FatMonsters
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Anyone know where to get jaggery sugar. I am tweaking a recipe from Radical Brewing and it calls for jaggery sugar, but it is now where to be found locally around me. Is there website that has it?
just out of curiousity, which recipe is this? there are some awesome recipes in there!Mulcahey's Brewing said:Anyone know where to get jaggery sugar. I am tweaking a recipe from Radical Brewing and it calls for jaggery sugar, but it is now where to be found locally around me. Is there website that has it?
DeathBrewer said:just out of curiousity, which recipe is this? there are some awesome recipes in there!
javedian said:If you have an Indian or Asian grocery store, check there.
javedian said:Jaggery is palm sugar, not cane sugar, but fairly similar to raw / turbinado / demerra sugar. A little different taste, but similar. If you have an Indian or Asian grocery store, check there. I have several big Asian markets around here, and it goes for $1-1.50/lb. Comes in a big disc or bag of small golf-ball size mini lumps.
Sucanat (a contraction of "Sugar Cane Natural") is non-refined cane sugar.[1] Unlike refined and processed white sugar, Sucanat retains its molasses content; it is essentially pure dried sugar cane juice. The juice is extracted by mechanical processes, heated and cooled at which point the small brown grainy crystals are formed.
Sucanat is generally accepted as a substitute for brown sugar.[citation needed] Unlike regular brown sugar, sucanat is grainy instead of crystalline. Of all major sugars derived from sugar cane, Sucanat (not a "processed" sugar[2]) ranks the highest in nutritional value, containing a smaller proportion of sucrose than white cane sugar.[3] However, Sucanat (in common with all sugars) is not a significant source of any nutrient apart from carbohydrate.
Sucanat may be confused with Turbinado sugar; however, the two are fundamentally different. Turbinado sugar contains only a trace amount of its original molasses content, making it more or less like refined sugar except with a golden color and a hint of molasses flavor. Sucanat, on the other hand, retains its full molasses content and flavor, thus making it, as stated above, pure dried cane juice. Its grainy form also contrasts with the clear, crystalline form of Turbinado.
There is a palm sugar sold under the brand name of Jaggery, but jaggery sugar sold in India and southeast Asia is cane sugar, almost without exception.
Lots of health food stores sell sucanat---it's pure unrefined dried cane juice, even purer than turbinado. It retains its molasses content, making it very flavorful (coffee-like). It also has a smaller proportion of sucrose, which is nice for brewing. I use it in a lot of my brews.
If you can't find jaggery, I highly recommend sucanat.
I think I found some of the ral palm kind for my Otter Warrior IPA.
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