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Chikki – Calories, Benefits

Chikki is that crunchy little flat cuboid that is brittle and is made of peanuts also known as ground nuts in India. This can be prepared from a mere two ingredients to varied types of ingredients that form the variants.

Names

PlaceName
Bihar and Uttar PradeshLayiya patti
SindhLayee or Lai 
BengalGur badam
Telangana and Andhra PradeshPalli Patti
KeralaKappalandi Mutthai
Tamil NadiKadalai Mittai
BrazilPé-de-moleque
Paraguayka’i ladrillo
ThailandThua tat
Chikki called in different places across the world

Origin

August 15, 1888

The Beginning

Maganlal Agarwal, a candy shop owner from a place called Lonawla, a hill station near Mumbai invented and named the sweet Gud Dani

August 15, 1888
January 14, 1898

Sons took Over

Ambalal and Mohanlal Agarwal started selling near the tracks after the demise of their father in their tender age

January 14, 1898
December 12, 1898

Long Queues for Gud Dani

It became so popular that people used to miss the train due to long queues near the tracks

December 12, 1898
March 1, 1899

Renaming to Chikki

When the central railway requested Gud Dani for the crew, for convenience the name was changed to CHIKKI

March 1, 1899
April 12, 1925

Chikki Nationwide

With his sons and nephew Pralhad, Bharat, and Chandraprakash Agarwal took the business to great heights taking Chikkis nationally

April 12, 1925

Regions

Ingredients

Groundnut
Jaggery
Ghee

Variations

Peanut
Cashew
Coconut
Almond
Pista
Dates
Sesame
Niger
Garden Cress
Watermelon
Pumpkin
Rice flakes
Puffed Rice
Roasted Bengal Gram
Roasted Moong Dal
Jackfruit
Mango
Pineapple
Strawberry
Orange
Pepper
Cardamom
Jeera
Fennel
Coffee
Finger Millet
Chocolate

Shelf Life

About 3 months.

Portion

Chikkis can be taken as snacks providing us with sufficient energy, while we are trekking. Every bite of this trek-friendly food keeps the trekker’s energy full.

Sides

Not Applicable

Nutrition

Calories79Sodium0mg
Total Fat3.9gPotassium0mg
Saturated0gTotal Carbs31g
Polyunsaturated0gDietary Fiber0.7g
Monounsaturated0gSugars0g
Trans0gProtein2.1g
Cholesterol0mgCalcium2%
Vitamin A0%Iron3%
Vitamin E5%Carbohydrates9.7g
Nutrition from 5 to 6 pieces of putharekulu

Benefits

nutritious food for children and adolescents and very good for the health of everyone
not much of a package is required and no preservatives to preserve this
fibrous food so prevents constipation
free of cholesterol, good for cardiac arrests
rich protein and iron is a boon for the anemic

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