if there's any.
  • After the jaggery melts, cook it  for 2 to 3 minutes. Then begin a test below. (test can be better understood by watching video, given in this post.)
  • For the test, take 2-3 tbsp of water in a small bowl and pour few drops of jaggery in it.
  • when jaggery will turn cool in 4-5 seconds, try to break it. If jaggery does't break but stretches, means jaggery is not properly cooked yet.
  • Cook jaggery for 1 or 2 minutes more.
  • Again drop jaggery in water and if jaggery breaks instead of stretching, means jaggery is properly cooked. You can try this test as long as jaggery passes the water test.
  • The moment  jaggery passes the water test, immediately transfer roasted peanuts and mix well.
  • without any delay, transfer the hot mixture onto the steel plate. 
  • Flatten the mixture with the help of a spatula & level it with rolling pin.
  • Let it rest for half of a minute and while it is yet hot, cut into rectangular shape before it cools down.
  • Let it cool down completely. Remove it from the plate and serve.

Notes

  1. You can make it even without adding desi ghee but desi ghee will give a glaze and nice texture to gachak.
  2. It is suggested to grease steel plate, spatula and rolling pin earlier because later on, you will not be in a position t0 leave jaggery mixture even for a second. If the mixture cools even a bit, your gachak will not flatten and all your efforts go waste.
Keyword gachak, gud chikki, jaggery, lohri, peanut