The Ultimate Guide to PALM SUGAR

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The Ultimate Guide to PALM SUGAR - Hot Thai Kitchen

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Palm sugar is an integral ingredient in Thai cooking. It's the "original sugar" used in traditional cooking before granulated sugar became a thing. In this video I talk about everything you need to know: What is palm sugar? Is it the same as coconut sugar? How is palm sugar made? Are there different grades of palm sugar? And more!
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Pailin “Pai” Chongchitnant is the author of the Hot Thai Kitchen cookbook, co-host of a Canadian TV series One World Kitchen on Gusto TV, and creator and host of the KZfaq channel Pailin's Kitchen.
Pai was born and raised in southern Thailand where she spent much of her "playtime" in the kitchen. She traveled to Canada to study Nutritional Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and was later trained as a chef at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in San Francisco.
After working in both Western and Thai professional kitchens, she decided that her passion really lies in educating and empowering others to cook at home via KZfaq videos, her cookbook, and cooking classes. She currently lives in Vancouver, and goes to Thailand every year to visit her family. Visit her at hot-thai-kitchen.com

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@PailinsKitchen 4 жыл бұрын

HELLO LOVELY VIEWERS! *Important Note: I hope you enjoy this video! If you have more questions, you can leave them in the comments for the community to answer. But if you want to specifically ask me, please ask them on my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or via my website (all links are in the description above). If you add them here I may not see them due to the large volume of comments I receive across the hundreds of videos on this channel. As always, thank you for watching!

@popomka9508 4 жыл бұрын

Pailin's Kitchen yes i enjoy all your video very much...thankyou

@chanthyroth1502 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you please do tutorial on how to make the hard palm sugar into a softer version that you can find in Thailand. A friend told me that you can do this by cooking it down and adding water. Thank you !

@karmacleansingasitis364 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a wonderful video. We very much appreciate it. Can I ask, are you a vegetarian?

@Nicky96792 Жыл бұрын

I love the way that you teach us Thai words too 😊

@rtongcn 4 жыл бұрын

I love your ingredient series! I recently made a couple of your recipes for my husband’s Thai coworkers and they loved them! Thank you for helping me earn kitchen street cred!

@SnackPacks10 2 жыл бұрын

You are such a lifesaver haha. Been making your Thai green curry recipe very often for the past several months, getting better and better at it and more and more close to having all the ingredients. I've never cooked Thai food before so it took a while to get all the ingredients, I've been a bit confused by palm sugar due to the form it comes in so I'm soooo relieved when I searched for palm sugar on KZfaq and u had a video about it. So grateful omg. Thank you for teaching me all about the wonders of delicious Thai food 🙏💖😭

@trellofello7473 4 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing! I learned SO much and I’m grateful for the time and research put into bringing this knowledge to us 🙏🏼

@n.ayisha 4 жыл бұрын

great video. i have been hesitant to purchase palm sugar because i had no idea what to look for, and now i know. i really like the way you presented this. you are a natural teacher, and it shows.

@bethieskulls 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOU!!! Thank you for your information and recipes!

@jennychyeo3016 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Educational. Now I understand the ingredients better for use. Thank you.

@shelleytienchang4171 2 жыл бұрын

Great information!!👍👍 Much appreciated for your time and effort sharing with us.😍

@janlamberth8910 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant bit of filming, so much info, thank you

@ameenaaneesh6862 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Pailin! Great to see you after a while. Hope your baby is doing fine ❤❤. By the way, after the agar agar video, this is my second favourite informative video. I'm from South India. We use jaggery (sugarcane) - dark and light in most of our desserts and few savoury vegetarian curries. The purest form comes in Jam form. Commonly available Jaggery is in the form of blocks. We add water accordingly to it, melt it, filter it (solid dirt can be found) and store it in the refrigerator in liquid form. Palm Jaggery comes in the semi spherical, dark, toasty tasted form. That's used only for medicinal purposes, such as ginger coffee and herbal medicines. Palm candy is given to children for cough and cold.

@mariaferrer3679 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Thanks Pai 😊 it was certainly an eye opener 👍🏻

@Estenberg 4 жыл бұрын

I like your detailed look at specific ingredients

@kungfuwife 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Pailin! Just got my first bag of palm sugar pucks for pad thai and you answered them all!

