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00:00There is a tradition of eating sesame seeds in Makar Sankranti.
00:03On this day, in the states of North India, sesame seeds are also eaten along with chura dahi.
00:10Therefore, in Ranchi, these days, many shops that make and sell sesame seeds have been decorated.
00:17The specialty of these shops is that most of the workers from Bihar's Gaya, Navada and Jharkhand's Chatra and Hazaribagh districts
00:28are making delicious sesame seeds in Ranchi.
00:31We come from Gaya district and we work for two months.
00:37We come in the season and then we leave.
00:41Why do more people come from Gaya? Is it special?
00:45Gaya's sesame seeds are very famous.
00:48We make it very well.
00:51How do you make it special?
00:54Sesame seeds are mixed more in it.
00:57The amount of sugar is less.
01:01Sesame seeds are more.
01:03That's it.
01:05700 rupees daily.
01:08Roasting sesame seeds on hot fire for about 30 minutes in a clay pot and then with sugar or jaggery syrup,
01:17these roasted sesame seeds are crushed by hand to make delicious sesame seeds.
01:23With the fragrance of sesame seeds, the capital Ranchi is completely mesmerized.
01:30From now on, sesame seeds are reaching the shops in large numbers.
01:37Many of them are buying sesame seeds for themselves.
01:41Many people from faraway countries have come to send sesame seeds to their relatives.
01:48My brother came here last time and took 5-6 kgs of sesame seeds to America.
01:55His demand is that his relatives are going this time.
01:59So, I am sending it for them.
02:02How much have you taken?
02:04I have taken 4 kgs.
02:08Because it gets heavy in the luggage.
02:12They have their own luggage.
02:15There are so many customers who come here in the evening.
02:19I can't see anything in the evening.
02:21In the evening, everyone comes here by car.
02:24It takes less than an hour to make sesame seeds.
02:29Sesame seeds are not mixed.
02:32Sesame seeds are fresh and soft.
02:34I have been a regular customer here for more than 15 years.
02:38I take all kinds of items.
02:43It is very tasty.
02:45From Anarsa to Tilkut, I take all kinds of things.
02:52It is very tasty.
02:55Do you sell sesame seeds from Gaya?
02:57No, I don't sell sesame seeds from Gaya.
02:59If you compare Gaya's sesame seeds with Agra's sesame seeds, it is different.
03:04We have a house in Gaya.
03:08I have tasted it there and I have seen it here.
03:11I don't see any difference.
03:13It is just as tasty as it is here.
03:15The old sesame seeds that are made everywhere are different.
03:19But I have seen it here.
03:21It is not mixed.
03:22Sesame oil is used very well.
03:24Sesame oil is not reused.
03:29What is the health point of view?
03:35Jaggery is very hot in winter.
03:38People prefer jaggery because it keeps the body warm.
03:42People say that sugar cleanses the bones.
03:46Sugar is not good for health.
03:49People are using jaggery in tea.
03:53What is the specialty of Tilkut?
03:55We have been seeing this shop for 30-35 years.
03:59The quality of their shop is very good.
04:04People say that the sesame seeds of Gaya district are very tasty.
04:08They have a very good quality of sesame seeds.
04:15Tilkut is very famous.
04:18Tilkut is very delicious.
04:19Tilkut is not available anywhere in Ranchi.
04:21Virendra Gupta, who has been selling Tilkut for three decades in Ranchi, Harmo, says that
04:29the quality of high quality sesame seeds, the quality of jaggery and the quality of the workers
04:36make the Tilkut delicious.
04:39He said that this time there has been no increase in the price of Tilkut compared to last year.
04:47And the rate is the same as last year.
04:50Our worker is from Gaya.
04:52Gaya and Navada districts are of two places.
04:54The head worker is from Gaya.
04:56The rest of the workers are from Navada and Gaya districts.
04:59What is the specialty of your shop?
05:01You sell a lot.
05:02The specialty is that we sell sesame seeds well.
05:05We sell sesame seeds well.
05:06We buy sesame seeds well.
05:07In which there is no pebble, no sand, no scratches.
05:09Tilkut has jaggery.
05:10You have to bring good quality jaggery and use it.
05:13He said that bring jaggery and use it.
05:16If anyone eats Tilkut, then there is a complaint of 3 days.
05:18There is a complaint of pebbles.
05:19There is no complaint of all that.
05:21What is the rate compared to last year?
05:23The rate is the same as last year.
05:25Next year, Tilkut was sold for Rs. 320.
05:27This time also it is sold for Rs. 320.
05:29The rate has not increased.
05:31The rate has not increased.
05:32If you want to stay in Ranchi and feel the taste of delicious Tilkut made in Ramna of Gaya,
05:40then you do not need to order Tilkut from Gaya.
05:45Because the same quality Tilkut is now being prepared in Ranchi as well.
05:52Upendra Kumar's report from Ranchi for ETV Bharat.