Jaggery Hot Chocolate Recipe: Naturally Sweetened, No Refined Sugar

Gud (jaggery) se banaya hua hot chocolate ek alag hi tarah ki richness deta hai, thoda earthy, thoda caramel jaisa, jo white sugar kabhi nahi de sakta.

What you need

2 tsp dark cocoa or hot chocolate mix, 1 cup milk, and 1 to 2 tsp grated or powdered jaggery, adjust to taste since jaggery's sweetness varies batch to batch.

Method

Warm the milk gently, jaggery can curdle milk if the milk is too hot when it's added, so keep the heat moderate. Dissolve the jaggery into the warm milk first, then whisk in the cocoa or hot chocolate mix. Simmer for another minute.

Why jaggery works so well here

Jaggery carries mineral notes and a slight smokiness that rounds out chocolate's bitterness better than plain white sugar does.

A genuine health note

Jaggery is still sugar nutritionally. What it does offer is trace minerals like iron that refined sugar doesn't, plus a flavour most people find more interesting.

Try Tiggle's Jaggery Dark Hot Chocolate Mix, real dark chocolate sweetened with organic jaggery, only 66 calories a cup.