Makhana Namkeen and Chikki Recipe for Fasting
If you keep fasts during Navratri, then make preparations in advance. Chips and namkeen are available in the market for fasting. But homemade namkeen is something else. Today we are telling you how to make fasting namkeen and chikki made from makhana. You can prepare makhana namkeen in a few minutes. If you feel like eating something sweet, then you can prepare makhana chikki for it. It is wonderful in taste and is very easy to make. Know the recipe of making makhana namkeen and makhana chikki.
Ingredients for Makhana Namkeen
100 gms makhana 100 gms peanuts 100 gms cashews 100 gms almonds 100 gms dry coconut 50 gms raisins 15-20 curry leaves 2 tbsps desi ghee rock salt to taste black pepper to taste
Makhana Namkeen Recipe
Put 1 spoon of ghee in a pan and roast makhana on low flame. Put the remaining ghee in another pan and fry all the other ingredients one by one. You do not have to roast raisins, roast peanuts, cashews, almonds, dry coconut sliced etc. You can also add other dry fruits of your choice in it. Another advice is that except raisins, you can roast all these dry fruits in microwave if you want. Now add curry leaves in the remaining ghee and mix salt and black pepper. Mix all the things in this tempering and a very spicy, crunchy namkeen is ready. You can store it in an airtight box. You can eat it during the fasting of the entire Navratri. Eat this namkeen as a snack like this also.
Ingredients for Makhana Chikki
100 gms makhana, 250 gms jaggery, 100 gms peanuts, 50 gms white sesame seeds, half a teaspoon cardamom powder, half a teaspoon black pepper powder, half a teaspoon dry ginger powder, 2 pinches of baking soda
Makhana Chikki Recipe
First of all, dry roast the makhana very well. After this, dry roast the peanuts as well and make a coarse powder of it. Now lightly roast the sesame seeds. Now break the jaggery into small pieces and put it in a pan and make syrup by stirring it continuously on low flame. Here you have to keep in mind that till the syrup becomes crystal i.e. hard, stir the jaggery continuously in the pan. To check the hard syrup, keep water in a bowl and add 2 drops of syrup in it. If the jaggery is breaking after hardening, then the syrup is ready, if the drops of jaggery are not breaking by breaking with the hand after dropping them in water, then cook the syrup a little more. When the crystal hard syrup is ready, add black pepper, cardamom powder and dry ginger powder, 2 pinches of sweet (baking) soda and stir well. Now add makhana and peanuts in this hot syrup and mix. Add roasted sesame seeds from above. All things have to be mixed in hot syrup only. Apply ghee on a big plate and spread the entire mixture. After about an hour your Makhana Chikki or Makhana Balls will be ready. You can eat these during the fast.
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