Verusenaga pappu Chikki

2 cups Peanuts
2 cups Sugar
1 tsp Ghee or Clarified Butter
½ tsp Cardamom powder

Dry roast the peanuts in a pan for few minutes till light brown and cool it. Remove the skin and crush them lightly.

Heat a pan and add the clarified butter (ghee) and the sugar. Melt the sugar in low flame.
Add the cardamom powder. Grease a tray and the back of a spoon for spreading the mixture. When the syrup reaches hardball consistency, remove it from the flame. Add the nuts and coat it well with the sugar syrup. Immediately transfer it to the greased tray. Press the back of the greased spoon onto the mixture to spread evenly and cut them into slabs. Make sure to cut the slabs before it cools.

Let it cool and store it in airtight container.