Oats Sesame Fudge | Til Oats ki Burfi with Jaggery | Oats Sesame Burfi Recipe

Oats Sesame Seeds Fudge with step by step photos recipe. This oats burfi featuring jaggery, rolled oats and sesame seeds, is a delicious twist to on an old favorite munching sweets.The oats add into this fudge gives a great texture and taste to the recipe.

It is healthy, super delicious and easy to prepare recipe! They are great snacks for kids too. These are Vegan and Gluten Free.

A classic oats sesame fudge recipe that literally does melt in your mouth! This popular sweet is a twist to normal fudge recipe, there is no sugar inside, no milk based products just made with oats, sesame seeds, milk powder and jaggery, how healthy isn't?

What is Burfi/Barfi?

Burfi is an traditional Indian sweet(fudge) generally made with milk based sweets (a type of Indian mithai) loaded with nuts. There are many varieties of burfi made with besan, coconut, cashews, pistachio, chocolate, peanuts. The main ingredients of barfi include condensed milk or milk or mawa and sugar.

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But in this recipe we didn't used any milk based products like no condensed milk or milk using just a tablespoon of milk powder to binding the barfi all together.

Store them in an air-tight container for longer shelf life.These stay good up to a 7-10 days at room temperature, and up to a month when refrigerated.

Everything in this fudge are very nutritious and provide good amount of energy for growing kids.

Oats Sesame Fudge is an fantastic idea for those who are with nut allergies, since many bars are made with cashews or other nuts. It’s also a great idea to make for gifts over the holidays, or to crush up and use in desserts. These bars are perfect for kids too.

Health Benefits of Oats and Sesame for Toddlers and Kids:

1. Oats contain fiber, calcium, proteins and Vitamin B which are known to help in children's development

2. Sesame seeds are good in anti-oxidants.

3. Sesame additionally secures the little child's skin during winters as it has Vitamin E as unsaturated fats Oats Sesame Burfi Recipe

4. Oats and Sesame together are immunity boosters and also enhance the taste of a recipe together

You can check other sweets recipe from my blog like creamy rice kheer, gulab jamun, motichoor ladoo, rava kesari, vermicelli kheer, meethe chawal. Check other recipes

Let's check out what we need for this til oats ki burfi with jaggery recipe

Prep time : 10 minutes
Cook time : 15-20 minutes.
Total time : 25-30 minutes
Course : Sweets / Healthy Sweet
Cuisine : Indian
Author : Jolly Makkar
Makes : 16 fudge

Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 240 ml

Ingredients :

Til/Sesame seeds – 3/4 cup
Jaggery/Gud – 3/4 cup
Rolled Oats - 3/4 cup
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Water – 2 tbsp
Green Cardamom powder / elaichi – 1/4 tsp
Milk powder – 1 tbsp
Grated almonds - 1/2 tbsp for garnish

Preparation Method :

1. On a pan, dry roast the sesame seeds in it for 2-3 minutes or until they pop and turn pink in color. Keep stirring so that the seeds do not burn as they will turn bitter. Transfer into a plate and all them to cool completely.

2. On the same pan, dry roast the oats low flame for about a minute or till they are light brown and release a nice aroma. Keep aside and let them cool.

3. Coarsely grind both of them (roasted sesame and oats) to a coarse powder, and do not pulse for a very long time as the mixture will turn sticky because of the oil in the seeds. keep aside.

4. Grease the plastic sheet/plate/foil/butter paper with little ghee and keep aside for later use.

5. In a same pan, heat 1 tablespoon of ghee, melt it. Now add jaggery with 2 tbsp of water. Melt it on low flame until jaggery melts completely or bubbles form. Keep stirring continuously. Do not over cook.

jaggery melts completely or bubbles form

6. Add cardamom powder and mix well.

7. Now add the oats and sesame seeds powder along with 1 tablespoon of milk powder. Mix well on low flame. Cook it for 2-3 minutes.

8. Mix very well with a spatula and allow the mixture to cook until it leaves the pan. This will take about 3-5 minutes. Keep stirring continuously to ensure the mixture does not catch the bottom of the pan.

9. Transfer the mixture on greased sheet or tray and With the help of the sheet press and make it smooth. With the help of spatula and give shape.

10. While the mixture is still hot garnish the fudge with almond slivers and press slightly so that the slivers stick to the fudge.

11. Cut the fudge in desired shapes using a pizza cutter or sharp knife before it sets. The fudge sets fast in cold weather. Let it set for 15 minutes.

12. Oats Sesame Burfi is ready to serve and transfer them to air tight container. Enjoy!!

Tips and Tricks:

Vegans, can use vegan butter (available in market) or can use coconut oil too.
Keep stirring continuously while roasting and even while adding the fine powders into the jaggery syrup, so that the mixture won't burn it.
Instead of jaggery you can even use any sugar (other than refined sugar).
For the burfi / fudge to set/harden instantly, keep the tray in the fridge for about 5-10 mins.
Store them in an air-tight container for longer shelf life.These stay good up to a 7-10 days at room temperature, and up to a month when refrigerated.

This recipe is a part of A to Z recipe challenge, ,we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every alternate month. This month it was alphabet time "O" so i choose my key ingredients OATS and bake this delicious OATS SESAME SEED FUDGE