Panchamrita is prepared by mixing cow milk, curd, honey, jaggery, and ghee. Then, it is pounded with tamarind, red chillies, salt, and jaggery. These are prepared by using rice, ghee, sugar, jaggery etc. The mixture can be flavored with mustard, chilies, curry leaves, jaggery, onions, or fenugreek. Kakara pitha contains coconut filings which are caramelized using jaggery. The combination of crushed jaggery with ghee is excellent and goes well with "chapathi". It is eaten either on its own or with milk, jaggery or grated coconut. It is usually filled with jaggery and coconut. It is entirely vegetarian food that makes use of jaggery, rice and coconut. It is made with milk and sugar/jaggery. It is a wheat-based flatbread filled with sesame seeds and jaggery. It is the source of kithul treacle, a liquid jaggery. The porridge is accompanied with jaggery for sweetness. Sugar and jaggery production are important industries in the district. It started from a single flavor of jaggery and peanuts.