Tahini is served as a dip on its own or as a major component of hummus, baba ghanoush, and halva. Tilkut – a sweet made in the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, it is made of pounded 'tila' or sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum) and jaggery or sugar Sesame halva – sweet confections popular in the Balkans, Poland, the Middle East, and other areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea Sesame-seed cake – a cake made of sesame seeds, often combined with honey as a sweetener Changzhou Sesame Cake – a type of elliptical, baked cake that originated in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China supposedly over 150 years ago Huangqiao Sesame Cake – a sesame-seed cake[12] that originated from Huangqiao town in Taixing, Jiangsu.[13] It has been speculated to be one of the oldest cakes in the Taizhou region of China.[14] Sesame-seed candy – a confection of sesame seeds and sugar or honey pressed into a bar or ball, it is popular from the Middle East through South Asia to East Asia. Changzhou sesame candy – a traditional cookie in places such as Changzhou, China Tilgul – a colourful sesame-seed candy coated with sesame seeds, in Maharashtra, India people exchange tilgul on Sankranti, a Hindu festival celebrated on 14 January.