It is known by different names in different places :
In Mexico & South America, it is called Panela. In Brazil, it is called Rapadura. Jaggery, however, is also made from the sap of the date palm tree but in India hen one refers to jaggery or gur, it is invariably the unrefined sugar made from sugarcane juice only. Gur has been made in India traditionally, since centuries. It has also been consum
ed traditionally in the rest of Asia, Africa, Caribbean and Latin America. In recent times, coconut palms and sago palms are also tapped for jaggery production. Raw sugarcane juice is boiled in huge pans till most of the water evaporates to leave behind a light to dark brown residue called jaggery or gur. There is no further processing and therefore jaggery retains most of its vitamin and mineral levels.
