Ingredients

• 1 cup - white, black or mixed sesame seeds
• 1 cup - sugar
• 1/2 tsp - cardamom powder

How to Make Sesame Diyas

• Heat sugar in a heavy bottom pan.
• Stir gently. When the sugar dissolves, add in sesame and cardamom, mix.
• Take off from fire, mix well, folding with a spatula.
• Grease hands generously with oil, take a blob at a time.
• Mould over diya mould while it is still hot.
• Allow to cool and stiffen.
• If desired, fill with chocolate curls or transparent sweetened gelatine and put wicks.