The Krishnarajendra Market in Mysore has stalls where spices and Jaggery are sold. This is a jaggery stall, where golden cubes of the unrefined sugar are sold. Jaggery is called Bella in Kannada, and Gud in Hindi. It is made in the sugarcane fields by the farmers, by boiling the sugarcane juice in huge coldrons. Gud is used in making many of our traditional sweets. Since it is unrefined, with no chemicals added, many people prefer it to refined sugar.There are special bricks of gud to which medicinal herbs like ginger have been added .
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What an interesting post and once again I learn something I didn't know! Your posts are always beautiful and interesting! Hope your week is going well!
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we have the same thing, but not formed in brick form. very interesting.
ReplyDeleteSomething new and interesting to learn and see from your blog!
ReplyDeleteInteresting and so different :)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting information! I have heard but never seen the jaggery!
ReplyDeletevery intersting. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post like it.
ReplyDeletewhat a sweet treat to read about. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteSugar with no chemicals added...can't imagine.
ReplyDeleteWould be interesting to taste it.
These special ricks of gud looks so delicious!! Quite a variety there unlike the ones in our markets here!:(
ReplyDeleteThis is so very interesting. I enjoyed your photo.
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