Sesame inside and outside the piece

Kunal Kapur’s gur ki revri begins with toasted sesame and a jaggery syrup, with cardamom and ghee among its flavouring ingredients. His written method reserves some sesame while mixing the rest into the sweet base. Small portions are then shaped individually, dipped in the reserved seeds and flattened. Sesame consequently appears both within the piece and as its visible outer coating, rather than serving only as a final garnish.[1]

The recipe describes working the mixture while it remains pliable, followed by a crunchy texture when cool. This distinguishes the little shaped pieces from a preparation simply poured into a large tray and broken apart. Kapur’s page calls the sweet revri and til rewari, documenting related spellings within one recipe. They are treated here as names for the same topic, rather than as separate articles or proof of different regional origins. His ingredient list also includes a little baking soda.[1]

A sweet shop in the streetscape

In her 2019 first-person walk through Chakwal, Tayeba Batool reaches Bhabra Bazaar after passing through the older residential lanes. Amid fruit and vegetable stalls, snacks, hawkers and traffic, she describes the brightly lit Pehlwan Rewari shop. Its sign carries a moustached portrait. The sweet shop is a recognisable landmark in her account, with its display and name contributing to how a visitor encounters the market.[2]

Batool identifies rewari made with ghee, gur and sesame as a Chakwal speciality, comparing its local association with Multan’s sohan halwa. That comparison connects foods and places without demonstrating exclusive ownership or a first invention. The value of her account is its observed setting: the named sweet sits within a functioning bazaar, alongside other foods and the everyday movement between neighbourhood streets and the main road.[2]

Markets, bonfires and gift packaging

The Indian Express reported residents sharing rewari with peanuts, gajak and popcorn around bonfires in Mohali’s Phase-2 market on 13 January 2026. Its wider report also describes celebrations in offices, markets and educational institutions. This provides a dated example of the sweet in collective Lohri activity beyond a private kitchen, while keeping the specific food-sharing observation attached to the locality where it was reported.[3]

A January 2007 UNI report from the Chandigarh region describes gift-oriented packaging for rewari and gajak, including decorated baskets and colourful plates. A Panchkula confectioner linked the appeal of these packs with New Year giving and anticipated Lohri demand. Shape, presentation and occasion thus connect the individual sesame sweet with a wider seasonal trade in gifts.[4]

Sources & notes

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  1. Kunal Kapur. Gur Ki Revri ↗chef’s primary recipe · Source date: 11 May 2021 · Locator: Ingredients and written Steps 1–4. Accessed 2026-10-31.The identified text was inspected. No inaccessible material is represented as read.Return to Sesame inside and outside the piece, paragraph 1 ↑Return to Sesame inside and outside the piece, paragraph 2 ↑
  2. Tayeba Batool / The Express Tribune. A walk through the historic streets of Chakwal ↗first-person place-based account · Source date: 23 February 2019 · Locator: Bhabra Bazaar and Pehlwan Rewari passages, paragraphs beginning After multiple turns and Multi-coloured fairy lights. Accessed 2026-10-31.Actual article inspected. Shop appearance and the author’s local comparison are used; a bystander’s claim that it was the first shop is not treated as proven history.Return to A sweet shop in the streetscape, paragraph 1 ↑Return to A sweet shop in the streetscape, paragraph 2 ↑
  3. Express News Service / The Indian Express. Lohri fervour lights up markets, offices, college campuses across Mohali ↗firsthand local event reporting · Source date: 13 January 2026 · Locator: Opening report, Phase-2 market sharing and public venues. Accessed 2026-10-31.The identified text was inspected. No inaccessible material is represented as read.Return to Markets, bonfires and gift packaging, paragraph 1 ↑
  4. United News of India / Oneindia. With mercury dipping, traditional sweetmeats sale picks up ↗contemporaneous news-agency reporting · Source date: 9 January 2007 · Locator: Packaging paragraphs and interview with Surinder Singh, Singh Confectionaries, Panchkula. Accessed 2026-10-31.Actual public article HTML inspected directly after reader timeout. Medical and nutrition claims are excluded.Return to Markets, bonfires and gift packaging, paragraph 2 ↑
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