Leena Spices
JAGGERY INDIAN GUR OR GOOR
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Great flavour, not hot, but very tasty. Highly recommended
Lived in Israel for five years. This is the most authentic Za'atar I have found here in NZ.
Absolutely beautiful iv used it on chicken and lamb chops I'd be more than happy to buy again
Lovely taste, I will be buying again Leena was so fab to deal with even though I stuffed up my order she managed to put it right very quickly and kindly 5 stars all the way. I sprinkled it over keto rice as I made avocado and fresh salmon sushi rolls it just made it that much nicer. I will be making backed sushi over the weekend and intend to use it over that as well...thanks Leena im a very happy customer x
I dissolve half a tsp in hot water and add it to my breakfast (coffee flavoured) smoothie. It is next level delicious and I will definitely be a repeat customer
The economics of buying in bulk as well as this product is excellent quality.
An absolute pleasure to deal with you Leena. Excellent Trader and Service! Product was as Described, Fast delivery of goods, Great communication, Highly Recommended to all. AAA +++
Great spices. Would buy again
Beautiful flavour I have ever experience very happy customer thanks Leena
We've been buying Leena's Indian Tea Leaves for a while now. The perfect tea to drink in the morning. Highly recommended
What I like is all the flavour with no additives or preservatives. Spices as they should be. Thanks guys.
Well packaged. Great flavour and easy to use.
We get Hello Fresh food every second week (it's very good!) and had noticed that the "secret" ingredients were often the spices that gave the food such lovely flavours..... but we didn't know what was in those spices.
Then along comes Leena with her list of spices and recipes! Now we can buy a variety of Leena's spices and make our own beautifully flavoured meals. Thank you, Leena!
Your spices are great , good value, and we will soon be ordering more!
Great spices, easy to order and prompt, excellent service.
Colin & Irene
Absolutely love the Butter chicken pure spice. It's tastes so goo
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JAGGERY INDIAN GUR OR GOOR
Pd of jaggery
Common name
Gur/Bellam/Vellam/Bella/Gul/Sharkara/Piloncillo
Scientific name
Saccharum officinarum
Kingdom
Plante
Family
Poaceae
Jaggery is referred as superfood sweetener. It is a pure, unrefined, and non-centrifuged sugar (aka NCS) obtained by concentrated juice of sugar cane, and date or plan sap without removing molasses and crystals.
It is commonly used in almost every Indian household.
Background and native countries
Portuguese were the first who discovered it in late 1600s. From 'the Malayalam cakkara", they renamed it as "xagara." And later became famous as jaggery.
Jaggery has been produced in India for hundreds of years. At that time, it was called as " s'arkara and was only know sugar in the subcontinent.
Today about 70% of total world's production of jagger takes place in India. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippine Sri Lanka, Myanmar, & Nepal are also contributing in exporting jaggery.
Cropping & harvesting
Harvesting of sugar cane is carried out at 10 to 20 months stage, depending upon plantation time and crop maturity. 4 step procedure is required for preparation of jaggery from sugar cane crop. The steps are:
Extraction: It involves crushing and extraction of sugar cane juice. And if other certain trees are considered then date or palm sap is extracted.
Clarification: extracted juice is poured into a huge metal container. All solid particles settle down at the base of the container and clear liquid is skimmed off.
Concentration: clear juice is poured in huge plan bottom pans and laid in an open fire. Boiling and evaporation result in thick flaky liquid.
Preparation: solidify and cut it into the desired shape.
Culinary Uses
Jaggery gives a delectable and healthful touch to both sweet and savory dishes. The use of jaggery is commonly seen in South East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. Following are some recipes incorporating jagger
- Jaggery rich
- Jaggery bread
- Certain Indian curries such as:
- Sambhar
- Dale
- Gujarati vegetables
- Puran Poli etc
Health benefits
- Fights seasonal cough and flu
- Improves bowel movement
- Limits weight gain (if taken moderately)
- Fights back Anemia
- A quick source of energy
- Limits the risk of developing cancers
- Purify blood
- Detoxify liver
- Builds immunity
- Treat breathing disorders
