Jaggery Syrup Recipe | Healthy Homemade Sweetener
This simple homemade jaggery syrup recipe is a ready to use sweetener made at home which you can add directly to your food item when needed. In south india jaggery syrup is a very common ingredient in every household used in the preparation of day to day recipe.
Ingredients
- 100 ml water
- 150 gm jaggery (grated or broken into small pieces
Instructions
- Break into small pieces or grate big jiggery pices.
- Now tak a pan, put it on a low flame. Add water in it and grated or broken jiggery pieces and wait till it melts and turn into syrup. Stir occasionally.
- Ta kanother pan and put asieve on it and place a muslin cloth over it. Strain the melted jiggery to remove the dirt if present.
- Now put the strained jiggery syrup again on the heat and cook it till it forms 1 thred chasni. This step will take only 2-3 minutes so keep an eye on the pan and stir occasionally and check the thread consistency.
- At that stage, Stwich off the flame and let it cool down for 5-10 minutes .
- Transfer into a cleaner and dry jar and let it cool completely and cover with lid and store at room temperature.
- It will stay good for about 15-20 days at roon temperature and 2-3 months if kept in the refrigerator.
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Notes
- Melt jaggery or gur at low flame, high flame can burn it and spoil its taste and texture.
- Strain water and jaggery mixture before concentrating to get rid of impurities if any.
- Store in a clean bottle and place it in the refrigerator for a long shelf life.