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Black Date Sugar · 200 g
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Deep, caramel sweetness from 100% black dried dates. Made for warm milk and chai.
चीनी सिर्फ़ मीठा करती है। खजूर मिठास के साथ बहुत कुछ लाता है।
Kala Kharik is the whole dried date, ground fine. So when you swap it for refined sugar, the fruit's own fibre and minerals come into your cup with the sweetness.
Per 100 g. Typical values for dried dates and for white sugar, from USDA FoodData Central. Our own lab-tested values will appear here.
घर की हर पीढ़ी के लिए
माँ
For mothersसबको चाय देने के बाद, एक कप अपने लिए।
After everyone’s chai, one cup for herself.
She sweetens everyone’s cup before her own. And when a little one arrives in the family, Maharashtrian kitchens make dinkache ladoo with kharik for the mother. Kala Kharik comes ready-ground for it.
बेटी
For daughtersजो आदत आज पड़े, वही उम्र भर साथ चले।
The habit she builds today stays with her for life.
Her chai, her cold coffee, her glass of milk after the gym. Sweetened with Kala Kharik, every spoon is whole dates instead of refined sugar.
दादा-दादी
For grandparentsखारीक छूटी थी, स्वाद नहीं।
They gave up kharik, never its taste.
Whole kharik is too hard for older teeth. Ground fine, it stirs into a glass of warm milk at bedtime, smooth and easy, with the date’s own fibre and potassium still in it.
बच्चे
For childrenपहली मिठास, सीधे फल से।
Their first sweetness, straight from the fruit.
A spoon in their warm milk or kheer, so the sweetness they grow up with is dates.
Deep, caramel sweetness from 100% black dried dates. Made for warm milk and chai. Kala Kharik comes in a 200 g pack and costs ₹279.
| Made from | 100% black dried dates |
|---|---|
| Added sugar | None |
| Taste | Deep, caramel |
| Best in | Warm milk, ladoo, kheer |
| Pack | 200 g resealable pouch |
| Made in | India |
Kala Kharik is black dried dates (kharik), ground fine. Nothing is added: no sugar, no flour, no preservative. It tastes deep and caramel-like, and it is our favourite for warm milk, kheer and ladoo.
Whole kharik is hard to chew, which is why many elders stop eating it. Ground fine, the same dates stir straight into a glass of warm milk.
In Maharashtra, kharik pud goes into dinkache ladoo, the sweet families make for new mothers. Every Saanjh Thaal comes with that recipe.
Stir 1–2 teaspoons into warm milk, chai or porridge. Date sugar dissolves more slowly than white sugar, so let it sit for a minute and stir again. Use it in place of sugar in ladoo, kheer, halwa and baking. Close the zip after every use.
100% black dried dates (kharik).
Store in a cool, dry place and close the zip after every use. Best-before date is printed on the pack. Dates contain natural fruit sugars; if you are diabetic, pregnant or under medical care, ask your doctor first.
Questions
No. Nothing is added to it, but dates are naturally sweet. Use it in place of white sugar, in the same or a smaller amount.
Yes. It is a soft powder, so there is nothing to chew. Most people stir it into warm milk at bedtime.
Kala Kharik is made from black dried dates and tastes deeper and richer. Safed Kharik is made from golden dried dates and tastes milder.
Dates contain natural fruit sugars. If you are diabetic, pregnant or under medical care, please ask your doctor first.
Goes well with
Golden Date Sugar · 200 g
Mild and honey-light. Made for chai, kids' porridge and baking.
Kala + Safed Kharik · 2 × 200 g
Both date sugars: Kala Kharik for warm milk, Safed Kharik for chai.