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Sankranti Special Treats: Nolen Gur to Til Laddoo & Morena Gajak — Here’s How To Order Them Online

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11.01.2025

The beginning of the harvest; the marker of prosperity and the harbinger of delicious foods, Makar Sankranti is a tapestry of colours both on the table and in the skies; a festival of camaraderie and bonhomie.

And, the occasion calls for digging into delicacies — til laddoos (sweet, bite-sized treats made of sesame seeds and jaggery), khichdi (a comforting bowl of rice and lentils), sakkarai pongal (a South Indian dish made with rice, lentils, jaggery, and ghee) and pinni (a Punjabi speciality made with wheat flour, ghee, and jaggery). If you are short on time, don’t worry. Here’s where you can order your Sankranti favourites online.

1. Nolen gur

Something of a hero in Indian homes, nolen gur is a jaggery made from the sap of the date palm tree Phoenix sylvestris, which produces the elixir only from November through February. Once collected, the sap is reduced over a fire for a certain amount of time, depending upon the consistency of jaggery desired.

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A natural sweetener, nolen gur has added its flavour to Indian desserts through the ages. Even Sukumar Ray, father of Satyajit Ray, once declared, “Kintu shobar chaite bhalo, pauruti aar jhola gur (The best of all is bread with jhola gur).” The jaggery forms a core ingredient in many desserts such as roshogulla (a dessert made with Indian cottage cheese in sugar syrup), sandesh (a dessert made with Indian cottage cheese, milk, and sugar syrup), and payesh (a pudding of milk, rice, and sugar).

And Joynagar — a West Bengal brand founded in 2016 to help farmers find buyers for their produce — does........

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