Peanut & coconut bar/chikki

The peanuts are also known as the groundnut. Peanuts are similar in taste and nutritional profile to tree nuts, such as walnuts and almonds, and as a culinary nut are often served in similar ways in Western cuisines.

Peanuts are as popular as they are healthy. Peanuts contain a number of healthy nutrients such as magnesium, niacin, copper, oleic acid, and various antioxidants. They may reduce the risk of both heart disease and gallstones. Peanuts are a high-calorie food so should not be eaten in excess.

Peanut bar is a delicious sweet. Peanut bar is an easy, quick and healthy sweet and made by roasted peanuts, desiccated coconut and Sugar. It can be stored for 2 or 3 weeks and can be also eat in fast.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup peanut

1/3 cup desiccated coconut

3 tbsp. butter or ghee

Recipe:

In a pan dry roast peanut on low flame and keep stirring so that peanuts gets roasted uniformly and do not burn. Once the peanuts starts to separate it's skin, turn off the flame and cool completely and peel off the skin and keep aside.

In a pan, add sugar and when sugar is completely melted then add butter.

Stir it until the sugar and butter mix and take of the flame.

Now add desiccated coconut mix nicely until the thread are formed.

After that add roasted peanuts and mix it.

Now transfer into greased mould or flat and keep aside for 10 to 15 min.

Allow to cool for a minute, and when it's still warm cut into pieces.

Serve peanut coconut chikki once cooled completely or you can store it.