Transfer jaggery into a sauce pan. Make sure to use heavy bottom pan here else jaggery will burn quickly.
½ cup Jaggery
Keep the flame medium. Always use medium flame/ temperature to make caramel sauce. Do not use high flame to make sauce as jaggery will burn quickly.
Stir jaggery constantly and add water. -make sure you are stirring the mixture constantly.
1 tablespoon water
Jaggery will eventually melt and will start bubbling.
Once jaggery is completely melted, you will notice bubbles are bigger and foaming slowly. turn off the flame and add butter and mix it well. put the pan again on the flame.
¼ cup butter
Once the butter is completely melted and mixed, slowly add milk/cream. Caramel will bubble rapidly again.
¼ cup heavy cream
Mix cream and simmer the sauce for 30 seconds on medium flame.
Turn off the flame and remove the pan. Keep stirring the mixture for 1 minute or 2.
Add salt to your taste. Your sauce is ready. once it is cooled completely, transfer in a jar.
salt to taste
Notes
The shelf life of this caramel sauce is less compared to classic caramel sauce.