Punjabis look forward every year to Lohri which celebrates the end of winter with bonfires, folk songs, roasted sesame and kurmura laddoo

Ingredients

Puffed rice 2 cups

Jaggery grated 1/2 cup
Ghee 1 tablespoon

Method

* Heat a non-stick pan; add the ghee and jaggery, and cook till the syrup attains a soft-ball consistency.

* Add the puffed rice and mix.

* Divide into equal portions and shape into laddoo.

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