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15 min — 5 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Rajgira Chikki

Name: Rajgira Chikki
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Gujarat Indian
Ingredients: 8g oil; 150g Rajgira (Puffed Amaranth - Whole); 1g Cardamom Powder; 160g Jaggery

Amaranth puff and jaggery brittle for Navratri. Vrat-friendly sweet — light, crunchy, protein-rich, popular during Gujarat fasting season.

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Time 15 min · Serves 6 · 207 kcal · Central Gujarat, Gujarat

Ingredients

oil — 8 g
Rajgira (Puffed Amaranth - Whole) — 150 g
Cardamom Powder — 1 g
Jaggery — 160 g

Method

Grease a plate and rolling pin with a little oil.
Melt jaggery with a little oil on low flame, stirring all the time.
Cook till a drop in water turns hard and breaks.
Switch off, add puffed rajgira and cardamom. Mix fast.
Spread on the plate and roll flat while hot.
Cut into squares while warm. Break apart once cool.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Rajgira Chikki?: 207 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 15 min — 5 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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