Chikki

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Chikki is a traditional ready-to-eat Indian sweet made usually from groundnuts and jaggery. There are several different varieties of chikki in addition to the most common groundnut chikki. Each chikki is named depending upon the ingredients used. Usually ingredients such as puffed/roasted bengal gram, sesame, puffed rice, beaten rice, and Kopra (desiccated coconut) used. Some chikkis are made using a combination of these ingredients. Special chikkis are made out of cashews, almonds, and pistachios.

Though jaggery is the usual sweetener material, sugar is used as the base in certain types of chikkis. It is a very popular sweet item in both rural and urban India. Some people also add glucose to the chikkis, and "glucose chikkis" are very famous in India.

The preparation of chikkis is very simple and consists of first preparing the hot jaggery syrup with minimum water, adding nuts to the syrup to get coated (with syrup) and then transferring to a wooden mould, rolling into thickness of about 6-8 mm with wooden roller, cutting into slabs, and packing. At homes smaller quantities are hand rolled with wooden rollers.

The most popular place for chikkis in India is Lonavala, Matheran and Karjat near Mumbai.