PEANUT CANDY

Steps:

• In a big kadai, add peanuts with skin to melted ghee on medium heat.
• Keep on stirring continuously with a spatula.
• When the peanuts start turning reddish, test one of them to see whether the skin can be removed by pressing with your thumb, remove from fire.
• Rub the peanuts in a plate till all the skin comes off.
• Set aside in a plate.
• Slice the coconut into small thin square pieces.
• In a kadai, add the jaggery with 1/2 cup water and cut coconut pieces.
• Keep a cup of water ready.
• When the jaggery mix boils and starts thickening, add one tsp.
• of jaggery mix to the cup of water.
• The jaggery should not dissolve in water.
• When you roll it into a ball, the jaggery should be soft.
• Add cardamom powder to the jaggery mix.
• In a broad plate, place the cleaned peanuts and pour the jaggery mix over it little by little one ladle at a time.
• Mix them evenly with a thin edged spatula.
• Make lemon sized balls with your hand while it is still hot.
• Dip hands in water or rice flour periodically while making the candy.
• The peanut balls start hardening as they cool down.
• The same peanut-jaggery mixture can be poured into different moulds.
• They are cut into small pieces according to requirement.
• For garnishing, dried grated coconut is used which is dipped in various food colours.