Kadalai Mittai is a healthy and a high Protein delicacy prepared using natural ingredients like peanuts,jaggery and cardamom powder.A zero sugar and zero oil sweet recipe that one could enjoy without any guilt.Peanuts provide rich energy for growing children.
Nowadays children are getting so addicted to unhealthy ,junk foods with high sugar level and empty calories.These kadalai mittais are prepared using jaggery which sweetens the food in a healthy manner and provides good amount of minerals. Lets make this wonderful sweet for our children and others at home that is not only healthy but delicious too.
PREPARATION TIME : 5 MINS
COOKING TIME : 10-12 MINS
YIELDS : 16*
INGREDIENTS
1 cup peanuts
3/4 cups crushed jaggery
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
METHOD
Take a up of roasted peanuts with skins removed.Take the crushed jaggery, water in a pan and bring it to boil.
Let it boil in medium flame and add the cardamom powder.
When the jaggery reaches to a soft ball like consistency add the peanuts.
Now add the peanuts and mix well until they become like a ball or a dough.Switch off the flame now.
Transfer them to a greased roti board and flatten them gently.
Then place an aluminium foil paper on top and roll them gently to bring even surface all over the mittai.
Cut them to equal squares using a very sharp knife.
Healthy protein rich Kadalai Mittai is ready now.
TAKE CARE TIPS
Do not cook the peanuts for a long time after adding to the jaggery else they will become chewy and lose their crunchiness.
That looks very good, Swapna!
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Thanks Erika..
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You are welcome!
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Wow this is my family favorite one… looks so scrumptious Swapna. .. yummm
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Thank you Chitra…
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So delicious looking!!
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Thanks Stephanae…
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You’re welcome 😀
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Amazing. Love these sweets
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Thanks Vid…
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I am very happy that you shared my hometown famous recipe. Yep I am from kovilpatti and I truly adore it. Lovely share dear.
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Thanks Sowmia and I guess we have come closer for I m from Virudhunagar…
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My fav:-) been ages since I had.. Can I have a bite
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Thanks Vid..I ‘d love to share with you Vid…
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Any way to reduce the sweetness, I would like to use it as an energy bar.. So eating healthier I would like to reduce jaggery content to control sweet in take .. can we mix jaggery with something else to reduce sweetness but getting the consistency for burfi making?
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For marking burfi you should either caramelize sugar or jaggery …if you are very concerned about the sugar intake then reduce 1-2 tbsp of jaggery from the recipe…
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I tried it today… It came very well. Thanks for sharing….. I loved it……..
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Thanks Krishna…So glad that it turned out well for you…
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Reblogged this on Santa's Reindeer and commented:
One of my favorite sweets….
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Thanks Santosh
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In local stores we find it difficult to get pure jaggery-nuts chikki. As most of the them have sugar as one of the ingredients. So thanks for this post Swapna 😀
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Glad you liked it..Thank you ,Dilip..
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Approximately how many minutes should I mix the peanuts in the Jaggery syrup
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Hi Priya,just 2-3 minutes is enough after adding the peanuts…
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