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When you’re in Vietnam at a wet market, check out the sugar. There are piles of different kinds in various shades, from mahogany and caramel brown, to yellow to cream to white to clear. Some are in crystals whereas some are hard and have to be scraped and poked at with a knife. The photo on the right is from Saigon's Cho Lon market.
What is palm sugar?
In Vietnamese, đường means sugar. Palm sugar, called đường thốt nốt, is the boiled down sap gathered from the cut buds of sago or coconut palm trees; it may also be called đường tán. In the Vietnamese repertoire, đường cát trắng literally means “white sand sugar” and is the refined sugar that we know in the West. Đường phèn is crystal-like rock sugar, the stuff that makes Vietnamese soup broths rock (really!).
Kinds of palm sugar: There are many types – the light yellow/pale brown hard stuff that’s used in Vietnam and Thailand, and the darker, smoky version preferred in Malaysia and Indonesia. Each has a unique complexity that is not found in refined cane sugar. The Viet and Thai palm sugar has delicate fragrance and sweetness. The Malay and Indonesian gula (sugar) is heartier and akin to mixing molasses with light brown sugar. Overall, Southeast Asian palm sugar isn’t intensely sweet, despite their pronounced character. Each one talks back to you in a unique flavor and tone.
Along with the ones I took from Robyn, I purchased more from local Asian markets in the San Jose area. In a personal tasting of the sugars in the photo on the right, sometimes I sensed coconut and other times an unusual fruity quality. All the sugars had aroma too. The uncommon fudgy dark one on the spoon could have served as dessert. Robyn’s selection was the three darker ones. I encourage you to get some next time you shop and start playing with it!
How to use palm sugar: Admittedly, sometimes I steal a bit of sugar and eat it. I don’t have a sweet tooth but the stuff tastes really good. But that’s not realistic. Palm sugar is usually solid or somewhat hard so you have to use a knife to shave or cut off pieces. Here are two suggestions for using palm sugar in Vietnamese cooking.
Vietnamese dipping sauces. Melt the sugar in hot water or just-boiled water, and then let the mixture cool completely before using it. You have to tinker with the flavor because each sugar has its own quality and level of sweetness. For consistency, make simple syrup and keep it in the fridge for your dipping sauces.
Caramel sauce. Though I’ve never tried it, I think you can caramelize the lighter Thai and Viet sugar. However, don’t do that with already dark Malay and Indonesian gula jawa/melaka/aren; (jawa means Java and melaka is Malacca, two areas known for producing quality palm sugar; aren refers to arenga, a species of a genus of small to medium palms.) Don’t use a dark gula type of sugar as a substitute for caramel sauce because they lack the bittersweet quality of caramel sauce.
A safe bet is to make caramel sauce with regular supermarket white cane sugar and then when you make your kho caramel sauce dishes, use palm sugar instead of regular white sugar to round out the flavors; sugar is usually added to the caramel sauce. Caramel sauce is tricky and can fail if there are impurities in the sugar.
How to buy palm sugar: Locate palm sugar at Chinese and Southeast Asian markets. Check the Thai food section and the Indonesian/Malaysian food section (usually tucked away somewhere). In the U.S., palm sugar is usually available as tube shapes formed by packing them in bamboo, mounds that resemble falsies of various sizes, cut slices, in jars, and as disks. Buy at the mid to upper end of the price range for better quality.
Storage tips: Store in a dry spot in airtight container or zip-top bag.
1. pure palm sugar melts or acquires moisture by itself when left open in the air for some time (If left uncovered at room temperature for some time). 2. It should not be hard, should be able to break the block of a palm sugar just with the pierce of a fork or a knife. This shows that it is not adulterated.
3. It should be dark brown in color to prove that it is minimally processed. Some brands of coconut palm sugar merely have (brown/white)sugar in the center and their exterior is coated with palm sugar. Since pure palm sugar is expensive than brown/white sugar, they gimmick to fill the hollow part with cheaper one.
Palm sugar or palm jaggery is one of the healthy sugar substitutes that is available in the market today. Unlike sugar, it is unrefined and unbleached retaining all its nutrients. It has a smoky flavor and a rich aroma.
There are many kinds of palm sugar. It was originally made from the sugary sap of the Palmyra palm, the date palm or sugar date palm. Now it is also made from the sap of the sago and coconut palms and is sold with different names. In different countries or regions, it has different names malaysia- gula melaka, indonesia- gula merah, karupatti in tamil and thati bellam in telugu. Palm sugar is the term used to refer to both Palmyra palm sugar and coconut palm sugar. Though the term is used interchangeably, both are not the same. One is derived from the sap of the Palmyra palm and other from the sap of the coconut tree.
