jaggery

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The sale of jaggery, which is the main raw material for locally brewed liquor, in Sitapur has increased manifold after the declaration of election dates on March 2.

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  1. noun Unrefined sugar made from palm sap.

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  • Palm sugar, also called jaggery or gur, gives a sweet complexity to this dish.
  • Sometimes called jaggery or gur, the sweetener is the byproduct of the sap collected from the stalks and trunks of the palms that spread for miles along the tropical coasts of Asia and Africa.
  • Mashed roasted white brinjals are combined with raw tamarind, jaggery, chopped onions, green chillis and spices to impart an aromatic stew, Vankaya pachi pulusu. —  Indian food, Andhra recipes and Global cuisine inspired cooking
  • 'The fire is lit and everyone goes around it offering til (sesame seeds), gud (jaggery) and ground nuts to the fire praying for prosperity and peace throughout the year,' said Satwant Kaur, a resident of Rajouri Garden in west Delhi. —  India eNews
  • When it starts boiling, add salt, jaggery, coconut and boil for another 1min. —  Aayi's Recipes
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  1. Portuguese dialectal jágara, probably from Malayalam śarkkara, from Sanskrit śarkarā, sugar, grit.

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  1. Anglo-Indian, also written jagghery, jaggory, jagory, jaggree, jagra, etc., representing Canarese sharkare, Hindustani shakkar, from Sanskrit carkara, Prakrit sakkara, sugar, later Greek σάκχαρον, Latin saccharon, sugar, and (through Arabic) ult. English sugar: see sugar and saccharine.
 

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