Til ka laddu (sesame seed ball)

• Servings:
• Preparation time: 10 minutes.
• Making round ball time: half minute(each).
• Total time: 11 minutes.

India is a land of festivals, “Til ka laddu” and “Murmure ka laddu” is mandatory item to make every house in the auspicious occasion of maker Sankranthi, especially in the Mithila region in Bihar.

It is also prepared in the state of Punjab on the occasion of Lohari festival.

Ingredients:

• White Til (sesame seed): 100 gm
• Jaggery: 100 gm.
• Dry ginger powder:  ½ teaspoon
• Water: 100 ml

Preparation:

1. Dry roast in small batches (30 gm) Til for 2-3 minutes till it starts to puff off. Keep aside.
2. Take a large heavy bottom pan, Place Jaggery and water in a pan, and dissolve the Jaggery over low heat. Once the Jaggery dissolves, increase the heat and bring it to boil and cook over full flame till two thread consistency is reached.
3. Add dry ginger powder and roasted til, and mix quickly into the mixture, Put off the flame and allow it cool for a while.

Method:

1.  Moisten the hands with water Make round balls, allow it cool. Serve or store in airtight container.

Til ka laddu (sesame seed ball) by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.