@MLLL1234 4 жыл бұрын

I love this...I learned something new!!

@linhflores1655 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! I started using palm sugar in my other recipes awhile back and think it really adds more depth in the flavor of the dish. Thanks for the background info on palm sugar. I like to know about the ingredients Im using.

@ngangocly4201 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video! Great job!

@kimookN 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative video as always ka. Thank you Khun Pai.

@sansantun3978 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all this great information about palm sugar .

@zulemazahir666 Жыл бұрын

I'm using palm sugar I've had sitting around for a long time, to make kaya for my first time also. I must say this video is incredible! Extremely interesting, great lighting and sound etc etc. Definitely subscribing and excited to watch more videos!

@danajones3818 4 ай бұрын

You are so easy to learn from! So clear and detailed. 🎉❤❤❤❤🎉

@stevemcnair-wilson6106 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent, everything I needed to know....thanks

@karenbenavente1124 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome tips 😊 thank you so much ❤️

@naanamora3282 4 жыл бұрын

Bought palm sugar today and an hour later saw this episode. Can’t take it back but good to know for next time. Thanks for sharing

@kavitasoni2158 4 жыл бұрын

Tank you for this information 🙏💞💞

@littlefever 3 жыл бұрын

This was exactly what I needed, thank you : ) For another ingredient series i would LOVE to hear about cilantro/coriander as it seems there are many versions out there, and I cant find the one and most amazing version I had in Thailand. Been looking and searching, but maybe you have the info

@mirkomueller3412 4 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel. Learned a lot. Subscribed immediately. Great Job !!!!!!

@mer1tiki 6 ай бұрын

Great content, I subscribed! love to cook and I am trying to catch up with my friend who spent a month in Thailand learning from highly regarded Thai chefs.

@lynnc9531 2 жыл бұрын

very informative video, thank you!

@User-vz4xm 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the useful info!

@Sam-ul4zq 3 жыл бұрын

Had no idea, thanks for the explanation

@kavithasivasamy873 4 жыл бұрын

Personally, I find that the palm sugar at Sri Lankan grocery stores (not Indian grocery stores) is purer than the palm sugar at Asian and even Thai grocery stores overseas. Make sure you ask for 'kitthul' and not 'jaggery'. Traditionally, blocks of palm sugar in srilanka are wrapped in a net of palm reeds (if you see that stuff it's the best version of palm sugar).

@nvj7959 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video!!!

@umammy3520 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for information, I didn't know that.

@danajohnson5993 4 жыл бұрын

I do use the puck sort for Thai cooking, but prefer the dark granulated stuff for baking or substituting for dark brown sugar. I also make pancake type syrup from it which I actually prefer to maple. In my younger days I worked in a sugar shack making the maple product. Great learning experience and a heady aroma to work in.

@abelinhazoomzoom 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the tips and information on Palm sugar, it will be easier to buy next time buying it at my local Asian grocery store.

@siewleegoh6722 3 жыл бұрын

Pai thank you for the information

@francesrevo3692 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Very informative.😊

@MrJfortun 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I had watched this beforegoing shopping for some palm sugar. All I found was heavily adulterated with white sugar. Watched this video and went looking for some 100% pure palm sugar and found that Red Boat sells it on amazon in a jar. It just arrived and wow is that good and different from what I was able to get in my local asian market.

@alanchow9061 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pai u did answered all the question I want to know about palm sugar n what sort of substitution... waiting for yr next recipe here. Thanks..

@Littlemissx1977 4 жыл бұрын

Someone brought me back palm sugar from Cambodia and I’m happy to say it looks and feels and tastes like the real deal.

@Pestyfield 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you (Kap Kun Kha?!) --It's been awhile since I visited beautiful Thailand but I think that's correct ;) -- I love this very informative video and hope to watch more on your channel.

@user-pf2hv8qw1s 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good product to have available in an online store.

@amyjohari8910 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info

@SweetandMellow999 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pai! I have been buying the cheapest one and didn't even know it. Love these videos!

@durians6 4 жыл бұрын

I love all your videos, Palin. So informative and interesting! Thank you for sharing your invaluable experience with us.

@bluecruiser3790 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Pailin

@rplittle66 4 жыл бұрын

Great info thanx

@DailyLifeandNature 4 жыл бұрын

Nice food , good video, thanks for sharing .

