Dry Fruit Chikki, a diwali sweet

Ingredients needed for the Dry Fruit Chikki
1/2 cup almonds (sliced into 2-3 pieces)
1/2 cup pistachios broken
1/2 Cashewnuts split or broken
½ tbsp Ghee = to grease the tray
3/4ths cup Sugar
a pinch Green cardamom powder
a few strands Saffron
1/2 cup Dried rose petals for garnish

How to prepare dry fruit chikki:
Take a baking tray and place almonds, pistachios and cashewnuts in it. Microwave for 2-3 minutes till they are crispy.
Take a heavy rolling pin and grease it with ghee. Similarly grease the board on which you are going to roll the chikki.
Heat thick-bottomed pan and add ghee, sugar, cardamom powder and saffron strands. Cook till it forms a thick syrup and turns light brown in colour. Remove from heat.
Add roasted nuts, mix and immediately transfer onto the greased worktop.
Sprinkle dried rose petals and roll out lightly with the rolling pin to about one centimetre thickness.
Make marks with knife even while it is slightly warm.
When cool, scrape with knife and cut into marked pieces.
Store in an air-tight container.

Points to Note:
If you do not have a Microwave, just preheat the oven and then roast the dry fruits for 7-8 minutes.
If you have cut the dry fruits into small pieces even  a minute or two should be enough .
The timing should be adjusted according to your microwave.

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