DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Tiler Naru
Mita Mondal’s selected tiler naru binds dry-roasted white sesame seeds with melted jaggery and is shaped with ghee-coated hands.
About Tiler Naru
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Mita Mondal’s tiler naru, also titled sesame-seed laddu, combines white sesame seeds and jaggery in round sweets. She presents it as a treat associated with festive occasions in India.
The sesame seeds are dry-roasted in a hot pan and set aside. Her notes call for low heat, steady stirring and a golden-brown finish.
Water is added to the pan and the jaggery is melted. A small sample of the melted jaggery is tested in separate water; the heat is turned off when the sample becomes solid and hard.
The roasted sesame seeds are mixed into the same melted jaggery. The mixture is poured onto a flat plate brushed with ghee, then shaped into round laddus with a little of the same ghee applied to the hands.
The recipe describes the sweets as nutty and crunchy. The shaped laddus are allowed to cool before serving; this selection presents them as a standalone sweet.
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