@Yybini 4 жыл бұрын

I just back from Bangkok holiday.....I like there very much

@AheadofThymeRecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure watching your video, Pailin. So informative. I'm going to get some and eat like candy.

@maryclebeau 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video

@jonblack2281 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ardemisaguirre8088 4 жыл бұрын

Wi never tried palm sugar before, it ver interesting to know about 👍👍💐

@gialuanthang7716 4 жыл бұрын

Palm sugar is the best for Thai food in general and sweet soups/ traditional desserts. We Vietnamese also use a lot of palm sugar, mainly for desserts, and it would be very easy to know if it is one of the ingredients since the aroma is easily recognizable. We also have to kind of granulated palm sugar so I don't have to spend the first ten minutes trying to shave the big block into a finer texture.

@B2Hives 4 жыл бұрын

Knowing a home producer upcountry, buy a big bucket filled to the top, 100% pure is soft, spreadable and melts not dissolves in your mouth. It is wonderful.

@Durojes 4 жыл бұрын

When buying Thai palm sugar in the states I like to take those pucks and make a thick simple syrup. 1:1 sugar to water, cooked down until slightly thicker than real maple syrup. It scales for recipes in the same manner and lasts for months in an airtight container, like a mason jar. Love your channel. keep up the great work!

@kungfuwife 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip for additional usage! ❤

@nonnatroth9793 3 жыл бұрын

Can I substitute ratio 1:1 brown sugar and water will do?

@StacyOh1717 3 жыл бұрын

Does it stay a syrup or does it harden in the jar?

@Durojes 3 жыл бұрын

@@StacyOh1717 Yeah, it does! Have fun cooking!

@Durojes 3 жыл бұрын

Woopsie, I meant that it stays a syrup. I used it in a commercial kitchen though, so I blew through it pretty fast...if that helps.

@DefangtheSnake 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done video.. 🙏🇹🇭🙏❤️🙏

@tormentedsoul7852 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative

@snowmembe 4 жыл бұрын

Watching the many quality versions of palm sugar and its purity, it reminded of Breaking Bad somehow. Great information, Palin! 🤗👍🏻👍🏻

@karenrobbins6656 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is helpful. Now the hard part is finding some good Palm sugar

@mikemadrid868 4 жыл бұрын

Good info didnt kno thanks 👍

@mehmey 3 жыл бұрын

HARD palm sugar totally works in the mortar and pestle!! Thank you so much!!! I couldn’t cut it with a knife yesterday but jsut now i SMASHED a piece and it broke into smitherines.

@danielwerger5641 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pailin….! I get pretty good Palm sugar from 88 market or T&T, which I believe is the middle one... Cheers.

@MK-tn6pz Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mentaritravel1004 2 жыл бұрын

this is interesting as palm sugar in my country are mostly dark and darker brown. Thank you

@derrick_martin_g. 2 жыл бұрын

I cut the granulated palm sugar with a light colored demerara sugar and that gives a pretty good flavor.

@brandon3872 4 жыл бұрын

I like to use honey as a substitute for palm sugar. Great video as always.

@adepja 3 жыл бұрын

I have palm sugar that looks like the second one but has really strong flavor that kinda reminds me of caramel. It isn't crumbly though it's really solid and takes a lot of pressure with a sharp knife to cut or break it so I have no idea how pure it is but it tastes amazing in coffee so I'll keep using it.

@deeferan7467 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Pai, you might ask your Indonesian friend too the one from your culinary school, i'm Indonesian and we have that kind we called it GULA JAWA, we use that to manny dessert and cooking specially sambal too.

@jaskeda 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@karenbrower9952 4 жыл бұрын

I got a jar of 100% pure palm syrup sugar which is like that softer palm sugar paste. It had a wax layer over the top in the jar. It is very fruity flavored. Almost like honey with umph.

@cosmosman7156 10 ай бұрын

Great video with a lot of informations👍Didn't know that the process of making coconut sugar is similar to the maple syrup we have here in Canada! Am always looking for the best type of sugar away from the white refined one;although I should say that the palm sugar that comes in a block is not the most practical product to use on everyday basis(I prefer grounded or liquid type of sugar or sweetner) it remains better than the white refined one

@Johnnyboycurtis 4 жыл бұрын

I never knew I wanted to know so much about palm sugar lmao

@aprilbennett4161 4 жыл бұрын

The only type I've seen so far is the powdery kind. I love the flavor, though I want to get my hands on the more traditional type. Also, I've used really dark brown sugar in kecap manis substitute recipes. The molasses flavor is intense when tasted straight (particularly since I use blackstrap), but then it sort of "magically" mellows out and sweetens when put on anything.

