Sesame Chikki

**Author - Alee Venkatesh **


Chikki is a traditional ready to eat Indian & Pakistani sweet, prepared using jaggery with other ingredients such as groundnuts, sesame, coconut etc.,  Here is my version of preparing the same in my kitchen.

Ingredients
  • Roasted white sesame seeds - 1/2 cup
  • Jaggery powder - 1/2 cup (more or less to taste)
  • water as needed
  • Clarified butter (ghee) - 1/2 tsp.
Method
  • Dry roast sesame seeds until golden brown
  • Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan
  • Melt jaggary with water until it reaches thread consistency
  • Add roasted sesame seeds, keep stirring until the mixture starts leaving sides of the pan
  • When cool prepare tiny little balls out of this mixture
  • Can be stored in an air tight container up to 1-2 weeks