Jaggery

This is my favourite kind of Jaggeries. Its organic jaggery that I bought from a store in Iskon Temple. It gives such a wonderful color and flavour to the dishes its used in. I've almost stopped using sugar and substitue this one. Even in my morning cereal and oatmeal! Parvannam goes to another level in heavenliness when made with this jaggery.

Plum Jam/Spread

We get regular plums at affordable price here in Bangalore, but not so nice to eat them straight. They are very sour. So I usually grill them with a bit of sugar and butter. That tastes good.
This time I thought why not try something different and make it useful for spreading on the bread at breakfast.

I've used plums, jaggery, little nutmeg and tiny bit of butter to coat the pan.
Sauted the plums in the greased pan, added the jaggery and let it cook for a while till it looked like a spread, then added a bit of nutmeg for flavour. It stayed well in the fridge for a long time.