JAGGERY
Jaggery is famous by all over the India and has been used for years all around the world because of its therapeutic and nutritional health benefits. It is prepared using fresh sugarcane juice, date or palm juice which may vary in colors from dark to golden brown.
The juice is extracted from fresh
sugarcane. Then it is filtered and boiled in wide, shallow iron pans with
continuous stirring and, simultaneously soda is added in required quantity.
While boiling, brownish foams come at the top which are continuously removed to
get golden yellow colour of jaggery.
The consistency of the juice
becomes thick and then it is poured into the small to medium sized iron or
aluminum cans where blocks of jaggery are formed after cooling. Size of the
blocks can vary from 1 kg. to 12 kgs. Finally, these blocks are packed in gunny
bags. From 100 kgs. of sugarcane, 10 kgs. of jaggery is made.
It contains sugar in the form of sucrose. Mix products of the jaggery are prepared using peanuts, coconut, chana dal, milk,sesame seeds, white sugar and etc.
BENEFITS
Jaggery clears the blood and cleans the metabolism.
Women who have pain during periods jaggery is quite beneficial for them. This will reduce the pain.
Jaggery is the main source of iron. So it is very beneficial for patients with anemia. The intake is very important especially for women.
Jaggery removes bad toxins from the blood and skin becomes fabulous and there is no problem of acne.
Jaggery is hot so its intake gives relief in cold and cough.
Stress and weakness decrease and energy level increases by taking jaggery. Jaggery digested quickly so sugar level does not increase.
Jaggery controls the temperature of the body. It has anti-allergic ingredients so it is quite beneficial for asthma patients.
Relief in joint pain: Take a piece of ginger with jaggery. It will cure the problem of arthritis in the winter.
Throat and voice problem can be solved by eating jaggery with cooked rice.
If cold is frozen then melt the jaggery and feed its crust.
Ear pain will cured by eating jaggery and ghee.
Take 5 grams of dry ginger with 10 grams of jaggery during jaundice. You will get relief.
Memory increase by eating jaggery.
Take 5 grams of jaggery with mustard oil, will get relief in respiratory disease.
Mixed jaggery in millet porridge helps to vision increases.
Sour burp can be removed by taking jaggery and rock salt.
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