Til chikki with sugar recipe - Tilachi vadi - Sesame vadi recipe

Til chikki with sugar recipe - Happy Makar Sankranti to you all. A delicious, crunchy chikki for Makar sankranti. Chikki is a burfi  shaped sweet of  India. Til chikki is a popular traditional sweet prepared during Makar Sankranti. This is an easy to prepare sweet made with sesame seeds and sugar. Chikki is made using either jaggery or sugar along with basic ingredients such as sesame seeds, peanuts, cashew nuts and almonds.

The use of jaggery makes the chikki soft whereas sugar makes it crunchy.  To make a delicious chikki, avoid roasting the sesame seeds for too long and just roast them until warm. I have already posted tilachi ladoo and til shenga vadi recipes. Do try these recipes.


Some other interesting sesame seeds recipes in this space 

Tilachi Ladoo Recipe
Tilgul Vadi Recipe

Til chikki with Sugar Recipe - Sesame Vadi Recipe

Prep time : 10 mins    
Cook time : 20 mins      
Total time : 30 mins
Recipe type : Sweets      
Cuisine : Maharashtra    
Yield : 15 large sized chikkis
Author : Vidya Chandrahas

Ingredients 

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup sesame seeds / til
• 1 tbsp ghee

Method

1. Heat a pan and roast the sesame seeds until warm. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
2. Heat ghee in the same pan. Add the sugar and stir continuously until sugar melts.
3. Add the roasted sesame seeds and mix well.
4. Grease a rolling board with ghee, pour the above prepared sesame mixture and spread evenly.
5. Immediately roll it with a rolling pin.
6. Cut into desired shape with a cutter. Allow it to cool. Break and serve the til chikki with sugar.

Til chikki with sugar - step by step pictures

1.  Heat a pan and roast the sesame seeds until warm. Transfer to a plate and set aside.

2.  Heat ghee in the same pan.

3.  Add the sugar and stir continuously until sugar melts.

4.  When the sugar turns into syrup, add the roasted sesame seeds and mix well.

5.  Pour the above prepared sesame mixture on a greased board and spread evenly. Immediately, roll it with a rolling pin.

6.  Cut into desired shape with a cutter.

7.  Allow it to cool. Break and serve til chikki with sugar.