Yummy sweets: Dry Fruits Chikki

The bond between a sister and brother is inseparable and to celebrate this bond we observe Raksha Bandhan. However, the festival is incomplete without a platter of yummy sweets, which sweetens the relationship more.

Dry Fruits Chikki

Ingredients:
Sugar 1 cup
Dry fruits chopped (cut theminto long slivers) 1 cup
Poppy seeds ¼ cup
Lemon juice1 tbsp
Oil 1 tbsp

Method:

• Add the sugar in a pan and stir continuously on low flame till it dissolves
• Once the sugar completely dissolves add lemon juice to it
• Stir for just 1 or 2 seconds and put the dryfruits and poppy seeds immediately
• Mix the dissolved sugar, dry fruits and poppy seeds (you have tobe super quick in this process)
• Grease a flat surface and a rolling pin with oil
• Transfer the mixture onto the greased surface and roll it with the rolling pin.