WAIE (whatamieating.com)
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Language: Bengali
Description: Jaggery or gur. Palm sugar. Brown sugar processed from the date palm during winter. It is used extensively in Indian cooking and has a flavour reminiscent of Demerara sugar (US: light brown (granulated) sugar). Palm sugar is the better quality of the two.
Latin: Arenga pinnata, Borassus flabellifer
Ethnicity: Indian Subcontinent
Most frequent country: Bangladesh, India
Most frequent region: West Bengal
See places: Bengali Food and Cuisine
See foods and dishes: aakher gur, pithi shakkar, chini, demerara sugar, khan, misri
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