DesiEvite Blog

Friday, January 8, 2010 | 5:17:00 AM

Til Laddoo Recipe
Til Laddoo is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Til Laddu by following this easy recipe. 

Ingredients:  
 
• 1 Cup til 
• 2 Cups jaggery 
• 1/2 Cup peanuts 
• 4 tsp Ghee 
 
 
Cooking Instructions: • Roast the til dry till it turns slightly brown. Also dry roast the peanuts.  
• Make powder of both ingredients.  
• Heat the kadhai for 5 minutes.  
• Put jaggery in hot kadhai and mix well till it melts.  
• Now add ghee and the powder. Mix well.  
• Make laddus from it immediately.  
• Til laddus are ready. 
 
Til Papdi RecipeTil Papdi is prepared in North India at the time of Lohri. Learn how to make/prepare Til Papadi by following this easy recipe. 

Ingredients:   
• 200 gms White sesame seeds 
• 5 Pistachios, thinly sliced 
• 150 gms Sugar
 
 
Cooking Instructions:
• Roast sesame seeds lightly and leave aside.  
• Melt sugar in a small pan.  
• Add roasted sesame seeds and mix well.  
• Keep this pan in a large bowl of hot water.  
• Take small portion of this mixture at a time.  
• Make it flat with the help of a rolling pin.  
• Sprinkle with few slices of pista on top.  
• Roll quickly. You can smear rolling pin, palms and work surface slightly.  
• Transfer the role to a clean plastic sheet. Allow it to cool.  
• Separate the papdis with squares of plastic.  
• Cool and place in an airtight container.

Til Polis
These are specially prepared for the Sankrant festival because a mixture of til (sesame) and jaggery contribute to the health if eaten during cold season.

Ingredients:
2 cups cleaned white sesame
2 cups grated jaggery
1/4 teaspoon ginger powder
1 1/2 teaspoon powder of cardamoms 
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder
1 1/2 cups maida (refined flour)
oil as required.

Method :
• Rub in 1 1/2 tablespoons oil and a pinch of salt to the flour and knead into a soft dough. 
• Cover it with a wet cloth. 
• Heat sesame on low fire, stirring continuously so that they do not splutter and fall out of the pan. When cooled, pound them. 
• Add the greated jaggery and pound once more to make the mixture even and smooth. 
• Mix powders of Cardamoms, Sonth and nutmeg. 
• Shape small balls from the ready dough. 
• Place one ball in the left hand palm and make an indentation in the middle. 
• Put in this hollow a lump from the mixture. 
• Pull up the sides, gather at the top and press down. 
• Smear a wooden board with oil, place the stuffed ball on it and roll out into as thin a round as possible. 
• using enough oil fry it on griddle to deep golden colour till it is crisp. 
• Thus make all the Til Polis. These can last for quite a number of days and are very tasty.