Comments on: Sugarcane Fields: Making Jaggery

By: Puran Poli: Perfect! « Arun Shanbhag

Puran Poli: Perfect! « Arun Shanbhag — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:19:50 +0000

[...] ball of shira (top). Making puran-polis is identical, except the stuffing is made of chana-dal, jaggery and [...]

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:59:54 +0000

Mr Sharma

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

when you say, “same quantity of sucrose” will you please provide a reference. Also, is this for the “same volume” of jaggery and sugar? Please clarify. that is, for say 10 gms of jaggery and 10 gms of sugar?

Rather than aspartame or saccharin with possible health risks, would it not be better for diabetics to adapt to not using any additives. Further there is some evidence that artificial sweetners can make you crave for more sweeter things. not a good thing for diabetics.

By: BSR Sharma

BSR Sharma — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:39:36 +0000

:…it should be better sweetener for diabetics, than refined sugar.”

Though wholesome and tasty, jaggery has about the same quantity of sucrose as “refined” (i.e. bleached) sugar. It is not much better for diabetics who should stick with Aspartame or even Saccharin. (Saccharin has some unfortunate bad reputation; but is actually very safe in the quantities we use)

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:10:33 +0000

Thank you Jennifer.
Heh, we will be in India – though mostly in Nov and through the holidays in Dec.

By: VegeYum

VegeYum — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:10:56 +0000

Oh I really appreciate this post. Thanks for the link to it. I will be in Karnataka in Jan, but only briefly. Most of my time this trip in Kerala.