Wednesday, January 03, 2007

CHIKKIS



Do you really have to travel all the way to Lonavala and Matheran to buy Chikkis, when you get it in Mumbai, Chikkis of equally good quality?

Just walk down to Janata Chikki Shop on V.P.Road, Near Prathana Samaj. That’s what I do whenever I am hungry and in the vicinity. Quite a few times in my life, I become all of a sudden health conscience, and stops eating outside in the restaurant. Those periods the Chikkis comes to my rescue. I believe they have higher nutritional value and good for diet.

Rajgira Chikki, Khobara, Shengdana, Til , Channa, Kurmura, Badam, Pista, Kaju Chikkis, you just name it, you will get it at very reasonable rate starting from just Rs.3/=, You have read it correctly Rupees Three only here. You can get around 12-15 varieties of chikkis in this shop,

Chikki is made from ingredients like jaggery, sugar, liquid glucose and basic material like groundnut, cashew, til etc

In a kadhai, over a flame, syrup of jaggery and liquid glucose is prepared. Then the basic material is added to this mixture. The outcome of the mixture is pressed and rolled out on wooden planks to make a uniform thick layer, which is then cut square pieces with a cutter, packed, and ready to serve.

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