(4 servings)
Made from roasted sesame seeds, jaggery, dry fruits and coconut, this traditional sweet is light and healthy.
Ingredients
- 250 gms (2 cups) sesame seeds
- 250 gms jaggery
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- ½ cup roasted peanuts, crushed
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp ghee
Preparation guide
- Heat a flat nonstick pan. Add sesame seeds and dry roast them till they change colour. Keep aside.
- Add in the peanuts and dry roast them till brown. Cool and grind into a coarse mixture.
- In the same pan, dry roast the desiccated coconut till golden brown, then keep aside.
- Now, mix all the three ingredients together along with cardamom powder and keep aside.
- To prepare jaggery syrup, heat the pan, add in powdered jaggery with ½ cup water and stir until the lumps are gone.
- Keep stirring till it boils and thickens (when you add a drop of jaggery syrup on a plate, it should not spread). At this point turn off the flame, add the dry roasted mixture carefully and mix well.
- Apply some ghee to your palm and start making small balls.
Health benefits: Sesame seeds are rich in calcium, fibre and vitamin B and promote healthy bones and control blood pressure levels.
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