Jaggery in Marathi: गूळ (gul)
The Marathi 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 गूळ (gul) in Marathi. Jaggery powder is गूळ पावडर (gul powder). Said "gool", with the tongue curled back for the l.
The Marathi words for jaggery
| In English | In Marathi | In Latin letters |
|---|---|---|
| Jaggery | गूळ | gul |
| Jaggery powder | गूळ पावडर | gul powder |
| Liquid jaggery | काकवी | kakvi |
| Sesame and jaggery sweet | तिळगूळ | tilgul |
| Jaggery-filled flatbread | गूळपोळी | gul poli |
Marathi (मराठी) is spoken in Maharashtra and Goa.
Gul in the Marathi kitchen
Maharashtra is cane country, and गूळ runs through its cooking the way sugar does elsewhere: in the amti, in the bhaji, and in nearly every festival sweet. Kolhapur gives its name to one of the best known of India’s jaggeries, described in GI-tagged jaggery of India.
Marathi also has a word for the stage before gul. काकवी (kakvi) is the cane juice boiled thick but taken off before it would set, eaten with bhakri and poured from a bottle.
At Makar Sankranti the greeting itself is made of jaggery: तिळगूळ घ्या, गोड गोड बोला. Take tilgul, and speak sweetly.
What it goes into
- Puran poli. Flatbread filled with chana dal and gul.
- Ukadiche modak. Steamed rice dumplings with coconut and gul.
- Tilgul. Sesame and jaggery laddoo for Sankranti.
- Gul poli. A crisp poli filled with jaggery and sesame.
- Shengdana chikki. Peanut and jaggery brittle.
Recipes on this site that cook with the same gur: puran poli, ukadiche modak, peanut chikki and til gur laddoo. 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 Marathi?
- Jaggery is called गूळ (gul) in Marathi. 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 Marathi?
- गूळ पावडर (gul powder). It is jaggery dried a little further and ground, so that it can be spooned and measured like sugar.
- What is kakvi?
- काकवी (kakvi) is liquid jaggery: sugarcane juice boiled to a thick syrup and taken off the fire before it sets into gul.
- Is gul the same as gur?
- Yes. गूळ 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.