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Once the onions are translucent and light golden, add the garlic, ginger, tomatoes, jaggery and continue cooking for another 5 to 6 minutes on low heat.—Anita Jaisinghani, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2026 Pair breakfast with a proper cup of steaming masala chai or any number of inventive lattes, including a winning salty-sweet toasted peanut version with roasted peanut praline, jaggery, and cold cream.—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Add depth with brown sugar, jaggery, maple syrup, date molasses, or even miso.—Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 It can be made into a syrup, juice or crystallized and refined further into products like white sugar, brown sugar, molasses or jaggery, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and WebMD.—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for jaggery
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese jágara, probably from Malayalam chakkara sugar