Yellu Chigli | Til Ke Ladoo | Sesame Seeds Ladoo | Sweet Recipes
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Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 12 small ladoo
 
Deep coloured, sweet and bitter, yellu chigli or til ke ladoo
Ingredients
  • 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
Method
  1. Clean, pick sesame seeds
  2. In a hot pan, start toasting sesame seeds on low heat
  3. Keep toasting until it feels very warm to the touch and releases an aroma
  4. Keep it aside
  5. Next in the same pan start toasting groundnuts/peanuts/moongphali
  6. Once they turn crisp and lightly change colour, remove from heat
  7. Remove the skins by rubbing them in the pan, discard the skins
  8. Put these with the sesame seeds
  9. In the same pan, melt the ghee and add jaggery
  10. Mix well and start melting the ghee on low heat
  11. After the jaggery has completely melted (takes about a minute or so) sprinkle cardamom powder
  12. Next powder the black sesame and groundnuts into a powder
  13. Add this to the melted jaggery
  14. Mix very well and ensure there are no lumps
  15. Grease your hands and start making small ladoos or chigli
  16. You can also make a dip in the centre by impressing your thumb
  17. Serve as prasada/offering on Naga chauthi and panchmi, consume in small quantities
Notes
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/