Jaggery in Gujarati: ગોળ (gol)
The Gujarati word for jaggery, how it is said, what the powder and the palm kinds are called, and the dishes it goes into.
In short: Jaggery is called ગોળ (gol) in Gujarati. Jaggery powder is ગોળ પાવડર (gol powder). Said "gol", close to the English word goal, with the tongue curled back for the l.
The Gujarati words for jaggery
| In English | In Gujarati | In Latin letters |
|---|---|---|
| Jaggery | ગોળ | gol |
| Jaggery powder | ગોળ પાવડર | gol powder |
| Jaggery and coriander seed, shared at an engagement | ગોળ ધાણા | gol dhana |
| Wheat, ghee and jaggery sweet | સુખડી, ગોળ પાપડી | sukhdi, gol papdi |
| Ghee and jaggery, eaten with rotla | ઘી ગોળ | ghee gol |
Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) is spoken in Gujarat, and Gujarati homes everywhere.
Gol in the Gujarati kitchen
A Gujarati kitchen uses ગોળ every day, not only in sweets. A piece goes into the dal, the kadhi and many a shaak, which is where the gentle sweetness of Gujarati food comes from.
It also marks beginnings. ગોળ ધાણા, jaggery and coriander seeds, is handed round to seal an engagement, and the ceremony itself is called by that name.
And ઘી ગોળ, ghee with jaggery, eaten with a bajra rotla, is as plain a meal as there is.
What it goes into
- Sukhdi (gol papdi). Atta, ghee and gol, pressed and cut.
- Gujarati dal. Tuvar dal finished with gol and kokum or lemon.
- Gol keri. Raw mango and jaggery pickle.
- Fada lapsi. Broken wheat cooked with ghee and gol.
- Ghee gol with rotla. Millet flatbread with ghee and jaggery.
Recipes on this site that cook with the same gur: sukhdi, peanut chikki and puran poli. All of them are on the recipes page.
The same gur, delivered
Whatever a kitchen calls it, sugarcane jaggery is one food. Ours is made from cane grown in the Muzaffarnagar belt of Uttar Pradesh, crushed on a village kolhu and cooked in open iron kadhais with nothing added, and sent across India as a powder and as cubes.
Jaggery in other languages
- Jaggery in Hindi: गुड़ (gud or gur)
- Jaggery in Punjabi: ਗੁੜ (gur)
- Jaggery in Urdu: گڑ (gur)
- Jaggery in Marathi: गूळ (gul)
- Jaggery in Gujarati: ગોળ (gol)
- Jaggery in Bengali: গুড় (gur)
- Jaggery in Odia: ଗୁଡ଼ (guda)
- Jaggery in Assamese: গুৰ (gur)
- Jaggery in Tamil: வெல்லம் (vellam)
- Jaggery in Telugu: బెల్లం (bellam)
- Jaggery in Kannada: ಬೆಲ್ಲ (bella)
- Jaggery in Malayalam: ശർക്കര (sharkara)
Every language side by side: jaggery names in Indian languages.
Questions people ask
- What is jaggery called in Gujarati?
- Jaggery is called ગોળ (gol) in Gujarati. It is the same food as the gur or gud of north India: sugarcane juice boiled down until it sets.
- What is jaggery powder called in Gujarati?
- ગોળ પાવડર (gol powder). It is jaggery dried a little further and ground, so that it can be spooned and measured like sugar.
- What is gol dhana?
- ગોળ ધાણા is a mix of jaggery and coriander seeds shared at a Gujarati engagement, and the name of the ceremony itself.
- Is gol the same as gur?
- Yes. ગોળ made from sugarcane and the gur of north India are the same food under two names. ShuddhGaon’s comes from cane grown in the Muzaffarnagar belt of Uttar Pradesh and is delivered across India.