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
White poppy seeds are used in Burma although there is very little to distinguish them from the blue poppy seeds…
Sago pearls are almost identical to tapioca but they come from a different plant. The pearls are cooked and eaten with coconut milk…
As the name suggests the rice becomes sticky when cooked. It is made into a variety of dishes both savoury and sweet…
Similar to spring roll wrappers, popiah wrappers are thin paper-like crepe usually made from rice flour and circular in shape…
Mangosteen is a small, round fruit, with a thick, purple-brown rind and with a distinct floral fragrance. Once you crack open the outer shell…