Who doesn't love a piece of brittle for dessert. This nut and dry fruit brittle is all you need when you are craving for a sweet treat. This easy nut seed and dry fruit brittle is made with sugar, almonds, cashews, pistachios, raisins, sesame seeds is perfect with a cup of coffee.
Nut and Dry Fruit Brittle
I love chikki, they are not only easy to make but taste delicious too. This one is made using granulated sugar. Sugar is taken to caramel stage and then nuts are added. This chikki is delicious as it is or you can crush them lightly and then sprinkle over a bowl of vanilla ice cream and enjoy.
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About Dry Fruit and Nut Brittle (Chikki)
You must be wondering, What is a chikki? Chikki is the Indian word for brittle. Sugar caramelised and mixed with nuts, seeds or dry fruits and spread on a work surface to cool before breaking into pieces. This is how chikki or brittle is made.
I have made variety of brittle or chikki before from kadalai urundai, sesame seed chikki, and puffed rice chikki. These all have some kind of nuts, or seeds in them. Brittle without any nuts or seeds made only with sugar is called as honeycomb candy.
Now coming to this recipe, it is one of the easiest sweet you can make for your kids or even give as party favours. It needs just a handful of ingredients and can be altered to your preference.
I used granulated sugar for this brittle recipe. You can use jaggery. Follow my kadalai urundai recipe for method.
You can use roasted peanuts, roasted gram dal, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts or even shredded coconut in this recipe. And if you don't want to roll the candy, you can line the baking tray with parchment paper and pour the brittle mixture into it.
If you prefer more lighter textured brittle, you can add a pinch of baking soda after mixing the nuts into the mixture. Baking soda lightens and foams up the sugar syrup and make this brittle more crispy just like my honeycomb or hokey pokey candy.
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Ingredients
- Sugar - I used granulated sugar for this recipe, you can use caster sugar too.
- Nuts - I used a mixture of almonds, cashews, pistachios. In which I roasted almonds and cashews. I left pistachio unroasted for their chewy texture.
- Seeds - I used roasted sesame seeds. you can use chia seeds, flax seeds as well.
- Dry Fruits - Seedless black raisins is what I used. You can use any dry fruits like golden raisins, cranberries, blueberries too.
- Oil - you need a bit of oil to grease your rolling pin to prevent sticking.
Step by Step Pictures
1)You have to use roasted nuts for this recipe. If your nuts are not roasted, roast in a dry pan for few minutes until lightly toasted. Set aside to cool.
Start by caramelizing the sugar. Take sugar in a nonstick pan and cook on medium heat till it starts to melt.
2)Don't stir often. Swirl the pan and keep mixing very gently so the sugar starts to melt.
3)Swirl the pan often so the sugar melts completely.
4)Once the sugar is melted, Cook few more minutes until the sugar reach a light golden colour.
5)At this point take it off the heat and add all the roasted nuts, seeds and raisins and mix well.
6)Let all the nuts and dry fruits coat the sugar syrup.
7)Immediately transfer this mixture to a parchment paper and let it sit for 2 minutes.
8)Now grease a rolling pin with some oil, Use that to roll over the brittle so it is nice and thin.
9)Once the brittle is rolled. Set aside to cool for few hours. I let it cool for 1 hour.
10)Now remove the brittle from the parchment paper and Cut it using a sharp knife or break it into pieces. Store in an air tight container.
Expert Tips
- The same brittle recipe can be made with jaggery or brown sugar instead of white sugar. Just follow the same recipe, but for jaggery you need to add some water to it.
- You can use any dry fruit, nuts or seeds in this recipe.
- It is important to roast the nuts prior for crisp texture.
- Shredded coconut, peanuts can be added.
- Allow the brittle to cool before slicing it.
Serving and Storage
Cooled dry fruit brittle can be stored in an air tight container for 2 to 3 days. You can keep it in fridge for longer.
FAQ
Q: Can I use jaggery or brown sugar instead of sugar?
yes, you can use jaggery. Follow my kadalai urundai recipe for method.
Q: What other nuts can I use in this recipe?
You can use roasted peanuts, roasted gram dal, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts or even shredded coconut in this recipe.
Q: Can I pour this in a baking tray instead of rolling it?
Yes, line the baking tray with parchment paper and pour the brittle mixture into it.
Q: Can I use baking soda into this britte?
Yes you can add a pinch of baking soda after mixing the nuts into the mixture. Baking soda lightens and foams up the sugar syrup and make this brittle more crispy just like my honeycomb or hokey pokey candy.
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Nut and Dry Fruit Brittle (Nuts Chikki Recipe)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- ¼ cup Roasted Almonds
- ¼ cup Roasted Cashews
- ¼ cup Pistachios
- 3 tablespoon Seedless black raisins
- ¼ cup Roasted Sesame Seeds
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil for greasing rolling pin
Instructions
- You have to use roasted nuts for this recipe. If your nuts are not roasted, roast in a dry pan for few minutes until lightly toasted. Set aside to cool.
- Start by caramelizing the sugar. Take sugar in a nonstick pan and cook on medium heat till it starts to melt. Don't stir often. Swirl the pan and keep mixing so the sugar starts to melt.
- Once the sugar is melted, Cook few more minutes until the sugar reach a light golden colour.
- At this point take it off the heat and add all the roasted nuts, seeds and raisins and mix well. Let all the nuts and dry fruits coat the sugar syrup.
- Immediately transfer this mixture to a parchment paper and let it sit for 2 minutes. Now grease a rolling pin with some oil, Use that to roll over the brittle so it is nice and thin.
- Once the brittle is rolled. Set aside to cool for few hours. I let it cool for 1 hour. Now remove the brittle from the parchment paper and Cut it using a sharp knife or break it into pieces .
- Store in an air tight container.
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