Bikaner : Bikaner As the temperature drops, the shops of winter dry fruits have started getting decorated. Sale of food items made from sesame, jaggery, peanuts and sugar has started. As winter progresses, their demand will increase and sales will increase. Along with the permanent shops of winter dry fruits in the city, the arrival of sesame, jaggery and sugar products made at various places in the state and the country including Bikaner has started increasing. Local factories are also producing sesame, jaggery, Food items prepared from local ghee and sugar are being prepared on a large scale. Among these, Gajak, Peanut Chikki, Tilpatti, Sesame Laddus, Revdi etc. are prominent.
they are being sold
Sale of peanuts, peanut chikki, sesame gajak, gulab rewari, pistachio gajak, sesame laddu, tilpatti, roll gajak, rewari, shahi gajak, sohan halwa, dates etc. has started at the shops decorated with winter dry fruits.
Prices increased by about ten percent
There has been some increase in the prices of winter dry fruits this time as compared to last year. According to Ganesh Sharma, associated with the winter dry fruits product business, the prices of many products have increased by about ten percent. He said that it is normal for the prices to increase by about five to ten percent every year.
selling at these prices
According to businessman Ravindra Joshi, peanuts are priced at Rs 100 to 120 per kg, peanut chickpeas at Rs 160 to 320, sesame gajak at Rs 300 to 480, pistachio gajak at Rs 320 to 480, tilpatti at Rs 280 to 320, roll gajak at Rs 280 to 360, Shahi Gajak at Rs. 360 to 480 Rupees, dates are being sold from Rs 120 to Rs 500. According to Joshi, these prices are average.