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JAGGERY
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Description:
Jaggery known locally as "gur" is dehydrated sugarcane juice and is mostly produced locally in India. Jaggery is not purified and therefore has all the quality of the juice itself. Jaggery is as important as sugar in Indian Cookery.
How to select:
Jaggery ranges from mustard yellow to deep amber in colour, depending on the quality of sugarcane juice. It is sticky but can be crumbled easily. It is made up of big lumps, which melt to a thick gooey paste. Jaggery has a heavy, caramel - like aroma which is slightly alcoholic. The taste is very sweet and mushy.
Use:
You need small amounts of jaggery for most dishes. It goes well with lentils and tamarind. For sweets like the South Indian payasam, jaggery is simmered with cooked rice and a variety of condiments and nuts. Chikki or praline is made by adding nuts to melted jaggery and cooling the mixture in thin slabs. In rural India, tea is sweetened with jaggery instead of sugar. Jaggery has a special flavour that cannot really be substituted by sugar, although brown or demerara sugar is the closest equivalent.
How to store:
store in an airtight container in a cool dry place
Health benefits:
Jaggery is often called the 'medicinal sugar. So much so, you can become an emergency doctor with Jaggery. It is also very useful in health problems like dry cough, cough with sputum, indigestion, constipation etc. It purifies the blood, prevents rheumatic afflictions and disorders of bile and possesses nutritive properties of high order. Being completely natural product it's keeping quality is very poor and needs very specific conditions.
Jaggery (Panela) contains Proteins, Minerals and Vitamins, which are essential constituents for the body. It is also a potent source of Iron and has a higher Iron and Copper contents than white sugar.
It is also a superior product among natural sweeteners with regards to the Vitamin contents. It is an energy food that is said to "purify" blood, regulate the liver function and keep the body healthy.
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