Friday, January 25, 2013

Sesame and Peanut Praline (chikki)

 
Sankranti was very busy and beautiful for us. My mom and mom-in-law were with us making lots of traditional Sankranti recipes:) I never knew Chikki was such an easy recipe to make. I wanted to try my hands on almond, cashew nuts, pistachios, melon seeds and many more!
 
 
 
Ingredients
 
1 cup sugar
1 cup roasted peanuts or roasted sesame seeds (any nuts desired) 
1 tsp ghee
 
Preparation
Heat a pan and add 1 tsp ghee, to this add sugar. Keep tossing the sugar on medium heat.

 The sugar melts this way as shown in the picture and changes colour.
 As soon as all the sugar melts add the crushed peanuts. Peanuts should be slightly crushed to give thick texture. Mix quickly turn off the heat immediately  and transfer it to a clean surface in the kitchen which is slightly oiled. The whole process should be done very quickly.

After pouring the mixture on a flat surface quickly roll it with rolling pin to make it flat.
 
Cut them into pieces and let it cool.

 After it cools down break them to pieces and enjoy.
Kids will enjoy the home made Chikkis!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Camp Fire Mini Cake made with Choco Sticks

This is what I tried to create with the choco sticks:) Camp Fire Mini Cakes!
 
 

 I got these Gone Mad Choco Sticks for Product review and frankly speaking my kids did the review of these chololate filled goodies! The verdict is YUMMMMMYYYY.....

The wrapper of the choco sticks is designed by school kids very beautifully. The wafer is crunchy and the chocolate filled inside is very moist.
 

Diya enjoying chocosticks!

About Gone Mad Choco sticks!




Ingredients
Mini chocolate Cookies (I used Lotte choco pie) Small chocolate muffins or cupcakes can be used.
Choco Sticks Cut into desired length
Candies of red, yellow, orange colours
 
Preparation
Break all the candies into pieces with hammer after putting them into a ziploc plastic bag.

 
 
Place them in a foil and bake it for 5 minutes!
 
After the melted candies cool down break them into pieces.

 
Assemble them like a camp fire on the chocolate cake or cookie! It makes a great treat for the kids parties and birthdays

 

DISCLAIMER: This is not a paid review. The opinions and thoughts mentioned in the post are purely mine and done by tasting the sample sent by Garuda Foods.