
Kitchen Tips: Jaggery is used in homes just like sugar. Many people consider jaggery as a healthy alternative to sugar. Many types of jaggery are available in the market. Many types of jaggery come in pieces and are as hard as stone. If you want to use such hard jaggery, it takes a lot of effort to break it. If you do not want to do the hard work of breaking the jaggery again and again, you can soften the jaggery and fill it in a vessel at once. How to do? Let us tell you its different methods.
Many people buy soft jaggery from the market and many people buy hard jaggery like stone. If you also buy such hard jaggery and bring it home, then adopt this method to keep it safe. If you soften the jaggery in this way and fill it in a vessel, then you will not have to put much effort while using the jaggery. Let us know how to soften hard jaggery.
Grind the jaggery.
After bringing home a large piece of jaggery, strain it into a strainer and vessel before using it. A normal sieve can be used to grind jaggery. Apply some oil on a sieve and grind jaggery in it. By doing this the jaggery will be ground easily. After grinding the jaggery finely, fill it in a vessel.
Grind the jaggery.
If you want to soften the jaggery without heating it, fill it in a clean cloth and crush it with a rolling pin or mortar. By doing this, the jaggery will turn into small pieces, which you can fill in a vessel.
double boiler
If you want to make sweets by melting jaggery, then use double boiler technique for this. Heat water in a vessel. When the water becomes hot, place a steel or glass vessel on it and put jaggery in it. The jaggery will slowly start melting due to the steam of hot water. When the jaggery melts and becomes like syrup, you can use it in sweets.
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