What can I use instead of Jaggery?

Dark brown sugar, packed: 1 cup. Demerara + molasses: 1 cup demerara + 1 tsp molasses.

What changes when you substitute Jaggery?

Slightly less mineral. Grainier.

Substitute for Jaggery

What it does in a recipe: Unrefined cane or palm sugar: caramel-molasses depth in South Asian sweets.

2 substitutes, ranked by what's already in your pantry. Amounts are dataset values — US and metric where a ratio exists.

Dark brown sugar, packed

per 1 cup jaggery

US1 cup

Metric213 g

Pantry stapleBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeFish-freeGluten-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeSoy-freeVegan

Same caramel-molasses depth.

What changes: Slightly less mineral

Demerara + molasses

per 1 cup jaggery

US1 cup demerara + 1 tsp molasses

Metric213 g + 4 g

SpecialtyBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeFish-freeGluten-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeSoy-freeVegan

Closer to jaggery's crunch and minerals.

What changes: Grainier

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What can I use instead of Jaggery?: Dark brown sugar, packed: 1 cup. Demerara + molasses: 1 cup demerara + 1 tsp molasses.
What is the exact ratio to substitute Jaggery?: Dark brown sugar, packed (per 1 cup jaggery) — US: 1 cup. Metric: 213 g.
What changes when you substitute Jaggery?: Slightly less mineral. Grainier.

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