jaggery

Raw cane block

Jaggery is unrefined sugar made from sugarcane or palm sap, common in South Asian and Southeast Asian cooking.

It comes in blocks or cones with a deep brown color and complex, molasses-like flavor.

Unlike refined sugar, jaggery retains minerals and has a distinctive caramel taste: The recipe calls for jaggery, but you can substitute brown sugar.

sweetener

honey

Bees' viscous nectar product

mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
molassesSyrup from cane processing
muscovadoUnrefined moist sweetener

turbinado · treacle · agave · coconut sugar · palm sugar · sorghum · cane sugar · substitute · alternative · natural

flavor

caramel

Cooked sugar confection

molassesSyrup from cane processing
toffeeCaramelized sugar confection
butterscotchBrown sugar candy

treacle · bittersweet · smoky · earthy · rich · warm · malty · burnt · deep · complex

production

sugarcane

Sucrose-yielding tropical grass

palmHand's flat interior
date palmDesert tree bearing sweet fruit
toddyHot sweetened spirits

sap · boiling · evaporation · crystallization · concentrate · extraction · pressing · clarifying · skimming · reducing

cuisine

halwa

Dense sugared confection

kheerSpiced milk-rice dessert
piloncilloUnrefined whole cane sugar
muscovadoUnrefined moist sweetener

form

block

Solid mass, or impede

coneTapered solid, circular base
cakeFrosted baked dessert
powderFine dry particles

granules · crystals · lump · solid · chunk · brick · unrefined · coarse · crumbly · moist

nutrition

minerals

Inorganic natural solids

ironElement twenty-six
potassiumNineteenth element, symbol K
magnesiumAlkaline earth metal

calcium · vitamins · antioxidants · wholesome · natural · unprocessed · raw · glycemic · energy · nutrients

jaggery

honey

caramel

sugarcane

halwa

block

minerals

jaggery

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