Coconut palm sugar is made from the sweet flower blossom nectar of the green coconut tree. The nectar is collected, boiled and given different shapes by pouring the mixture in the hallow bamboo molds or granulated.
It has gained a lot of popularity in the global health community as an alternate to the already existing sweeteners in the market, since it has high nutrition and low GI & is termed suitable for diabetics.
In Indonesia the leaves were used in the ancient culture as paper, known as "lontar". Leaves of suitable size, shape, texture, and maturity were chosen and then seasoned by boiling in salt water with turmeric powder, as a preservative. The leaves were then dried. When they were dry enough, the face of the leaf was polished with pumice, cut into the proper size, and a hole made in one corner. Each leaf made four pages. The writing was done with a stylus and had a very cursive and interconnected style. The leaves were then tied up as sheaves.
Borassus flabellifer
Trunk The stalks are used to make fences and also produce a strong, wiry fiber suitable for cordage and brushes. The black timber is hard, heavy, and durable and is highly valued for construction. In Cambodia, the trunks are also used to make canoes.
Sugar palm as seen in Mumbai,India
Cultivation Borassus flabellifer has a growth pattern, very large size, and clean habits that make it an attractive ornamental tree, cultivated for planting in gardens and parks as landscape palm species. Cultural symbolism 1) The palmyra tree is the official tree of Tamil Nadu. Highly respected in Tamil culture, it is called "karpaha Veruksham" ("celestial tree") because all its parts have a use. Panaiveriyamman, named after panai, the Tamil name for the Palmyra palm, is an ancient tree deity related to fertility linked to this palm. This deity is also known as Taalavaasini, a name that further relates her to all types of palms.
Borassus flabellifer in Cambodia, 1965.
2) The palm is also common in Thailand, especially in the northeast orIsaan area, where it is a prevailing part of the landscape.
- Wikipedia
Borassus flabellifer, the Asian palmyra palm, toddy palm, or sugar palm, is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Description Borassus flabellifer is a robust tree and can reach a height of 30 metres (98 ft). The trunk is grey, robust and ringed with leaf scars; old leaves remain attached to the trunk for several years before falling cleanly. The leaves are fan-shaped and 3 m (9.8 ft) long, with robust black teeth on the petiole margins. Like all Borassus species, B. flabellifer is dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants. The male flowers are less than 1 cm long and form semi-circular clusters, which are hidden beneath scale-like bracts within the catkin-like inflorescences.
The fruits are black to brown with sweet, fibrous pulp and each seed is enclosed within a woody endocarp. Young palmyra seedlings grow slowly, producing only a few leaves each year (establishment phase), but at an as yet undetermined time, they grow rapidly, producing a substantial stem.
The ripened fibrous outer layer of the palm fruits can also be eaten raw, boiled, or roasted. Bengali Peoplehave perfected the art of making various sweet dishes with the yellowish viscous fluidic substance obtained from a ripe palm fruit.
Leaves The Borassus flabellifer leaves are used for thatching, mats, baskets, fans, hats, umbrellas, and as writing material. All the literature of the old Tamil was written in preserved Palm leaves also known asPalm-leaf manuscript - Wikipedia
Corn kernels are the source of corn starch.Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
Corn starch, a thickening agent, is used in place of flour in foods as diverse as pancakes, soups and cookies. Corn starch benefits weight-loss diets because the amount required is half that of flour -- simply because cornstarch contains no gluten, and it is gluten, states Perfect Pantry, that hinders flour's thickening action. For anyone with gluten allergies or celiac disease, cornstarch is ideal for recipes. Corn Starch Science Corn starch is created by grinding the endosperm of the yellow corn kernel. Structurally, corn starch is a polymer, made up of long chains of atoms that exhibit interesting physical properties related to its use as a thickener. Little Shop describes the chains of atoms as allowing a creeping, oozing action of a cornstarch liquid being slowly poured, but the fast your pour, the firmer the mixture becomes. If you push onto the liquid, it actually hardens. Corn starch's sensitive nature sometimes makes cooking with it an unusual experience, says Perfect Pantry, since its relationship with water is so perplexing - www.lifestrong.com
Corn Starch Benefits for Illness
If you have celiac disease or gluten allergies you may benefit from corn starch diets. The National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease describes celiac disease, a permanent, auto-immune digestive disorder, as gluten's creating a toxic environment in the small intestine, leading to intestinal tissue damage and malnutrition. Wheat allergies are considered more temporary, and gluten intolerance is not immune-related. In any of these conditions, corn starch helps to alleviate symptoms.
