Brilio.net - Palm sugar is one of the alternative sweeteners that is considered healthy. According to bnborganics.com, palm sugar has a fairly low glycemic index. In addition, this sugar is also rich in vitamins, fiber, and minerals that can increase energy and stabilize electrolyte levels in the body.
Palm sugar can be used as a mixture of ingredients for drinks or food. However, when buying in the market, many people do not know the characteristics of real palm sugar. As a result, many are deceived by traders or mistakenly distinguish real palm sugar from brown sugar.
To avoid any more mistakes, you can follow the instructions of a netizen named Tami. Through her personal YouTube upload, Masakan Mbak Tami, this woman shares a number of ways to distinguish between real and fake palm sugar just by observing its shape. Many people usually have to try or dissolve it in water to find out its authenticity.
"After recognizing the brown sugar sold on the market, hopefully you won't make a mistake in choosing it," he said, quoted by BrilioFood from YouTube Masakan Mbak Tami on Wednesday (25/9).
Well, if you find sugar that looks like palm sugar but the mold is neat, looks shiny, and has a hard texture, it could be brown sugar, not palm sugar. Tami also said, this sugar will also look like crystals when cut, because it is made from sugar cane.
In addition, sugar that is not real palm sugar also usually has a price that tends to be cheap and is very easy to find on the market. Because it is not real palm sugar, this sugar is more suitable for processing as a mixture of spices when cooking.
photo: YouTube/Mbak Tami's Cooking
While real palm sugar, usually the shape is a bit messy even though it has been molded in the same shape, which is round. On the other hand, the texture and color are also not as smooth or shiny as brown sugar. This is because the ingredients for making real palm sugar are also different, namely from the sap of the palm tree. When cut, the inside of real palm sugar also looks looser.
Meanwhile, in terms of price, real palm sugar is certainly more expensive than fake or red palm sugar. This real palm sugar is very suitable for making cakes or traditional drinks because the taste and aroma are stronger and the color is beautiful.
photo: YouTube/Mbak Tami's Cooking
Well, from now on, there is no need to hesitate anymore when you want to buy palm sugar in the market, right? Peeking at the upload of YouTube Masakan Mbak Tami, there are indeed no comments from netizens. Even so, this video has received more than 100 viewers.
(brl/tin)
