palm sugar
Tropical tree syrup
Palm sugar is a sweetener made from the sap of various palm trees, especially the coconut palm and date palm.
The sap is boiled down to produce a granulated or block sugar with a caramel-like flavor.
Common in Southeast Asian and Indian cooking, it's less refined than white sugar: The recipe calls for palm sugar, but you can substitute brown sugar.
Unrefined cane or palm sweetener
- treacleThick sugar-refining byproduct
- muscovadoUnrefined moist sweetener
- piloncilloUnrefined whole cane sugar
- syrupThick sugar liquid
molasses · crystals · granulated · blocks · cakes · paste · liquid · dissolvable
Hard-shelled tropical drupe
- dateSpecific day or outing
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- tapperOne who strikes lightly
- toddyHot sweetened spirits
tapping · harvest · plantation · agroforestry · tropical · equatorial · monsoon · subtropical
Cooked sugar confection
- butterscotchBrown sugar candy
- toffeeCaramelized sugar confection
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- smokyFilled with combustion haze
earthy · nutty · malty · rich · complex · deep · warm · toasty
Not processed or polished
- organicFrom living matter
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
sustainable · natural · raw · processing · evaporation · boiling · crystallization · molds
jaggery
Unrefined cane or palm sweetener
- treacleThick sugar-refining byproduct
- muscovadoUnrefined moist sweetener
- piloncilloUnrefined whole cane sugar
syrup · molasses · crystals · granulated · blocks · cakes · paste · liquid · dissolvable · unrefined
coconut
Hard-shelled tropical drupe
toddy · tapping · harvest · plantation · agroforestry · tropical · equatorial · monsoon · subtropical
caramel
Cooked sugar confection
- butterscotchBrown sugar candy
- toffeeCaramelized sugar confection
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
smoky · earthy · nutty · malty · rich · complex · deep · warm · toasty · burnt
unrefined
Not processed or polished
- organicFrom living matter
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
handcrafted · sustainable · natural · raw · processing · evaporation · boiling · crystallization · molds · small-batch
dessert
Sweet course after dinner
- bakingCooking with dry heat
- candySugary edible treats
- confectionerySugary foods or their shop
sauce · glaze · marinade · curry · satay · rendang · candied · caramelized
- sweetenershoney, maple syrup, sucrose, fructose, glucose
- tropical foodsbanana, coconut, coconut milk, papaya, mango
- Asian ingredientssoy, fish sauce, sesame paste, miso, oyster sauce
- coconutscoconut palms, coconut oil, coconut milk, coconut water, coconut cream
- Filipino Ingredientsube, pandan, coconut milk, glutinous rice, sago
- Indonesian Cookinggalangal, lemongrass, kecap manis, sambal, shrimp paste
palm sugarcane sugar
Sweetener from tropical grass
beet sugar · sugarcane · sugar beet · corn syrup · high fructose corn syrup
palm sugargranulated sugar
Refined crystalline sweetening agent
powdered sugar · high fructose corn syrup · white sugar · table sugar
palm sugaraspartame
Artificial low-calorie sweetener
saccharin · sucralose · artificial sweetener · synthetic sweetener · stevia
sugar, palm, sugary, sugared, saccharine, sugarcane, sugaring, sugarcoat, sugarplum