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Til Gajak

Til Gajak is what Lohris are made up of! The mixing of the sesame seeds with the jaggery with a hint of ghee makes this such an awesome dish!

I remember growing up eating til gajak for every Lohri! The sesame seeds covered with jaggery and a little bit ghee seeping in made this dish a star of my childhood!

til gajak

In fact, I have been in a very sad and nostalgic mood since morning… Irs been 9 years now but still every winter, my heart starts to ache for Delhi and every Lohri, this heart ache is at its peak… I have been thinking about those cold mornings and evenings and the very warming winter food. The Til Gajak!!!

Though, now. one can easily get it in Bangalore,there is something about the ones from Delhi! Or may be its the heart and the the memories attached with it! So while I was in that mood today,  N told me “Why don’t you make gajak.. Being in kitchen will also pep you up” (Yeah its become like a norm now, /mona is depressed make her cook/bake) ?I really liked the idea and started surfing for the recipe. I initially thought of making Varo which was the Indian Cooking Challenge couple of months back and I had missed it. But I also wanted to make something with Jaggery and not sugar. So the search continued and as usual, I picked up something from here, something from there and made my gajak and its absolutely yumm….In fact, N was not letting me take pictures at all as  he wanted to eat them. I made a smaller quantity as I was making it for the first time but now I am regretting it…

And now that I have made some gajak and eaten it too I feel better much better and I am planning on what to do in the evening!

Before jumping to the recipe, here are some more festival sweets recipes

Ubattu – Sankranti Special

Moong Dal Ladoos – Diwali Special

Til Gajak

Til Gajak is what Lohris are made up of! The mixing of the sesame seeds with the jaggery with a hint of ghee makes this such an awesome dish!
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Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian, north indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Sesame seeds
  • 1 cup jaggery
  • 2 tsps ghee
  • 2 tsps cardamom seeds powder
  • 1/2 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Dry roast the sesame seeds till they start crackling a little and keep aside.
  • Grind or cut jaggery coarsely and mix with water and bring to boil, lower the gas and simmer till it becomes a thick syrup. The test here should be to cook it till forms a ball when you drop a little in chilled water.
  • See the big ball kinds in the above water, like that. Ignore the brownish liquid that was formed by the test I did before, when the liquid was not cooked. At the time it will immediately spread and color the water like you see. It will take approx of 7-10 minutes.
  • At this stage, add the sesame seeds, ghee and cardamom powder and mix well.
  • Immediately pour over a greased tray and leave for setting
  • Leave it for setting for about 30 minutes and cut into desired shapes and of course eat and lift your senses!

Notes

Note: I used dark brown jaggery because thats what I had at home, u can go ahead and use the normal jaggery.
 
 
 
And did u check out what my fellow foodie marathon buddies are upto? Priya Suresh,Jay, Valli, PJ, Priya Vaasu, Azeema, Reva, Ayeesha, Veena Soumya.
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Comments

  1. veena says

    January 13, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    wow!!!!!!!!!!so delicious. How i wish i was there to pick some up:-)

    Reply
  2. gogoi says

    January 13, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    it seems to taste good. i want some of it hehhehe

    Reply
  3. Writerzblock says

    January 13, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    Oh that looks super-tasty and not too intimidating to make either. Very nice, Mon. U’re a pro 🙂

    Reply
  4. Swaram says

    January 13, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Wow! U r gng really well on ur food blog Mon, with so many events et..al 🙂
    This one looks awesome 🙂

    Reply
  5. Srivalli says

    January 13, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Wow if you can make such yummy ones when you are upset..then be upset more often..hahaha..kidding..I can understand how nostalgic it can be..hope you eat these and remember those days..

    Reply
  6. Krithi says

    January 13, 2011 at 6:44 pm

    This is so good…

    Reply
  7. umsreflections says

    January 13, 2011 at 7:30 pm

    I love this….and I am hogging on this – made by mom….yummy. 🙂

    Reply
  8. PJ says

    January 13, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    Looks so tempting Monika

    Reply
  9. Priya Srinivasan says

    January 14, 2011 at 12:21 am

    Wow!!! That looks yummy!!!!

    Reply
  10. Umm Mymoonah says

    January 14, 2011 at 1:00 am

    This looks very yummy.

    Reply
  11. binpin says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:17 am

    im really loving your Foodie NaBloPlo..Am here first thing very morning

    Reply
  12. Life Begins says

    January 14, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    Every single day i dance with joy when i see new recipe here 🙂
    My cooking life has simplified to a great extent 🙂 🙂

    And as u already knwo..i made it too…right away. Small tweaks though…. hal sugar – half jaggery and sesame and almonds(very coarsely ground) – both 🙂
    yumm yumm yumm….dance dance dance..
    You made our otherwise dull lohri day very exciting!!
    THUNKUUUUUUUUUUUUU

    Reply
  13. Reva says

    January 14, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    yummy looking munchies…perfect..

    Reply
  14. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    come over veena I will make for u again as this batch is over 🙂

    Reply
  15. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    yes pal I always thought that making gajak will be a very tedious task but it wasnt

    Reply
  16. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    he he thanks swaram

    Reply
  17. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    ha ha valli my hubby says the same 😉

    Reply
  18. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    thanks a lot krithi

    Reply
  19. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    nothing beats the stuff that mom makes uma nothing

    Reply
  20. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    Thanks PJ

    Reply
  21. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    Thanks Priya

    Reply
  22. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    thank u so muh binpin I am enjoying doing it too 🙂

    Reply
  23. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    thank u so much ummmm

    Reply
  24. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    awwwww thank u so much bharti ur words really made me happy…

    I am so glad this added cheer to ur festival just as it added to mine 😀

    Reply
  25. monikamanchanda says

    January 14, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    🙂

    Reply
  26. monikamanchanda says

    January 18, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    thank u so much revathi

    Reply

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Monika is an ex-IT person turned into a food blogger, consultant, home baker and an amateur food photographer. She loves music, writing, food, and travel, but not necessarily in that order ;)

Sin-A-Mon Tales is a canvas for her food memories. Apart from Sin -A- Mon Tales, Monika also writes for many online websites and publications. She's an avid reader and can always be found with a book in her bag, which mostly is as bright as her. She's an obsessive traveler and is always looking for the next food story. Read More…

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