Masala Gur, also known as Mewa Gud, Masala Gud, Spiced Jaggery Bites, is jaggery mixed with spices (cardamom and black pepper) and dried fruits.
A typical sweet from northern India, mainly consumed during winter.
A sort of spiced brittle with choice of dried fruits, and essential additions like ghee, seeds, and of course jaggery.
Among the seeds, fennel seeds (saunf), white sesame seeds (til), melon seeds.
You can also add: fox nuts (makhana), coconut flakes, and dry ginger powder (sonth), edible gum (gond), rose petals.
There is also a packaged version of masala gur – intended as spiced jaggery – which can also be used as a sweetener.
The recipe, made during a TikTok live, is dedicated to the song “Viva la vita” by Francesco Gabbani for the 2025 Festival Menu: dried fruits in general are a source of vitamin E, quickly consumed by the body in times of stress and anxiety, promoting good mood.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cost: Moderate
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 4People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Indian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter, All seasons
Ingredients
- 4.6 oz ghee (or clarified butter)
- 2.1 oz dried fruits
- 0.7 oz dried coconut chips
- 0.7 oz poppy seeds
- 8.8 oz jaggery
- to taste spices (cardamom and black pepper)
- 2 tsps ginger powder
- to taste sesame seeds
- to taste fennel seeds
Steps
In a 10-inch pan, melt 3.5 oz of ghee. Toast the dried fruits, coconut, and poppy seeds.
Cook on low heat for 10 minutes until the ghee is absorbed.
In another pan, melt 1 oz of ghee, add jaggery and spices.
Let it melt, then add ginger, sesame, and fennel seeds.
Combine the mixture with the dried fruits.
Mix and quickly spread on a tray.
Wait a few minutes, then make marks for cutting.
After about 2 hours, break into irregular pieces with your hands.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What is jaggery?
It is unrefined sugar consumed in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (in the latter areas, similar products are called panela).
Jaggery is also known as flower sugar or palm sugar, a natural sweetener, a concentrate of juices extracted every two/three years from the flowers of the sugar palm, the arenga saccharifera or pinnata (of the Arecaceae family), a variety of palm native to Asia, with dark fiber.
The non-invasive and plant-respectful production process offers a raw and completely natural product that retains its properties almost intact.
It comes in solid cylindrical, moist blocks, with various shades of brown.
Not only suitable for sweet recipes, for example in Indonesia it is used in the composition of gado gado, a vegetable dish with eggs, peanut sauce, and rice.
