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Jaggery (Toddy candy)''' Jaggery is a kind of sweet candy in Myanmar and some people called it as Myanmar chocolate. People get it from Palm trees or Toddy trees. There are so many places where jaggery can be produced in the central of Myanmar especially in hot zone such as Kyaut Pan Daung, Naung Oo, Myin Chan, Chaunht, and Thataoo and so forth. Farmers in this hot zone plant toddy trees and produce jaggery in jaggery season from late winter, summer to beginning of raining season. The Process of Making Jaggery

When a toddy tree is more than 10 years old, Toddy trees can give juice from  cutting at the tip of htan-nou (toddy udder). Toddy climbers use a two or three small, empty ceramic pots for the toddy juice by hanging with rope on it. They got palm juice twice a day and put firewood under the cooker of jaggery which is the big metal pan with toddy juice. After three or four hours, the toddy juice converts into condense and Toddy climbers take pans out of cooker, they then stare toddy juice to condense be ready for making solid form the big pot. After it cools it is rolled into balls and allowed to dry in the sun. 30 minutes later, it becomes ready to keep and sell into the markets. Kinds of Jagggeries

There are many kinds of Jaggery. People make in different forms of jaggery. In the center of Myanmar, Kyauk Pan Taung, Naung Oo, Myin Chan and other townships produce Jaggeries in which they produce in two ways_ those are for selling and for eating. For the selling, they make big blocks of jaggery that is not good taste like products of jaggery for eating. People in those areas make different kinds of jaggery which is make by peanuts, Pout-Pout, milk, plum, coconut, and sesame. The tastes are not the same with plane jaggery. Peanut jaggery and coconut jaggery are nutty in taste. Pout-pout jaggery is slight sweet. Milk jaggery is extremely sweet. Plum jaggery is sour in taste. Usage of Jaggery People in rural areas eat jaggery with green tea after coming back from farm and after having meals. Jaggery is a kind of snack for hospitality for guests together with green leave salads. Farm owners take jaggery for workers in the field to have with water in their rest times. Jaggery is one of the main ingredients for making some sweet snacks such as sesame brittle, roasted sesame, boiled rice powder and so forth. In organic farm, farmers use jaggery powder for making natural fertilizer. People use jaggery for feeding animals like dogs and cows. Benefits of Jaggery There are so many benefits of having jaggery. It is good for digestive system by eating jaggery after meals. Jaggery clears the blood and cleans the metabolism. Consumption of jaggery with one glass of water or milk gives cooling to the stomach. You do not have gas problem. People who have gas trouble they should eat little jaggery after lunch or dinner. Jaggery is very useful as medicine. Girls use jaggery in boiling ginger. Boiled with ginger and jaggery is useful not only for women menstruation but also for everyone for joint pain. Women who have pain during menstruation periods, jagggery is quite beneficial for them. Therefore, they eat jaggery during period of menstruation. This will reduce the pain. People boil jaggery with betel that is good for sore throat. Eating jaggery can clean mucous in the throat. Jaggery is hot so its intake gives relief in cold and cough. If you do not want to eat raw jaggery during cold, you can eat with green tea. On the other way, eating jaggery with cooked rice can solve sour throat and voice problems. When you feel tired you should eat jaggery immediately that can release stresses, weakness and increase energy. Places where mainly produce Jaggary Central Myanmar, dry zone is a place where palm tree can grow. Mostly, Jaggary can get from Kyauk Pan Taung, Nyaung Oo, Bagan Myin Chan, Yanan Chaung, Chaute and Thataroo. These places are the main production places of Jaggery in Myanmar.

Time when can produce jaggary Jaggery can produce during summer but all consumers can get jaggery thought out the year from the markets. If consumers need fresh jaggery or new jaggery, they can get during the jaggery period. In that period, farmers do not plant in the farm because of there is no rain in summer. They have nothing special to do for their farm. At that situation, the toddy trees are also ready to get toddy juice to make jaggary. The toddy climbers (farmers) climb and cut toddy bubs to take palm juice. After taking palm juice, they cook it on the cooker with firewood to produce Jaggary.

Refrence (or) Citation 1.	 “Jaggery Myanmar Burma’ - Sweet from Toddy Palm.’’ Taste of Myanmar Travels & Tours. Facebook Page, 12 May 2015. Web. 23 July 2015. 2.	 “20 Health Benefits of Jaggery – Gud.” Health Food Wholesale. 3.	U Zaw Winn. “ About Toddy trees and Jaggery.” One of Toddy climbers in a small village, Kyauk Pan Daung, 6 July 2015. By interviewing with phone. 6 July 2015.