Handmade and Artisanal
Made using the freshly collected sap of local date palm trees. Prepared in an iron kadai (wok) on firewood.
Story
Date palm jaggery or Nolen Gur or Khejur Gur is a warm, memory note of winter goodness for most Bengalis - as it is prepared by the Siuli tribe during the cold winters in Bengal.
The Siulis climb the tall date palm trees, tap it for its fresh sap and hang their earthen pots into which the sap (neera) will trickle all night long. The pots are removed during early dawn hours, filtered through a layered mesh and then boiled for about many hours at controlled temperature in tin or steel flat vessels fixed on firewood pits - also called a mud oven.
This is done before sunrise as the sap can deteriorate quickly and get fermented with slight increase in temperature. Prithviraj, the farmer who grows and cares for his Date Palm trees, just a few acres away from our farms in our village, Bodhani, prepares Date Palm Jaggery for 8 months in a year.
This product contains no additives, is free from artificial preservatives, synthetic fillers or binders. 100% natural.
It is best before 6 months from the date of packaging.
