(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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