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Notes from the kitchen fire.

Wellness · Featured

Why jaggery quietly beats refined sugar

Minerals, memory, and a slow craft — the case for switching from white sugar to natural jaggery.

Meera Iyer · Feb 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Craft

Inside the wood-fire jaggery method

A day at our unit in Karur — from cane crushing to the final block. No chemicals, no shortcuts.

Arun Selvam · Feb 03, 2026 · 7 min read
Family

A parent's guide to jaggery for kids

Simple, iron-rich breakfast ideas that turn jaggery into a daily habit — not a treat.

Dr. Priya Ramesh · Jan 21, 2026 · 6 min read