{"title":"Sweets","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"dilli-gur-chana","title":"Dilli Gur Chana","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"19:1-19:495;1317-1811\"\u003eDili Gur Chana is the simplest kind of brilliant, roasted chickpeas paired with pure jaggery and nothing else. It is the snack Delhi reaches for when the weather turns cold, the one that has been pressed into children's hands from street carts for generations. There is no refined sugar here and no long ingredient list to apologise for. Just gur and chana, roasted and rolled the way they always have been, ready for a tin on your kitchen counter or a pocket on a winter walk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"21:1-21:538;1813-2350\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin Story:\u003c\/strong\u003e In Delhi, gur and chana go back further than anyone can remember. You find them at roadside carts in the old city, sold by the fistful as the evenings cool, eaten on the move and shared without ceremony. It is a pairing built on thrift and good sense, jaggery for warmth and energy, chickpeas for substance, both of them ingredients that have fed the city through every kind of winter. Patang keeps the recipe exactly that honest, because this is one of those snacks that was never meant to be improved, only protected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"23:1-23:331;2352-2682\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaste and Texture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Expect an earthy, roasted crunch from the chickpeas wrapped in deep, molasses rich jaggery. The sweetness is natural and rounded, never sharp, because it comes from the gur itself rather than from added sugar. Lightly nutty, clean on the finish, and surprisingly easy to keep eating one piece after another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54055070630172,"sku":"PNP-DIL-GUR-150","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/6371\/2028\/files\/prd-gur-chana.jpg?v=1776423117"},{"product_id":"lonavala-groundnut-chikki","title":"Lonavala Groundnut Chikki","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLonavala Groundnut Chikki is whole groundnuts set into golden jaggery and snapped into one honest sheet, sticky at the edges and stubbornly wholesome. It’s the chikki most people picture when they hear the word Lonavala: bought by the box at the ghat-side shops and passed around the car before the drive home has even begun. It’s crunchy, filling and comforting in a way that tastes like a weekend in the hills. Have a piece with evening chai, tuck it into a lunch box, or keep a slab in the drawer for the 4pm slump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin Story:\u003c\/strong\u003e Groundnuts and jaggery are two of Maharashtra’s most dependable pantry staples, and in Lonavala they come together as the town’s signature sweet. For travellers on the Mumbai to Pune route, stopping for chikki has been part of the journey for as long as most of them can remember, as much a part of the trip as the fog rolling over the ghats. Patang’s Groundnut Chikki is made in Lonavala and keeps that simple pairing at its centre, so every piece tastes like that stop on the way home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaste and Texture:\u003c\/strong\u003e A clean, crisp snap, then the nutty crunch of groundnuts against rich, earthy jaggery. It’s chewy at the edges and crunchy in the middle, the kind of sweet you keep breaking “just one more piece” off.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54689777451292,"sku":"PNP-LGC-80","price":120.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/6371\/2028\/files\/ChikkiDesign-07.jpg?v=1792410007"},{"product_id":"lonavala-white-til-chikki","title":"Lonavala White Til Chikki","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLonavala White Til Chikki is white sesame cooked into jaggery and pressed into thin, brittle slabs, pale gold and quietly generous. It comes from the hill town every Mumbai to Pune traveller knows by its chikki shops, where picking up a box for the road is almost a rule. Each piece snaps cleanly, like the first winter chill, then melts into a slow, nutty warmth that stays long after. Keep it by the chai tin, break off a piece after lunch, or pack it for a long drive with a foggy window and nowhere to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin Story:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lonavala sits high in the Sahyadri ghats and spends much of the monsoon wrapped in mist, and chikki has long been its sweetest export. Sesame and jaggery go deeper into Maharashtra’s food culture too. At Makar Sankranti, families hand out til-gul and say “tilgul ghya, god god bola”: take this sweet and speak sweetly. White til chikki turns that same pairing into an everyday slab. Patang’s is made in Lonavala itself and pressed thin, the way the town likes it, so it tastes of the place it comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaste and Texture:\u003c\/strong\u003e A thin, glassy snap, then the toasty, almost buttery flavour of sesame against the deep caramel sweetness of jaggery. It’s crisp rather than jaw-breaking. Because the slab is so thin, it disappears much faster than you’d expect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54689778041116,"sku":"PNP-LWTC-80","price":120.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/6371\/2028\/files\/ChikkiDesign-03.jpg?v=1792410045"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/6371\/2028\/collections\/chikki-and-gur-chana-in-an-indian-kitchen-setting.png?v=1792410159","url":"https:\/\/thepatangstory.com\/collections\/sweets.oembed","provider":"Patang","version":"1.0","type":"link"}