Red Drago Palm Sugar 500g

Palm Suga

Red Drago Palm Sugar is a traditional natural sweetener widely used across Southeast Asian cooking, particularly in Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Malaysian recipes. Made from the sap of palm trees, it has a rich golden colour and a distinctive flavour that sits somewhere between caramel, butterscotch and soft brown sugar, with a gentle depth that works beautifully in both sweet and savoury dishes.

Unlike refined white sugar, palm sugar brings its own character to a recipe. It melts easily into sauces, curries, marinades and dressings, while its high burn temperature makes it equally useful for baking, caramelising and dessert making. At i4C, we often use palm sugar when making Thai curry sauces, peanut dressings, sticky glazes and homemade dipping sauces, where it helps create the balance of sweet, salty, sour and spicy flavours that Southeast Asian cuisine is known for.

Whether you're preparing a fragrant Thai green curry, a Vietnamese dipping sauce, a homemade satay sauce or a batch of coconut-based desserts, Red Drago Palm Sugar is a versatile store cupboard ingredient that brings authentic flavour and natural sweetness to a wide range of recipes.

Key Features:

• 500g pack.
• Traditional palm sugar used throughout Southeast Asian cuisine.
• Naturally rich caramel and butterscotch flavour.
• Lower melting point than standard cane sugar.
• Suitable for both cooking and baking applications.
• Popular ingredient in Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Malaysian recipes.
• Dissolves easily into sauces, curries and dressings.
• Ideal for creating authentic sweet and savoury flavour balance.

Recipe Inspiration:

• Stir palm sugar into a homemade Thai red curry sauce alongside coconut milk, fish sauce and curry paste for an authentic sweet-savoury finish.
• Melt it into a peanut satay sauce with coconut milk and soy sauce for serving with grilled chicken skewers.
• Use it in a Vietnamese nuoc cham dressing with fish sauce, lime juice and chilli to serve alongside fresh salads and rice noodle dishes.
• Add it to sticky banana cake, coconut rice pudding or mango desserts for a deeper, more rounded sweetness than standard sugar.

Why is palm sugar commonly used in Thai cooking?

Palm sugar helps create the balance of sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavours that define many Thai dishes. Its subtle caramel notes add complexity without overpowering other ingredients such as fish sauce, lime, chilli and coconut milk.

Does palm sugar caramelise differently from white sugar?

Yes. Palm sugar caramelises with a softer, richer flavour profile and develops deeper toffee-like notes when heated, making it particularly popular in glazes, sauces and traditional desserts.

What ingredients pair particularly well with palm sugar?

Palm sugar works especially well with coconut milk, tamarind, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce, lime, chilli and peanuts. These combinations are commonly found in Southeast Asian recipes where sweetness is used to balance savoury and acidic flavours.

Ingredients:

Sugar, Palm Sugar, Glucose Syrup

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