Jaggery ~ Nothing To Do With Mick

roadside jaggery factory, Banur village, Punjab, India        Reuters/Ajay Verma

O frabjous day! Something sweet that's also (kind of) healthy? Apparently, there is such a thing, and it's been popular in South and Southeast Asia for ages. Jaggery, aka gur, is a kind of unrefined sugar made from either sugar cane or the sap of date, coconut, toddy, or sago palms. Because it's unrefined (beyond the initial boiling), it keeps many of its natural nutrients: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/04/jaggery_n_6264038.html?cps=gravity