Organic ShivYog Jaggery Powder 500gm

The same jaggery, ground — in the smaller pack

Identical cane, kettle and okra clarification as the 1kg. This is the size to start with if you have not cooked with jaggery before, or if you get through it slowly and would rather not fight the humidity.

Why it dissolves clean

In water it should disperse slowly into faintly cloudy liquid, leaving nothing chalky at the bottom. White sediment means added chalk or bicarbonate residue from chemical clarification.

We use okra instead. Boiled-down bhindi gives a thick mucilage — a long-chain polysaccharide that binds suspended soil, cane fibre and plant protein into clumps cohesive enough to lift off as a single scum layer. It does bicarbonate's job without stripping the molasses fraction, which is where the iron, magnesium, potassium and the flavour live.

Hence brown, not pale gold.

Why the smaller pack is often the right one

Jaggery powder is hygroscopic. Every month an open jar spends in an Indian kitchen it pulls in a little more moisture, clumps a little more, and loses a little snap. Buying 500g you will finish is better than buying 1kg you will not.

Narmadapuram, and the farm

Grown on ShivYog organic farms, which follow their own traditional cultivation practice alongside organic certification. Provenance, not a health claim. Testable: plant-based clarification, certified organic field, batch lab-testing.

Keeping it

Airtight, cool, dark, away from the stove. Refrigerate through the monsoon. Six to eight months. Clumping is humidity, not spoilage — break it up and seal it properly.