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Punjab · Dessert

Til Ladoo

Traditional 20. Til Ladoo recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 240g sesame seeds (til)
• 200g jaggery (gur), powdered
• 30g ghee
• ½ tsp ginger powder
• ¼ tsp black pepper powder
• 15 whole nuts (cashews or peanuts)

👩‍🍳 How to make Til Ladoo

1. Dry roast sesame seeds (5 mins, low heat): Heat sesame seeds in a pan on low flame, stirring constantly for 5 minutes until light brown and fragrant (visual cue: seeds turn pale golden, release nutty aroma).
2. Cool seeds (2 mins): Transfer to plate to cool slightly (visual cue: seeds no longer hot to touch).
3. Heat ghee (1 min, low heat): Warm ghee in a pan (visual cue: ghee becomes liquid).
4. Mix jaggery (2 mins, low heat): Add powdered jaggery to warm ghee, mix on low heat until jaggery begins to soften (visual cue: jaggery mixes with ghee, becomes creamy).
5. Combine (2 mins, low heat): Add roasted sesame seeds to jaggery-ghee mixture. Add ginger powder and black pepper powder. Mix well on low heat until everything combines (visual cue: mixture becomes uniform in color, sesame seeds are evenly coated).
6. Cool (3 mins): Transfer to a bowl, cool for 2-3 minutes until you can handle with hands.
7. Shape (3 mins): Form into 12 laddoos while still warm (visual cue: mixture holds shape firmly). Top each with a whole nut.

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