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Til chikki at home, in three ingredients

Sesame, jaggery, a teaspoon of cold-pressed sesame oil. A Sankranti tradition in a tin.

By The Bharat Oils Kitchen

Til chikki at home, in three ingredients

This article is in draft. The published version arrives on 27 July 2026.

This article is in draft. The companion recipe is already published — Til Chikki — and the full essay on the cultural place of til chikki at Sankranti publishes in early August.

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