date:Oct 09, 2018
gars are featured in many Southeast Asian specialties. Gula melaka, also sometimes called jaggery in India or nam tan pip in Thailand, is a darker, caramel-rich palm sugar mostly associated with Malaysian desserts. In India, it is used not only for cooking but for medicinal purposes as well.
Date sugar, long popular in the Middle East, is also gaining a following in the West of late. Dark and earthy sweet, it is similar to brown sugar in flavor and humectance. More refined date sugars and cocon