Sesame Seeds Recipes

This year I wanted to make something special for Sankranti. While growing up, this was one of my favorite festivals. For me, the most important part of this festival is Tilgul - Til (sesame seeds) and gud(jaggery).

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Til chikki is made during Sankranti (Uttarayan). Very nutritious and full of iron, seasme is good for health if consumed in winter. It is made by blending jaggery and sesame seeds together and lightly flavored with cardamom.

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In Maharashtra, tilgul poli is the  main preparations made on Sankranti.This is a traditional recipe for 'Makar Sankranti'. It contains Til (sesame seeds) & Gul(jaggery). 'Gulpoli' is prepared as a naivedyam (offering) for God. It is very crispy and you can eat it for 6-7 days…..

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Banana Puri

Ingredients:

* 1/2 cup ripe mashed banana (about 8” long banana)
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 tablespoon melted ghee or butter
* 1/8 teaspoon crushed cardamom powder
* Pinch of salt
* 3 tablespoons coarsely ground almonds about 18 almonds
* Approx ¾ cup whole-wheat flour
* Approx ¾ cup all purpose flour
* Oil to fry

Method:

* Peel and mash the banana, add the sugar, almond, butter, salt and cardamom mix it well.
* Add whole-wheat flour and all-purpose flour to the banana mix and make a firm and smooth dough. Keep it aside for about 2 hours.
* Grease the fingers and knead the dough for a minute and divide in four equal parts.
* Roll them into 8” diameter and cut them in about 2” diameter, using a cookie cutter.
* Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. To check the heat if oil is ready put one piece of dough in oil, dough should sizzle and come up slowly.
* Fry the puries few at a time don’t over crowd the frying pan. Puries will puff and fry them till they are dark brown from all around. It will take about 2 minutes to fry every batch.
* Take them out over paper towel so it can absorb the extra oil.
* Puries are ready.

Kaju Katli

Ingredients:

* 2 cups Cashew Nuts (soaked in water for 2 hours)
* 1 cup Powdered Sugar
* 1 tbsp Ghee
* 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
* Silver Foil (optional)

Method:

* Drain and blend the cashews to a fine paste. Use as little water as possible when blending.
* Now in a saucepan make syrup with sugar and water and Cook on slow to medium heat.
* Cook stirring continuously till a soft lump is formed. Add ghee and cardamom powder and mix well
* Remove from heat on to a smooth surface and roll out (thin) quickly with a rolling pin. Cut into squares/diamond shapes.