How is "Chaku" prepared?

As millions of Nepalis around the world celebrate "Maghe Sankranti" today, SBS Food looks at how "Chaku" gets prepared.

A Worker whipping semi Hard molasses to molasses Chaku at Tokha, Kathmandu

Molasses Chaku is usually prepared and consumed during the Maghe Sankranti Festival and throughout winter by Nepalese. Source: Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto/Sipa USA

Chaku - a sweet is made from hardened molasses (by boiling the molasses mixture in a large pot, and then pouring it out to cool), is cooked with ghee, milk and topped with coconut, dates or nuts.

Once it has cooled, the mound of Chaku is hung on a large nail attached to a wooden post, ready for the pulling process. 

It is then pulled back and forth and whipped around to stretch it.

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