How to Use jaggery in a Sentence
jaggery
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Once rice has reached a boil, turn down to a simmer and add jaggery sugar to taste.
—National Geographic, 21 May 2020
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Add the jaggery, ghee, cardamom and salt and process for 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down the sides every so often.
—Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2019
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Take 2 generous tablespoons of the coconut-jaggery filling and place them, in the shape of a small log, in the center of crepe.
—Nik Sharma, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2018
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Meanwhile, to make the masala: In a small bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, red chile powder, jaggery, ginger, turmeric, cumin, and salt.
—Anita Jaisinghani, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022
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With a caramel jaggery flavor, Yoga Pops will satisfy a sweet tooth.
—Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
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In the eastern states of Assam and Odisha, thick poha is served with yogurt or milk and sweetened with jaggery, sugar, or banana.
—Annada Rathi, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2020
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Each spice blend is vegan and gluten-free and contains jaggery (unrefined sugar), sea salt, curry leaves, chili and tamarind.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
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Kaya ada, or parcels of ground rice, Mysore banana, and jaggery steamed in banana leaves, reminds her of her grandmother preparing this dish in secrecy.
—Sona Bahadur, Quartz India, 17 Sep. 2020
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Add the jaggery and cook, with constant stirring, for an additional 5 to 6 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated.
—Nik Sharma, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2018
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In Gujarat, kadhi can be lightly sweetened with a little jaggery, and the Sindhi version has vegetables, usually okra.
—Priya Krishna, Bon Appétit, 24 Feb. 2020
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In India, the ripe fruit is commonly prepared as a preserve called chakka varatti, which is usually cooked in large vessels together with jaggery, ghee, and spices like cardamom and ginger.
—Bon Appétit, 8 Apr. 2022
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It's filled with recipes such as butter chicken, fenugreek fish, jaggery glazed salmon, beet roti, cranberry chutney, carrot pickle and persimmon rice pudding.
—Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2017
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But dark brown sugar will also work, especially muscovado or jaggery, which have more oomph than the regular stuff.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
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The Indian blend is a potent mixture of 15 single-origin spices from small regenerative farm, including turmeric, red chile, saffron and jaggery.
—Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2022
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Find spices like garam masala, cardamom, jaggery and coriander, among many others; curry pastes, sauces and chutneys; plus any and all ingredients to prepare traditional desserts like gulab jamun and rice pudding.
—Megha McSwain, Chron, 18 Oct. 2022
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The common Indian combination of ghee and jaggery, a natural sweetener, produces a rich and nutty taste similar to butter and brown sugar.
—Ben Crair, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2017
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Happily, Dhamaka’s customers are the beneficiaries of his extensive treks, including delicious peppers stuffed with chickpea masala, crushed peanuts and the sweetener jaggery, a recipe Pandya got from his mother-in-law and made his own.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
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Natural farming replaces all chemical fertilizers and pesticides with organic matter such as cow dung, cow urine and jaggery, a type of solid dark sugar made from sugarcane, to boost soil nutrient levels.
—Sibi Arasu, ajc, 12 Nov. 2022
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Produced in methods similar to jaggery (see below), sugar cane juice is evaporated, retaining all of its molasses content, instead of being separated and then recombined as in brown sugar.
—Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 7 Sep. 2022
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This dessert porridge requires only milk, sugar, jaggery and rice, but Chef Kiran’s superlative cooking technique transforms these basic ingredients into something magical.
—Joanna O'Leary, Chron, 21 July 2021
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