Tags: Food.
Tilgul is a colourful sesame candy coated with sesame seeds; in Maharashtra people exchange tilgul on Sankranti a Hindu festival celebrated on 14 January.The sweet is a mixture of seasame seed (called Til in Marathi/Hindi) and jaggery (called Gul in Marathi/Hindi) and hence the name. On the Sankranti eve families serve their guests with Tilgul while saying Tilgul ghya goad goad bola which literally means Take Tilgul and talk all sweet.
