Ingredients
Til Chikki is often made during the winter harvest festivals of Lohri & Makar Sankrant. It is made with sesame and jaggery and served as a sweet on the day of the festival.
For Chikki
1 cup white sesame seeds
½ cup roasted peanuts, crushed
½ cup desiccated coconut powder
¼ tsp cardamom powder
For Jaggery Syrup
1 tbsp ghee
1 cup jaggery powder or chopped jaggery
2 tbsp water
¼ tsp cardamom powder
Process
- To prepare the chikki, dry roast the sesame seeds till they turn golden brown and start popping.
- Add the roasted peanuts, desiccated coconut and cardamom powder to the sesame seeds, mix well.
- Set aside the dry ingredients till in use.
- To prepare the jaggery syrup, add ghee to a pan on low flame along with jaggery powder and water.
- Allow the jaggery to melt and come to a soft ball stage.
- Note: When the jaggery syrup starts bubbling, you can do the water test to check the consistency. Take a small bowl with cold water and drop some jaggery syrup in it, if it does not spread it means your syrup is ready.
- At this stage, turn of the flame and add in the dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Grease a barfi tin with ghee, pour the prepared mixture and spread evenly into a thin layer.
- With a knife make the cut marks while it is still hot, allow to cool down for 2-3 hours and store in an air-tight container.
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This procedure is surely effortless. 💝💯
The Best till chili
Crispy n tasty👌💕