Gur Chana Chikki Recipe | Jaggery and Roasted Chickpeas Chikki
A classic winter sweet made with roasted chana and jaggery, Gur Chana Chikki Recipe is crunchy, nourishing, and deeply comforting.
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
- 2 cup bhuna chana (roasted chickpeas)
- 1 +1/4 cup jaggery
- 2 tbsp white sesame seeds
- 1 tsp desi ghee
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- 3 tbsp dry coconut (grated)
Instructions
- Take desi ghee in a pan and add jaggery.
- Cook on low heat while stirring continuously otherwise jaggery may burn.
- Soon the jaggery will completely melt and turn into a syrup.
- After 10 minutes of cooking, drop bit of jaggery in a small bowl carrying water.
- Then stretch it. As it was stretching like a rubber, which means jaggery is not properly cooked. Cook for more time.
- Now after 5 mins, repeat the same process and this time jaggery is not stretching, rather has turned hard like candy. It's a sign that jaggery is properly cooked.
- Add roasted chickpeas (skin intact), white sesame seeds, cardamom powder and coconut. Mix fast.
- Immediately, without any delay drop and spread this hot jaggery mixture on a greased thali or butter paper.
- When it is slightly firm but still hot, cut into pieces of desired size.
- Let it cool down completely.
- Take out and enjoy.
Notes
- Do not remove the skin of roasted chana because it is rich in dietary fibre and has more nutrients.
- Either you can totally skip coconut and white sesame seeds or alternatively in addition to them, also add other seeds and nuts of your choice.