Corn starch diets can alleviate some digestive problems.Photo Credit jeans, belly and hand image by Vasiliy Koval from Fotolia.com
Corn starch pancakes have no flour whatsoever. Checkers' recipe calls for two eggs; 25 ml, or 5 tsps., of olive oil; 220 ml, or 1 cup, of corn starch; and approximately 1/2 cup water. The mixture will resemble regular pancake batter but the corn starch will exert its thickening action in the cooking pan, so these pancakes are robust - www.lifestrong.com Corn starch pancakes have slightly thicker texture.Photo Credit pancakes 5 image by samantha grandy from Fotolia.comCorn Starch Breakfast
Taking into account the growing energy consumption and domestic energy supply constraints, Malaysia has set sustainable development and diversification of energy sources, as the economy’s main energy policy goals. The Five-Fuel Strategy recognises renewable energy resources as the economy’s fifth fuel after oil, coal, natural gas and hydro. Being a major agricultural commodity producer in the region Malaysia is well positioned amongst the ASEAN countries to promote the use of biomass as a renewable energy source
Biomass feedstock has long been identified as a sustainable source of renewable energy particularly in countries where there is abundant agricultural activities. Malaysia has tremendous biomass and wood waste resources available for immediate exploitation. This energy potential of biomass wastes is yet to be exploited properly in the country. Intensive use of biomass as renewable energy source could reduce dependency on fossil fuels and significant advantage lies in reduction of net carbon dioxide emissions to atmosphere leading to less greenhouse effect. However, increased competitiveness will require advances in technologies for converting this biomass to biofuel efficiently and economically.
Major Biomass Resources
Agricultural crops e.g. sugarcane, cassava, corn
Agricultural residues e.g. rice straw, cassava rhizome, corncobs
Woody biomass e.g. fast-growing trees, wood waste from wood mill, sawdust
Industrial wastes e.g. rice husks from rice mills, molasses and bagasse from sugar refineries, residues from palm oil mills
Municipal solid waste
Livestock manure
Malaysia is the world’s leading exporter of palm oil, exporting more than 13.75 million tonnes of palm oil in 2007. The extraction of palm oil from palm fruits results in a large quantity of waste in the form of empty fruit bunches shells and fruit fibre. In 2004, more than 25 million tons of oil palm biomass was generated. Apart from palm biomass waste, two other products from this industry can mitigate climate change – palm biogas and biofuel. Processing crude palm oil generates a foul-smelling effluent that, when treated using anaerobic processes, releases biogas.
Rice husk is another important agricultural biomass resource in Malaysia with very good energy potential for power cogeneration. An example of its attractive energy potential is biomass power plant in the state of Perlis which uses rice husk as the main source of fuel and generates 10 MW power to meet the requirements of 30,000 households - www.bioenergyconsult.com
Sustainable and renewable natural resources such as biomass can supply potential raw materials for energy conversion. In Indonesia, they comprise variable-sized wood from forests (i.e. natural forests, plantations and community forests that commonly produce small-diameter logs used as firewood by local people), woody residues from logging and wood industries, oil-palm shell waste from crude palm oil factories, coconut shell wastes from coconut plantations, as well as skimmed coconut oil and straw from rice cultivation.
There are 39 palm oil plantations and mills currently operating in Indonesia, and at least eight new plantations are under construction. Most palm oil mills generate combined heat and power from fibres and shells, making the operations energy self –efficient. However, the use of palm oil residues can still be optimized in more energy efficient systems.
Other potential source of biomass energy can also come from municipal wastes. The quantity of city or municipal wastes in Indonesia is comparable with other big cities of the world. Most of these wastes are originated from household in the form of organic wastes from the kitchen. At present the wastes are either burned at each household or collected by the municipalities and later to be dumped into a designated dumping ground or landfill. Although the government is providing facilities to collect and clean all these wastes, however, due to the increasing number of populations coupled with inadequate number of waste treatment facilities in addition to inadequate amount of allocated budget for waste management, most of big cities in Indonesia had been suffering from the increasing problem of waste disposals - www.bioenergyconsult.com
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There are many kinds of palm sugar. It was originally made from the sugary sap of the Palmyra palm, the date palm or sugar date palm. Now it is also made from the sap of the sago and coconut palms and is sold with different names. In different countries or regions, it has different names malaysia- gula melaka, indonesia- gula merah, karupatti in tamil and thati bellam in telugu. Palm sugar is the term used to refer to both Palmyra palm sugar and coconut palm sugar. Though the term is used interchangeably, both are not the same. One is derived from the sap of the Palmyra palm and other from the sap of the coconut tree.
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