Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Jaggery and sugar

Jaggery and sugar, born of the same sugarcane juice are different from each other. Sugar and Jaggery are totally different in color.
While Jaggery is ranging from golden yellow to golden brown, brown, dark brown color. Sugar sports a bright white color.
Sugar is solid, hard and crystalline. Jaggery is semi solid, softer than sugar and amorphous.
Both Jaggery and Sugar are predominantly made up of 

sucrose.
Both Jaggery and Sugar are meant for providing energy for the body, Sugar is there in almost every sweet thing.
But jaggery is not so widely used as sugar, still it is very popular in Indian kitchens.
Jaggery also known as Gur is the coarse unrefined, pure sugar made from sugarcane juice. Ayurveda recommends gur or jaggery as a sweetener as it is natural as compared to white granulated sugar.
Jaggery has religious significance in Hindu festivals also.

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