gajak

{{Short description|Indian confection}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox prepared food

| name = Gajak

| image = Gachak.JPG

| image_size = 250px

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| alternate_name = Tilsakri, Tilpatti, Tilpapdi

| country = India

| creator =

| course = Dessert, confection

| type = Sweet

| main_ingredient = Sesame seeds, jaggery, peanuts

| variations = Gond gajak, chocolate gajak, dry fruit gajak, Pista gajak

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Gajak, also known as Tilsakri, Tilpatti{{Cite web |last=Dasa |first=Syamasundara |date=1965–1975 |title=Hindi sabdasagara |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/dasa-hindi_query.py?page=2091 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |quote=खाँड़ या गुड़ में पगे हुए तिलों का जमाया हुआ कतरा ।}} or Tilpapdi) is a confection originating in north-central India. It is a dry sweet made of sesame seeds (til) with (or without) peanuts and jaggery.{{Cite book |last=Alter |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYXNIzbhySIC&q=gajak+sugar&pg=PA106 |title=All the Way To Heaven |date=2009 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-028552-9 |language=en |quote=Once I stole a brass faucet from the tapstand in the garden, exchanging it for a kilo of gajak, a kind of candy made from sesame seeds and raw sugar. |author-link=Stephen Alter}} The sesame seeds (til) are cooked in the raw sugar syrup and set in thin layers, which can be stored for months.