OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49720

jaggery

/ˈdʒæɡəɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
panela • papelón • piloncillo • raspadura • tapa de dulce
A traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which is used throughout South and Southeast Asia; (by extension) other types of unrefined sugar.
He counted the seasons by the special points that jutted out, such as the harvest in January, when his disciples brought him sugar cane and jaggery cooked with rice; […]
In all the operations of chunam work, jaggery water, i. e. a solution of molasses or coarse sugar, is invariably added by the builders, and its use appears to have prevailed from t…
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