easy til chikki recipe | sesame chikki recipe | til ki chikki or til gajak
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 24 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup sesame / til (white)
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 cup jaggery / gud
Method
- firstly in a pan dry roast 1 cup sesame on low flame till it splutters.
- now in another kadai heat 1 tsp ghee and add 1 cup jaggery.
- keep stirring on medium flame till the jaggery melts completely. alternatively, use sugar, if you do not prefer jaggery.
- boil the jaggery syrup on low flame till the syrup turns glossy and thickens.
- check the consistency, by dropping syrup into a bowl of water, it should form hard ball and cut with a snap sound. else boil for another minute and check.
- simmer the flame add add roasted sesame seeds.
- stir well making sure jaggery syrup coats well.
- immediately pour the mixture over butter paper or onto steel plate greased with ghee. be quick else the mixture turns hard and will be difficult to set.
- get together forming a block, be careful as the mixture will be very hot.
- now using a rolling pin roll the slightly thick block.
- allow to cool for a minute, and when its still warm cut into pieces.
- lastly, serve til chikki once cooled completely, or store in a airtight container and serve for a month.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.