Liquid Jaggery: Kaakvi

Aazol Liquid Jaggery is a traditional Maharashtrian sweetener made from sugarcane juice. Sold by Aazol: Tasty & Nutritious Home-grown Foods, it has a rich, caramel-like flavour and blends easily into everyday foods and beverages.

What it is:
Liquid Jaggery is a thick, pourable form of jaggery obtained by slowly boiling sugarcane juice before it solidifies. This traditional preparation gives it a distinctive flavour and makes it a convenient alternative to refined sugar.

Where it comes from:
This Liquid Jaggery comes from Daund, Maharashtra, a region known for sugarcane cultivation and traditional jaggery-making practices. It reflects the familiar taste and simplicity of an age-old Maharashtrian sweetener.

Health benefits:
Made from sugarcane juice, it naturally contains minerals such as iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium. As a minimally processed traditional sweetener, it retains more naturally occurring nutrients from sugarcane than refined sugar.

How to use it:
Use it as a natural sweetener in tea, coffee, milkshakes and smoothies or drizzle it over pancakes, yoghurt and breakfast bowls. It also works beautifully in traditional sweets like kheer, chikki and laddus, as well as in baking and everyday cooking.

Details:
Ingredients - Sugarcane Juice. Available in 250ml and 500ml. Rated 4.9/5 based on 55+ reviews. Every purchase supports women-led rural farming collectives across Maharashtra.

Provenance

Kaakvi, like jaggery, is abundantly produced in the sugarcane belt of Maharashtra’s Kolhapur and Ahmednagar areas. But, unlike jaggery, it’s not a part of India’s culinary consciousness. This wisdom of traditional life remains hidden in plain sight, continuing to hold place in rural communities where it is regarded not just as a sweetener, but revered as a medicinal and nutritional blend.

About The Seller

Vedika Foods was founded by Devdas Newase, a committed farmer from rural Maharashtra who, along with a group of like-minded villagers, was deeply inspired by the principles of natural farming advocated by Subhash Palekar ji. Witnessing the declining health of their soil and water, and the financial stress faced by farmers in the region, Devdas and his peers felt a strong need to shift towards a more sustainable, chemical-free way of farming.What began as a small collective effort soon grew into a community movement. The team actively identified and brought together other farmers already practicing natural farming, creating a network rooted in shared learning, traditional wisdom and ecological responsibility.Vedika Foods focuses on producing high-quality, genuinely natural food products that meet everyday consumer needs while ensuring fair income for farmers. Every product reflects their commitment to soil health, purity, sustainability and strengthening rural livelihoods.With a vision to nourish both people and the planet, Vedika Foods continues to grow as a model of how collective action and natural farming can transform agricultural communities.