Palm Sugar

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Nam Taan Pbuk น้ำตาลปึก, น้ำตาลปี๊บ

Palm sugar is made the same way that maple syrup is made by collecting and boiling the sap into sugar. At night, a bamboo container is placed below a cut palm flower. Throughout the morning, the sap will flow into the container. It is then collected before noon. By the afternoon, if it is not collected, it will turn into alcohol. The sap is boiled down to sugar. It has the maple sugar’s texture and color.

Palm sugar is known as 'nam taan puek' or 'nam taan peep'. The word 'nam taan' or sugar in Thai literally means palm juice. The word 'peep' is the pail that palm sugar comes in.

Author: Natty Netsuwan

Recipes made with Palm Sugar

Green Papaya Salad

Som Tum

Shreded green papaya, cherry tomatoes, green beans with lime dressing
Pumpkin in Coconut Milk

Fug Tong Gang Buad

Pumpkin cooked in sweet coconut milk
Blanched Neem with Grilled Shrimp

Goong Pow Sadow Lou-ug

Hyper-bitter neem leaves and blossoms and hot sweet tamarind sauce on grilled shrimp .
Sweet and Sour Tamarind Sauce

Nam Pla Waan

Sweet and sour sauce, made from palm sugar and tamarind.
Tropical Yum

Yum Tawai

A variety of tropical vegetables with sesame curry sauce.
Pumpkin Sticky Rice Balls in Coconut Milk

Bua Loy Fug Tong

Fresh pumpkin sticky rice balls in sweet coconut milk sauce.
Beef Massaman Curry

Gang Masamun Nuea

Rich and well seasoned beef curry with potatoes and onions
Chili Paste

Nam Prig Pud/Nam Prig Pow

Thai chili paste made with Thai spices and stir fried. Dark thick body with red oil. Great with tom yum goong or vegetables and rice.
Som Tum

Som Tum Thai Pboo

Spicy green papaya salad with dried shimp and salted crab
Black Beans in Coconut Milk

Tua Dum Gang Buawd

Sweet black beans in sweetened coconut milk
Son-in-law Eggs

Kai Loog Keuy

Fried boiled eggs served with sweet and sour tamarind sauce
Shrimp Paste Rice

Kow Klook Gapi

Rice mixed with shrimp paste spiced with shreded green mango and shallots served with fried egg, sweetened pork.
Kanom Sai Sai

Kanom Sai Sai

Sweet and chewy coconut ball in a slightly salty and creamy coconut milk sauce
Salted Crab Sauce

Lohn Pboo Kem

Creamy coconut sauce with salted crabs served with fresh vegetables.
Pineapple Mussel Curry

Gang Kua Subparod

Sweet and sour mild curry with pineapple and mussels