Molasses is one of those ingredients that most people have heard of but never quite known what to do with — and that is a shame, because once you start using it, you wonder how you cooked without it. Dhampur Green Blackstrap Molasses (Edible) — also known as Sheera, Kakavi, or Raab in different parts of India — is concentrated sugarcane juice, with nothing added and nothing taken away except the water. What remains is a deep, dark, intensely flavoured syrup with a bittersweet richness that adds a complexity to food and drink that no other sweetener quite matches. The label says it simply and honestly: no chemicals added, just delicious taste.
The flavour of blackstrap molasses is bold and distinctive — deeply caramel-like but earthier and more complex, with a slight bitterness underneath the sweetness that gives it depth. It is the flavour that makes gingerbread taste like gingerbread, that gives a dark chocolate cake its richness, and that makes a homemade barbeque sauce or marinade taste like it has been developing for hours. A tablespoon of molasses stirred into a cookie dough, a muffin batter, or a bread recipe adds a warm, complex sweetness that plain sugar just cannot replicate. In Indian cooking, it is the same Sheera or Raab that has been used in homes and kitchens for generations — drizzled over rotis, stirred into warm milk, or used as a natural sweetener in traditional preparations.
For baking, molasses is one of the most useful dark sweeteners you can keep in your kitchen. It keeps baked goods moist for longer than regular sugar, adds a deep colour to breads and cakes, and brings that characteristic warm, slightly smoky sweetness to everything from gingerbread and dark chocolate brownies to granola and energy bars. For cooking and marinades, a spoonful of molasses adds a beautiful depth to barbeque sauces, stir-fry glazes, and slow-cooked dishes. For drinks, stir a teaspoon into warm milk for a Raab-style warming drink, or mix into porridge or kheer as a natural sweetener that adds both flavour and colour.
The 500ml bottle is the right size if you are trying molasses for the first time, or if you use it occasionally in baking and cooking rather than every day. The ingredient list is as clean as it gets — concentrated sugarcane juice, nothing else. No chemicals, no additives, no preservatives. If you find yourself reaching for it often (and most people do once they discover how useful it is), the 800ml bottle is also available for better value. Made by Dhampure Speciality Sugars Limited — a farmer-led enterprise working with Indian sugarcane farmers since 1991 — this is one of those products where what is in the bottle and where it comes from are both things you can feel good about.
What Makes Dhampur Green Blackstrap Molasses Worth Having:
- One Ingredient — Concentrated Sugarcane Juice: No chemicals, no additives, nothing added or taken away except the water. As clean as a sweetener gets.
- Deep, Complex Bittersweet Flavour: Rich, earthy, and deeply caramel — the flavour that makes gingerbread, dark cakes, and marinades taste genuinely special.
- Known as Sheera, Kakavi, and Raab: A traditional Indian ingredient used in homes and kitchens for generations — familiar, wholesome, and deeply rooted in Indian food culture.
- Essential for Dark Baking: Keeps baked goods moist, adds depth of colour, and brings warm complexity to gingerbread, brownies, bread, granola, and energy bars.
- Great in Marinades and Savoury Cooking: A spoonful in a barbeque sauce, glaze, or slow-cooked dish adds a depth that takes hours to develop by other means.
- Traditional Warming Drink: Stir into warm milk for a Raab-style drink, or drizzle over a hot roti the way Indian kitchens have always done it.
- Also Available in 800ml: If you find yourself using it regularly, the larger bottle offers better value for frequent bakers and cooks.
Ideal For:
Gingerbread, dark chocolate cakes, brownies, cookies, muffins, bread, granola, energy bars, barbeque marinades, savoury glazes, kheer, porridge, hot chocolate, warm milk with Raab, roti topping, and any recipe where you want a deep, natural, bittersweet sweetness that plain sugar cannot give you.
Product Details:
- Ingredients: Concentrated Sugarcane Juice
- Also Known As: Sheera / Kakavi / Raab / Liquid Jaggery
- Net Volume: 500ml
- Also Available In: 800ml
- No Chemicals Added
- Shelf Life: 12 Months
- Storage: Store in a cool and dry place, away from direct sunlight.
- FSSAI Number: 10013051000853
- Marketed & Manufactured By- Dhampure Speciality Sugars Limited
- Address- 1/3 to 1/9, MM, Rani Jhansi Road, NEW DELHI 110055
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