Punjabi Peanut Chikki - Moongfali Patti – Winter Special Sweet

Moongfali Patti (मूंगफली पट्टी), also known as Peanut Chikki or Gajak, is a popular, crunchy Indian sweet made from roasted peanuts (moongfali) bound together with melted jaggery (gur) and sometimes sesame seeds (til), forming a delicious, nutritious brittle often enjoyed in winter for energy, with vendors offering it online and locally. 
Punjabi Peanut Chikki is a classic Indian sweet, a crunchy bar made from roasted peanuts and caramelized jaggery, known for its nutty sweetness and texture, enjoyed as a snack or festive treat, with regional variations like the popular Punjab/Bhatinda style, often featuring a mix of peanuts, jaggery, and sometimes ghee for richness. Making it involves roasting peanuts, melting jaggery with a little water (and optional ghee/lemon), mixing quickly, rolling out, and cutting into pieces before it hardens. It's a popular, energy-boosting snack available commercially and easily homemade.

From the warm, hearty land of Punjab, comes this story of the Punjabi Peanut Brittle or Chikki. The Indian winter with its gloomy, misty coldness stirs an almost instinctive need for the peanut or mungfali chikki in most Indian hearts. The association is a powerful one which begins from childhood and is continued generation after generation. 

Every year in Punjab, during Lohri is when the fruits of the land are ready for harvest and around the bonfire are shared many stories and also, the beloved Peanut Chikki or mungfali chikki which is a heart warming concoction of peanuts or mungfali and jaggery or gur. 

At Kabliwala, equally heart warming for us, are the traditional methods we use to ensure that you get a taste of the Punjabi heartiness in every bite of the Punjabi Peanut Chikki or Punjabi Mungfali Chikki. 

This chikki is particularly useful with its many health benefits. The jaggery helps with stomach related problems and combined with the peanuts, the chikki is a rich source of iron, potassium and magnesium.