@So360artist 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you for all of the information! Can I substitute palm sugar for white sugar 1:1 equally?

@stacyhackney6100 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@jowu235 4 жыл бұрын

I brought palm sugar when I visited Amphawa, Thailand last season . It’s better taste than I brought in Bangkok.

@jowu235 4 жыл бұрын

@Yoswin Freeman Thank you for telling me, that helps a lot.

@davidthomas6094 4 жыл бұрын

When I saw there was a 14-minute video on palm sugar, I was surprised. But it's worth it. By the way, as to dried-up palm sugar pucks, I wonder if they'd respond to what works well with hardened brown sugar: stick it in a ziplock bag with a slice or two of bread for a day.

@emalinel 4 жыл бұрын

They'd probably soften up a bit, but I don't think they'd crumble completely

@PailinsKitchen 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t work as well because there is much less surface area to absorb the moisture from the bread.

@hananurra6122 4 жыл бұрын

In Indonesia especially Java the palm sugar a lot darker than the Thai version. To be compared to white sugar, the palm sugar has more caramelly flavor. There are two terms of palm sugar Gula Merah and Gula Aren. And in Indonesia, to be exact in small town we use granulated palm sugar like the coconut one's Pai showed in the video to substitute brown sugar. It's just because easy to find and a lot cheaper than brown sugar.

@MomoChanhs 4 жыл бұрын

I was in the food industry making products for Southeast Asia and had worked with both gula aren and thai palm sugar. Both of them are very different. Gula aren is more molasses/caramel-like in taste, but thai palm sugar is more like butterscotch. There are some differences, but both are great (and can substitute brown sugar as you'd said)! If you can get your hand on thai palm sugar, give it a try :)

@hananurra6122 4 жыл бұрын

@@MomoChanhsWow! that's very interesting. Is it because the difference of the making process or the type of nectar? I'll make sure to try Thai palm sugar one day.

@wahyuferiyansyah7290 2 жыл бұрын

@@hananurra6122 The difference is just ratio, Thai palm sugar has more white sugar content and Indonesian maximum 5% (even some palm sugar doesn't have white sugar at all). Also the cooking process of Indonesian palm sugar is longer than Thai That's why is more molasses flavor in there and pure Note : you can tell the different by Indonesian palm sugar that you splash it with some water and it will melted so easily, it was doesn't happen in Thai palm sugar.

@wahyuferiyansyah7290 2 жыл бұрын

@@hananurra6122 Even when you touch it with your sweating hand it gonna be sticky and mussy right away You can also use it on Thai cuisine with using 1/2 ratio. Example 1 tbsp Thai palm sugar, you have to use 1/2 Indonesian palm sugar mix with 1/2 regular white sugar The fact that some province in Thailand also known gula aren and they called gula melaka

@Shin_Lona 3 жыл бұрын

Good information. The pucks I have are slightly smaller, but definitely like the middle one. Not gonna lie, I've been known to add a be splash of maple syrup to my fried rice... Kinda amazing.

@adamthehtkminion6750 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! :) (she actually suggested the same for a similar recipe on a recent video - forget which one though ...) Cheers! Adam

@YouTube-Troll 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I love your videos and I love Thai food! I have a palm suga here but it turned rock hard, now I can’t get it out of the plastic container. Do you have this problem too? I’m thinking to steam it so the suga will melt but the container is plastic not sure if it’s a good thing to steam plastic. Will appreciate it, if you can share with me your thoughts. Thank you!

@jenthang 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all this great information! Would honey be a good substitute for palm sugar, since it's basically flower nectar, just processed by bees?

