Til ki Chikki & Til ke Ladoo {Sesame Brittle & Sesame Fudge}
As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Til ki Chikki & Til ke Ladoo {Sesame Brittle & Sesame Fudge}
Today and Tomorrow starts the new year of Harvest in India..an onset of spring..a big day for farmers to start getting ready for sowing new crops. It’s celebration time :). The festival is celebrated with the name of Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Uttaran and Bihu,etc. in different parts of the country. The motto is same :). This festival is celebrated with kite flying. The skies are covered with colorful kites. Also sweet meats made of jaggery, sesame, milk powder or mawa, peanuts etc are made. I am sharing two of the sweets that I made. One is Sesame Brittle, which is vegan made with jaggery and sesame seeds. Another one is Sesame Sweet Truffles or Til Laddoos. Sesame is called Til in Hindi in India.
I remember, my dad used to bring lots of freshly prepared these sweet meats from the market on this special day. We would have Bon- fires and eat all the fun sweets along with pop corn and peanuts till late in the night, singing and cracking jokes…some plain family fun. The day has been always special since my mom’s birthday falls around the same time..so double celebration for us :).
Til ki Chikki {Sesame Brittle}
Let me put down the simple and straight recipe for this gorgeous and tasty brittle..so simple..done in a jiffy and cleared from the plate faster than that ;).
Ingredients
Jaggery (light colored) : 1 cup finely chopped
Sesame seeds (white) : 1 cup
Method
Take a heavy bottom pan. Add the chopped jaggery to the pan and heat it through on low medium flame. It will bubble, keep stirring.
Cook jaggery on low flame for 3-5 minutes.
Add sesame seeds. If you want you can roast these seeds lightly before but they can be added as is.
Take a parchment paper. Pour the hot mixture on this parchment paper.
Cover it with another big piece of parchment paper. Press and roll it with a rolling pin.
Remove the top parchment paper. Let it cool at the room temperature.
Once cooled, break it off in desired pieces.
They can be stored at room temperature.
Til ke Ladoo {Sesame Fudge}
Ingredients
Dry Milk Powder or Condensed Milk or Mawa or Khoya : 2 cups
Sesame seeds : 1 cup
*Sugar (fine) : 1 cup
Note :
If you are using dry milk powder, then add 1/3 cup milk to it.
If you are using condensed milk, skip the sugar if it is sweetened already.
Method :
Take a pan, add sesame seeds to it and roast them on low flame till they turn slightly pink. You have to be careful while roasting them since they are delicate and burn too soon.. So focus :). Take them out and cool them at room temperature. Now grind them coarsely in a processor or in a bag.
Take a heavy bottom pan. Add dry milk powder dissolved in milk or condensed milk or Mawa or khoya to the pan. Keep then on low flame. Let the milk product cook on low flame for 3-5 minutes, till it becomes slightly pink and starts smelling divine. Keep stirring or it will burn at the bottom. It might be lumpy if using milk powder or condensed milk. But when you add the dry sesame seeds and sugar and mix well while rubbing them together..it will become like a coarse mixture to work with.
Now take it out in an open pan. Add cooled and crushed sesame seeds and powdered or fine sugar. Mix well with hands or a fork.
Take a small portion and make a ping pong size ball. Finish the whole mixture like that. Will yield 25 ladoo.
You have to act fast since it will be hard to work with the cold mixture. You have to finish the ball making with warm mixture.
It can be stored at room temperature in an air tight box for sometime.
ENJOY!
Nice recipe .thank you for sharing
The sesame brittle looks simply delicious, thanks for sharing the recipe!
The sesame brittle looks simply delicious, thanks for sharing the recipe!
yum, my all time favourite… 🙂
Mine too 🙂
yum, my all time favourite… 🙂
Mine too 🙂
I learned something new today! Thank you for sharing and happy celebrations!
Thanks Afra:)
I learned something new today! Thank you for sharing and happy celebrations!
Thanks Afra:)
Happy Sankranthi. chikki looks awesome. I wish you were my neighbor;)
I wish you were my neighbor too
Hugs 🙂
Happy Sankranthi. chikki looks awesome. I wish you were my neighbor;)
I wish you were my neighbor too
Hugs 🙂
Happy Lohri! I see that you celebrated in your own sweet little way! The chikkis look perfect and so do the laddoos.
To u too Namrata :). I love til chikki still miss the gajak :(.
I am waiting to see what you are going to do with the hara chholiya that you posted recently on FB. 🙂
I made a curry with potatoes and choliya, which tasted yumm with bajre ki roti and bathua raita, but the curry didnt look very good… dont worry, I will still make a post of the same 🙂
Oh how I miss bathua here 🙁 my dadi made the best bathua paranthas with white makkhan
Happy Lohri! I see that you celebrated in your own sweet little way! The chikkis look perfect and so do the laddoos.
To u too Namrata :). I love til chikki still miss the gajak :(.
I am waiting to see what you are going to do with the hara chholiya that you posted recently on FB. 🙂
I made a curry with potatoes and choliya, which tasted yumm with bajre ki roti and bathua raita, but the curry didnt look very good… dont worry, I will still make a post of the same 🙂
Oh how I miss bathua here 🙁 my dadi made the best bathua paranthas with white makkhan
Happy makar sankrati Sonal, these look yum as we speak I’m eating til sakri made by my mum and aunt in law 🙂
To u too Chintal 🙂
Happy makar sankrati Sonal, these look yum as we speak I’m eating til sakri made by my mum and aunt in law 🙂
To u too Chintal 🙂
Happy Sankaranti Sonal !! Chikki and Ladoo looks yummmm….
Thanks 🙂 to you too dear
Happy Sankaranti Sonal !! Chikki and Ladoo looks yummmm….
Thanks 🙂 to you too dear
How wonderful and so interesting, thank you for telling us about the festival ☺️ And such tasty recipes x
My pleasure Elaine 🙂
How wonderful and so interesting, thank you for telling us about the festival ☺️ And such tasty recipes x
My pleasure Elaine 🙂
Happy Sankranti!
To u too Aruna 🙂
Happy Sankranti!
To u too Aruna 🙂
I’ve always loved sesame brittle, but haven’t made any. Always buying them from the store. Now I know it’s easy to make. I suppose you can also add nuts? I remember your nut brittles, haven’t made that either. The truffles I haven’t had any, very interesting.
Absolutely you can add any nuts…I have seen cashews, almonds, pistachios in it…separate and together… I sometimes add little cardamom powder and saffron, pinch of black pepper and salt to bring out the taste of jaggery..this one is plain.
These truffles are quite staple but haven’t seen in the Indian grocery stores here… But again a simple recipe…condensed milk will work quick. It tastes like sesame milk cake.
I am glad that you liked the post Angie 🙂
I’ve always loved sesame brittle, but haven’t made any. Always buying them from the store. Now I know it’s easy to make. I suppose you can also add nuts? I remember your nut brittles, haven’t made that either. The truffles I haven’t had any, very interesting.
Absolutely you can add any nuts…I have seen cashews, almonds, pistachios in it…separate and together… I sometimes add little cardamom powder and saffron, pinch of black pepper and salt to bring out the taste of jaggery..this one is plain.
These truffles are quite staple but haven’t seen in the Indian grocery stores here… But again a simple recipe…condensed milk will work quick. It tastes like sesame milk cake.
I am glad that you liked the post Angie 🙂