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Til Gajak Roll | Til Mawa Roll

Til Gajak Roll | Til Mawa Roll is a great way to celebrate Makar Sankranti, Pongal, and Lohri festivals. Til Gajak is a crispy and crunchy bar or roll with nutty flavors made from roasted sesame seeds and jaggery or sugar syrup
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert, Sweets
Cuisine Indian, North Indian
Servings 20 roundels from 2 rolls

Equipment

  • Heavy bottom pan or kadai
  • spatula
  • Parchment paper

Ingredients
  

1 cup = 250 ml

  • 125 gm White Sesame seeds a little less than a cup.
  • 30 gm milk powder
  • 50 gm sugar nearly ¼ cup
  • 50 gm jaggery ¼ cup packed.
  • 50 ml water
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 1-2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds for coating.
  • 1-2 tbsp chopped pistachios.
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder.

Instructions
 

Dry Roast sesame seeds

  • Heat a heavy bottom pan. Add the sesame seeds to the pan. Dry roast on slow heat.
  • After a couple of minutes, the sesame seeds will change to cream colour and will give out a nutty aroma. Do not heat further than this lest the seeds will turn bitter.
  • Put off the flame at this stage. Continue to stir so that the sesame seeds do not burn. At this stage the seeds are quite crisp and nutty in flavor.
  • Set aside to cool.
  • Once the sesame seeds cool down, grind to a coarse mixture.

Prepare one thread consistency sugar-jaggery syrup

  • Firstly, take sugar, jaggery and water in a pan and heat on slow flame.
  • Let the sugar and jaggery melt.
  • At first the syrup will be thin.
  • Gradually the syrup starts to thicken.

How to check for one thread consistency syrup

  • Pour a drop of the syrup onto a plate and let it cool.
  • It should be sticky to touch. When the drop of syrup is pulled between thumb and index finger it will be sticky and the syrup thread will not break. It will form a thread like filament. This is 1- thread syrup consistency. Do the check test 3-4 times till you get 1 thread consistency syrup.

How to make and shape Til Roll

  • Once you get the 1 thread consistency syrup, it is time to add roasted and ground sesame powder, milk powder and cardamom powder.
  • Mix well and make it into a smooth mass. Add the ghee also to give a shine.
  • The flame must be low throughout.
  • Slowly the sesame mixture will start leaving the sides of the pan. It will come together into a ball and will be shiny.
  • At this stage, put off the flame but continue to mix the mixture till it forms a ball.
  • Then, transfer it onto a working surface and roll out into a rectangle.
  • Now sprinkle chopped pistachios and press them into the til gajak mixture.
  • Lift up the edge towards yourself and roll it into a log.
  • Even out the log and coat with some more sesame seeds.
  • Then wrap it with a foil.
  • Keep aside at room temperature for around 2 hours.
  • After two hours or so, remove the foil and cut the til gajak roll into slices/ roundels.
  • Serve your guests or store them in an airtight container.

What to serve with

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Notes

  • Work throughout on low flame.
  • Constant supervision is needed, while dry roasting the sesame seeds.
  • Slightly over-roasting sesame seeds may impart a bitter taste.
  • Carefully do the one-thread consistency check for the syrup. Incorrect consistency of syrup may ruin the texture of Til Gajak Roll.
  • You could add more chopped pistachios if you like.
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