Gajak

Name: Gajak
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gm Sesame seeds; 500 gm Jaggery; 1/2 Cup Ghee; 1/2 Cup Water; as needed Almond or any dry fruits for garnish; 1/2 tsp baking powder

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Gajak is made using Jaggery and sesame seeds mostly. It is mostly prepare during the festival of makar shankranti and is exchange between friend and family. Jaggery is to increase immunity and sesame seeds are hot in nature with prevent the cold from affecting the body. It is also known as Til Chikki or Tilgud. You can also prepare using peanut.

Dipti Paleja @Diptis_Cookbook

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Ingredients

20 min.

4 servings

500 gmSesame seeds
500 gmJaggery
1/2 CupGhee
1/2 CupWater
as neededAlmond or any dry fruits for garnish
1/2 tspbaking powder

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Steps

20 min.

1

Firstly in a pan dry roast sesame on law flame.
2

Now in another pan take Jaggery add water in it. Keep stirring on medium flame till the Jaggery melting completely. Add ghee in it. Boil Jaggery syrup till it turns glossy and thickness. Check the consistency, by dropping syrup into cold water. It should from hard ball and cut with a snap sound.
3

Now turn off flame and add backing powder and mix well. Add sesame seeds and stir well making sure Jaggery syrup coats well.
4

Immediately pour the mixture on butter paper, or thick plastic or steel plate greased with ghee. Be quick else mixture turns hard and will be difficult to set. Now with the help of rolling pin rolled the mixture.
5

Cut into the pieces. Once cool completely you can store it in air tight container.
6

Now cut small pieces of Chikki and grind it in grinder. Shift these powder Chikki into cake mould or greased steel plate. Press it with the help of spoon or small bowl. Garnish with chopped almonds or any other dry fruits. Cut the pieces. Unmould pieces and store it in air tight container. This Gajak is so soft that's why it is very easy to eat for our grand parents.
7

Serve them and enjoy the sweet Gajak.