A Naturally Healthy Sweetener !

Posted by Hannah Punitha on Wed, Oct 9, 2013
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Jaggery is a widely used and common sweetener used for preparing various dishes in India.It is actually unrefined and non-distilled sugar.

Though the source of sugar and jaggery are the same ,they differ in properties and benefits . Jaggery extracted from palm trees is known as palm jaggery.Benefits of jaggery prepared from sugar cane and palm are similar.

Jaggery is a healthy alternative to white sugar beause of its medicinal benefits.

Some of them are listed below-

*Acts as an effective digestive agent
*Rich in minerals.
*Natural sweetener
*Jaggery is an energizer and releases energy over an extended period of time.
*Jaggery effectively cleanses the stomach, food pipe and intestines.

INDIAN JAGGERY LEMONADE

Ingredients

*2-3 glasses of water

*2 small lemons

*1/2 cup jaggery

*1/2 tsp powdered cardamom

*1tsp-2tsp ground pepper powder according to taste

*1 tsp grated ginger

Method

Pour the water in a bowl . Squeeze juice from lemons. Mix all the ingredients and the lemon juice in water, chill and serve.

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