Dry-fruit chikki

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To make 24 pieces

Ingredients

1. 3 ½ cup castor sugar or you can use normal sugar by grinding it in same quantity

2.  2 tbsp pure ghee

3.  a few drops of lime juice

4.  powdered seeds of green cardamom

5.  ½ tsp nutmeg (jaifal) powder

6.   ¾ cup shredded almonds and cashew nuts

7.   9 tbsp shredded pistachio

8. 1 ½ tbsp musk melon, cucumber and pumpkin seeds, 

9. 2 tbsp poppy seeds

9. cellophone paper for wrapping chikki.

Method

1. Combine sugar ghee and lime juice in a dry pan. Place pan on gentle heat and stir till ghee and sugar melts. Continue cooking in low heat without stirring till light brown.

2. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

3. Place the quarter of a mixture on a greased flat surface or a metal tray 6 by 4 inches in size and roll out into a rectangle, a quarter inch thick using a greased rolling pin. Unmold immediately to get a complete slab. Repeat it with remaining mixture.

4. Cut each slab into 2 inch square. Cool and wrap in cellophone paper. Store in an airtight container. 

It is high energy munching snack with goodness of dry-fruits.

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