Jaggery benefits: How to tell the difference between black and yellow jaggery? Confused when buying jaggery? Learn the benefits

 

Jaggery benefits: Many people are confused between yellow jaggery and black jaggery. How to use jaggery for which food. Understand its advantages and disadvantages.

HighlightsEating jaggery improves digestion. Therefore, it is said that a small piece of jaggery should always be chewed after a meal.There must be jaggery in the house for the festival. Jaggery is mainly used in Laddu, Karanji, Puranpoli, Kheer. But when buying jaggery for pampering or everyday cooking, you are often deceived. Adding plain jaggery to some types of laddu makes laddu better. But if Chikki jaggery is added to it by mistake, the food does not turn out as it should. Many people are confused between yellow jaggery and black jaggery. How to use jaggery for which food. Let's understand its advantages and disadvantages. 

Yellow jaggery

The jaggery found in many places in urban areas is like a yellow chocolate. Yellow jaggery is processed. As a result, many of the nutrients in jaggery are depleted. Therefore, the benefits of jaggery are not completely reaped.

Excessive consumption of such jaggery can also cause some problems. If you are using jaggery in such foods, its quantity should not be too much. Yellow jaggery is high in sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate increases the weight of jaggery. So more and more people are buying jaggery. 

Black jaggery

If you drink pure cane juice, you will notice that the cane juice is never yellow. So sugarcane juice is always a little black. Black juice is considered the best and truest. That is why jaggery prepared in that way is considered to be good and organic. Black jaggery is more sweet. Often people avoid using jaggery as it makes the food look darker. So some people always use this jaggery. This jaggery was easy to cut into pieces. This jaggery is often used to make fenugreek, dinka and muga laddu.

Benefits of jaggery

1) Daily consumption of jaggery along with peanuts or lentils helps in filling up the deficiency of blood in the body. Especially those suffering from anemia should consume jaggery. 

2) Eating jaggery helps in better digestion. Therefore, it is said that a small piece of jaggery should always be chewed after a meal.

3) Jaggery is rich in iron. So those whose hemoglobin is permanently low. People with iron deficiency should consume jaggery regularly. Jaggery also contains a large amount of calcium. So eat at least a little jaggery every day to strengthen the bones.

4) Consumption of jaggery gives energy to the body. Eating jaggery improves blood flow. Therefore, patients with heart disease should eat jaggery regularly.

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