Also referred to as jaggery, the palm sugar is sold in tubes, blocks or tin cans. The colour ranges from a deep toffee to golden brown. The texture can be crumbly or hard with a lovely caramel taste.
Brown sugar
Asian stores
Caramelised crispy pancakes, New Year rice dumplings
Roasted rice flour can be made from ground rice or rice flour which are easily found in supermarkets. It is dry roasted…
Sago pearls are almost identical to tapioca but they come from a different plant. The pearls are cooked and eaten with coconut milk…
Sometimes referred to as screwpine leaf, pandan leaves impart a delicate yet distinctive aroma. The leaves are pounded and strained…
White poppy seeds are used in Burma although there is very little to distinguish them from the blue poppy seeds…