chikki
Sign in to saveChikki is a traditional Indian sweet (brittle) generally made from nuts and jaggery/sugar. There are several different varieties of chikki in addition to the most common groundnut (peanut) chikki. Each variety of chikki is named after the ingredients used, which include puffed or roasted Bengal gram, sesame, puffed rice, beaten rice, or khobra (desiccated coconut), and other nuts such as almonds, cashews and pistachios.
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- Food.country
- India
- Food.name
- Chikki
- Food.image
- Peanut Chikki.JPG
- Food.image_size
- 240px
- Food.caption
- Peanut chikki
- Food.alternate_name
- Kadalai (Kadale) Mittai,(Git) Gud Badam, Palli Patti, Kappalandi Muthai, Thua Tat, Amrutam, Chikii
- Food.region
- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
- Food.course
- Snack
- Food.type
- Brittle
- Food.main_ingredient
- Peanuts, jaggery
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Chikki is a traditional Indian sweet (brittle) generally made from nuts and jaggery/sugar. There are several different varieties of chikki in addition to the most common groundnut (peanut) chikki. Each variety of chikki is named after the ingredients used, which include puffed or roasted Bengal gram, sesame, puffed rice, beaten rice, or khobra (desiccated coconut), and other nuts such as almonds, cashews and pistachios.
In Sindh province of Pakistan, it is called layee or lai. In north Indian states, it is also known as gajak or maroonda. In Bangladesh, West Bengal and other Bengali-speaking regions, it is known as gur badam.In Maharashtra it is called as Chikki. In Kashmir it's known as Patti.In the South Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, it is called palli patti (పల్లీ పట్టీ). In Kerala it is called kadala mittai; in Tamil Nadu, kadalai mittai; in Karnataka kadale Mittai. Similar dishes are also very popular in Brazil, where it is known as pé de moleque, in Paraguay, where it is called ''ka'i ladrillo, and in Thailand, where it is called thua tat.