Kadalai Urundai | Peanut chikki | Peanut Jaggery balls

Kadalai urundai

Kadalai Urundai or Peanut chikki is a healthy snack and can be made quickly too. Peanuts are rich in protein and healthy fats and jaggery is rich in iron – so this is a very good snack for kids, to be packed to school or can be enjoyed as an evening snack.

I had this saved in the draft for so long, and finally got to post it today. When we were in Chennai we used to buy this kadalai urundai often. We always made sure to stock them up before they got over, but after coming to Sweden we started to miss this. After many days, I realized that I can make it at home too. We just need peanuts and jaggery as the main ingredients.

Here is the list of ingredients needed for kadalai urundai

  • Peanuts – 1 cup
  • Jaggery – 3/4 cup
  • Cardamom – 1 tsp ( optional )
  • Ghee – 2 tsp

Method:

  1. Dry roast peanuts until there are little dark spots on the skin.
  2. Let it cool completely and then remove the skin.roasted and deskinned peanuts

  3. Prepare the jaggery syrup, by heating jaggery with 1/4 cup of water.

    4. If it has impurities, filter it out and again heat it up till soft ball consistency is reached.

    5. Check by adding a few drops of the jaggery syrup into a glass of water, and try to make a ball , it should come like a hard ball.  If you drop it on a steel plate, you should get a 'ding' sound. This is the right stage.

    Jaggery syrup preparation

    6. Add cardamom powder to the jaggery syrup. ( optional )

    7. Switch off the stove and add the peanuts to the jaggery syrup and give a quick mix.

    8. Grease hands with ghee and make small balls of the peanut jaggery mixture and allow it to cool.

    mix peanuts in jaggery and making balls

    9. It hardens as it cools.

    10. If you are unable to make balls then heat it again to melt the jaggery a little, and then try to make balls.

    Kadalai Urundai or Peanut chikki is ready to be enjoyed !!

     Peanut Burfi

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