@susannesandin5992 11 ай бұрын

Hallo from Sweden😊 Myyyy gosch your good❤

@achmadmarendes 4 жыл бұрын

there is another palm tree, called enau tree, arenga pinnata, popular in Indonesia. its leaves are used to make traditional roof, its fruit makes a good cold drink addition, and the trunk can be harvested for staple food (like a sago)

@iamsherlocked875 2 жыл бұрын

@Buhay_Isla Жыл бұрын

Finally i found Thai Palm Sugar…It’s Healthy Sugar and Taste Good. I used it today for making my Filipino Dessert Called BiloBilo.

@herbw3841 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to suggest that you should point this out: if the growers harvest the nectar from the coconut palms then the plant would not be able to bear coconut fruits. Thus the growers have to decide whether coconuts or palm sugar. That same nectar fermented makes an alcoholic drink which is called toddy here (some place elsewhere called it arak). BTW I usually but palm sugar (gula melaka/gula tuak) from a road side shop (about 4 km from where I stay, by bike) as I know it is genuine. I can smell the aroma when I remove the bin cover of the metal container and pick them. Most often they are cylinderical in shape as traditionally the hot syrup are poured into bamboo container tubes (2 to 4 inches) and then left to solidify as they cooled. 👍👍👍

@FOODANDTRAVELDESTINATIONS 4 жыл бұрын

We use palm sugar to make many popular Vietnamese desserts.

@corlissyamasaki3476 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Palin! Originally, I found Coconut palm sugar which was granular. Today, in Chinatown, I found palm sugar in a jar and it looks like a paste. The granular one was more expensive than the paste, however, the paste is from Thailand. Hopefully, the paste has better flavor.

@ColRubyDimplesManacha 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could still find the stuff in the jar! Used to get that from the market in the town I used to live in. Haven't been able to find it anywhere since moving. If I remember correctly, the brand was Na'am thai something, it had a red lid. Love that stuff!

@it-ke9od 4 жыл бұрын

omg I never knew that my palm sugar is mixed with regular sugar

@1990christmas 3 жыл бұрын

Wish I watched this before I threw out my pods or palm sugar. This was very helpful

@romload 4 жыл бұрын

ขอบคุณครับ น้ำตาล น้ำอ้อยก็หวานอีกแบบครับ ร่วมภูมิใจที่อธิบายให้ผู้ติดตามได้เข้าใจ...ที่ไปที่มา สารให้รสหวานที่ผลิตในไทย และกรรมวิธีต่างๆ

@gk891 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative video! Thanks for this. I love using alternate forms of sugar for desserts as well as savoury dishes whether it Thai palm sugar, jaggery, panela, Malay/Indonesian palm sugar (gula jawa), piloncillo, etc.

@kryptonitekittee7665 2 жыл бұрын

When I don't know which brand of the same food product to buy, that's how I choose too: the most expensive one. Hey, it has worked out well so far! 😁

@wanderrick1007 4 жыл бұрын

The video glitched when Pailin tastes the 'pure' palm sugar.What a magic.

@ThydaCookingTV 4 жыл бұрын

Wan Derrick You mention Pailin province of Cambodia 🇰🇭? It has border with Thailand 🇹🇭 to

@ruchibhade9397 4 жыл бұрын

Great information...i m pretty impressed by your knowledge and how detailed you do your research.. yes i defrosted a jaggery jar and now it has stayed soft even after cooling down after defrosting..so probably defrost option wud work a little better than heat option of microwave.... i accidently discovered this when experimenting so thot of sharing here as it resonates with the topic at hand😅 one question: Can this thai palm sugar be used in black tea( with milk) and coffee? Please if you can advise!

@PailinsKitchen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. And yes!

@charlenejohnson9471 2 жыл бұрын

Just watched your video, awesome! When storing brown sugar, I use a brown sugar bear soaked in water. Would this work for palm sugar as well?

@cucursayur1653 4 жыл бұрын

In Sarawak we have our own palm sugar called Gula Apong. Darker color = purest form. They taste slightly different from coconut sugar.

@AbsTheUploader 3 жыл бұрын

You gave an example of the Maesri Palm Sugar - I am looking for a soft 100% pure palm sugar, I liked the look of your pastey one in the video but would you say the Maesri Palm sugar is the closest and most pure I can get in a tub? It seems that is the only one I can find online that fits the bill.

@danieljk115 Жыл бұрын

uncle roger brought me here. ^^ I didn't know what palm sugar was. so I used white sugar only. but I think I'm gonna buy some palm sugar. It looks so delicious. 😋