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Rewri (Sesame-Jaggery Brittle)
🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium
Traditional 44. Rewri recipe
⏱️5 minPrep
🔥15 minCook
🕒20 minTotal
🍽️10Serves
🧺 Ingredients
👩🍳 How to make Rewri
- Roast sesame (5 mins, medium-low heat): In pan, toast sesame seeds 4-5 mins, stirring constantly, until golden, aromatic.
- Grease pan (1 min): Prepare shallow pan or foil with ½ tsp ghee.
- Melt jaggery (4 mins, medium-high heat): Heat ½ cup jaggery, ½ tbsp ghee. Stir until jaggery melts, browns (4 mins). Test hard-crack stage with cold water drop.
- Mix (1 min): Add sesame, salt. Stir rapidly 10-15 secs.
- Set (1 min): Pour onto greased pan, flatten, cool 5 mins until hard.
- Store: Airtight container, lasts 1-2 weeks.
📖 Cultural notes
Rewri is iconic Lohri sweet, sesame and jaggery combination distributed during festival for prosperity and health. ---
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