Mixed Nuts Chikki

Ingredients:

• White Sugar: 3/4 cup
• Mixed Nuts: 1 cup (Peanuts, cashews, pistachios, almonds, walnuts)
• Saffron: 2-3 strands
• Green Cardamom pwd: 1 tsp
• Ghee: 1 tsp + for greasing
• Baking paper/ Butter paper

Method:

• Heat a pan. Dry roast mixed nuts for 2-3 mins on low/ medium flame. 
• Chop them coarsely.

• Before you start, Grease a flat plate/ pan (on which you will spread) and rolling pin . Put baking paper on the flat plate.
• Take a pan. Put 1 tsp ghee in it.
• Add sugar. On high flame, cook sugar till it melts. Keep stirring continuously. (Don't let it stick to the base and get burnt)
• When sugar melts, turn off the gas. Immediately add mixed nuts and mix well.

• Immediately, pour the mixture on the flat plate. Spread them evenly with rolling pin.

• When the mixture is still warm, draw lines with knife in the shape you want to cut chikki. Don't try to cut chikki.
• When the mixture will cool, you can cut chikki with hands as per the lines drawn when the mixture was still warm.
• Store in air tight container. 

PS:

When the sugar will melt, it will automatically turn into brown colour.