Palm Sugar



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.
Recipes made with Palm Sugar
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Blanched Neem with Grilled Shrimp
Goong Pow Sadow Lou-ug
Hyper-bitter neem leaves and blossoms and hot sweet tamarind sauce on grilled shrimp .
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Pumpkin Sticky Rice Balls in Coconut Milk
Bua Loy Fug Tong
Fresh pumpkin sticky rice balls in sweet coconut milk sauce.
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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.
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Shrimp Paste Rice
Kow Klook Gapi
Rice mixed with shrimp paste spiced with shreded green mango and shallots served with fried egg, sweetened pork.
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Kanom Sai Sai
Kanom Sai Sai
Sweet and chewy coconut ball in a slightly salty and creamy coconut milk sauce
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Salted Crab Sauce
Lohn Pboo Kem
Creamy coconut sauce with salted crabs served with fresh vegetables.
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