Yellu Chigli | Til Ke Ladoo | Sesame Seeds Ladoo | Sweet Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 12 small ladoo
- ½ Cup kari yellu/black sesame/kaala til
- ½ heaped grated/shaved jaggery
- 2-3 Tbsp groundnuts/peanuts/moongphali
- 2 Tbsp ghee
- 2 powdered cardamom
- Clean, pick sesame seeds
- In a hot pan, start toasting sesame seeds on low heat
- Keep toasting until it feels very warm to the touch and releases an aroma
- Keep it aside
- Next in the same pan start toasting groundnuts/peanuts/moongphali
- Once they turn crisp and lightly change colour, remove from heat
- Remove the skins by rubbing them in the pan, discard the skins
- Put these with the sesame seeds
- In the same pan, melt the ghee and add jaggery
- Mix well and start melting the ghee on low heat
- After the jaggery has completely melted (takes about a minute or so) sprinkle cardamom powder
- Next powder the black sesame and groundnuts into a powder
- Add this to the melted jaggery
- Mix very well and ensure there are no lumps
- Grease your hands and start making small ladoos or chigli
- You can also make a dip in the centre by impressing your thumb
- Serve as prasada/offering on Naga chauthi and panchmi, consume in small quantities
Adjust jaggery as per your taste
If the mixture is very dry, add little ghee to make chigli
The same can be made with safed til/white sesame seeds/biLi yellu
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/yellu-chigli/
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