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May the sweetness and health benefits of jaggery bring the sweetest wishes to you and your family. 

Our favorite festive season is here, and all of us know that we can’t resist the Indian dessert. We always look for occasions to indulge in favorite Indian sweets even when we know that too much of them can build health problems( make sure you have them in moderation). The festive season is just another reason for all of us to indulge guilt-free and forget about our long-term healthy eating goals. 

Be it barfis, jalebi, kheer, or halwa, and there are plenty of Indian sweets that make us guzzle every time we think of them. And we all are familiar with the master ingredients behind the taste that is ghee and lots of sugar and khoya. Nevertheless, how delicious are those desi Indian sweets, but the enormous amount of sugar in them can be unhealthy if consumed in excess. But, you can make those yummy sweets at home and give them your touch. You can substitute some of the ingredients and immediately magnify the health benefits of your beloved desserts. 

As the jaggery’s primary producer, India has been recognized as one of the world’s leading traders and exporters. India exported 3,41,155.34 MT of jaggery and confectionery products to the world for the worth of Rs. 1,633.22 crores/ 227.90 USD Millions during the year 2019-20. India generates about 70% of the world’s jaggery.

Jaggery is readily available in the markets nearby and can be a healthy sugar substitute. So, why not pick up this and add some flavor and health benefits to our sweets. But, before that, let’s scan it a bit and check out the reality. 

It is produced from sugarcane and toddy palm tree. The process of making all types of jaggery is the same, and only the starting material varies, but you can find slight color variations from golden brown to dark brown. In many cases, it is offwhite, pale-yellowish, or light brown. The color mainly depends on the raw material used, and the slight differences can be due to their formation process. It is also called gud ( gur) or Sharkara( Sarkkara).

 The three-step process includes: 

After these three steps, you’ll get the jaggery that looks like this :

We have often heard that jaggery is more nutritious than sugar, and we can have it without any guilt. 

But there’s a trap!

If it sweetens just like sugar, it has the same calories as sugar. 😉

According to the source, 100 grams of jaggery may contain: 

Despite all this, some impressive health benefits can convince you to appreciate this sweetness in your diet :  

Jaggery or Sugar, it still contains an equal amount of calories.

Superb post, nice information

Nice post 👍👍👍

Thank you 🙂

Sugar provide empty calories to the body but jaggary provide good amount of minerals. It’s a good comparison article. Very detailed and informative.

Doctors always say to replace sugar with Jaggery and after trying that for some time along with tea for sweetening I found it really good

From my grandfather’s father to me we prefer JAGGERY instead of sugar. It’s really healthy and tasty at the same time. Loved this beautiful article ✔️

Even I’ve replaced jaggery with sugar in my tea now but I didn’t knew about all the facts that you mentioned here😍 thank you for the information ❤️

I prefer jaggery and brown sugar .. jaggery is healthy and beneficial also. Especially near periods for women . Thanks

Nicely explained Everything,, I always prefer jaggery over sugar 👍

I did replace sugar with jaggery and saw good results. I do it in cycles and not continuously.

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