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    Home ยป Tip Tuesdays

    Easy way to break Jaggery - Tip Tuesdays

    Published: Nov 28, 2012 ยท by Nisha

    Jaggery (Gud or Gur in Hindi or Vellam in Tamil), is one of the quintessential ingredient for making most of the South Indian festive sweets. It is a healthy alternative to sugar, is a traditional sweetener used in Indian kitchens since ancient times. Come winter, gud becomes an essential ingredient for making a variety of desserts; from Sakkarai Pongal in the South to Pithas, Nolen Gur Sandesh and Rasgullas in the East and Gud Til Ladoos in the North and West, every Indian state has its own jaggery-based delicacies.

    Read this post to know more about jaggery and its benefits and uses in cooking.

    When you don't have a heavy object like a kitchen stone, its difficult to break a whole jaggery. Sometimes it becomes messy too. Need not be, here after. There is a brilliant way to break the jaggery in a microwave. Wow!!!

    Keep the whole jaggery piece on a plate and microwave it for 7 - 10 sec in a medium power setting. Once you take it out, press it with your hand and Voila!!! It crumbles down in a fraction of secs. The jaggery piece will be as a whole even after 10 secs. So press it to break it.

    Note

    • Since it is done in a microwave, we all know every microwave varies from one another. Trial and error and correct it. Start with 5 secs and keep checking it until its done. Keep a close watch.
    • Reduce the power level. Otherwise, it melts inside whereas the outer remains intact.
    • Do not keep it in for more time. Otherwise, it melts. Keep an eye
    • Jaggery is one of the main sweetener used in many types of kheer | Payasam. So do check my tips page on how to make payasam without curdling the milk

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    1. Unknown says

      December 19, 2015 at 4:36 pm

      Thankz.....

      Reply
    2. Unknown says

      December 19, 2015 at 4:36 pm

      Thankz.....

      Reply
    3. Anonymous says

      September 06, 2014 at 7:00 am

      It worked thanks.

      Reply
    4. Vinay Shekhar says

      January 23, 2014 at 8:22 am

      Brilliant! Thanks for the tip. Saved a lot of energy on my part. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
    5. Ramesh shaoo says

      November 03, 2013 at 7:01 am

      Even Jaggery block can be break in plain tawa for a minute and then it will break soon..

      Reply
    6. swetha naidu says

      April 03, 2013 at 10:34 pm

      Thanks a lot Nisha.Thats a great tip!!!

      Reply
    7. swetha naidu says

      April 03, 2013 at 10:33 pm

      Thats Great.Thanks Menu!!

      Reply
      • Ramesh shaoo says

        November 03, 2013 at 6:57 am

        not a brilliant answer even we can break jaggery by heating the piece in tawa itself and then press it in bare hand and it will broke soon ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
        • Sakthi says

          April 23, 2017 at 9:53 pm

          Definitely easier than tawa and etc. IMO, surely a good tip

          Reply
          • Nisha says

            April 24, 2017 at 11:08 am

            Thanks Shakthi. I have not tried the taw method but I can assure you this is a mess free option and its quite easy.

            Reply

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