The process to make jaggery consists of three steps. First, the canes or palms are pressed to extract the sap (sweet juice). The sap is left standing in special containers, so sediment is allowed to settle at the bottom. After the settling process, it is strained to reveal clear liquid. This is poured into a pan with a flat bottom and then boiled. A kind of paste forms, which has a consistency like dough. Transferred into moulds to cool, jaggery takes its final form.