Thursday, December 9, 2010

Malacca Sugar

Malacca Sugar is made for sap water of oil. Malacca Sugar sweetness and softness differs from a lot of artificial sugar. This the traditional sugar is made by first extracting the sap from the flower bud of a coconut tree. Several slits are cut into the bud and a pot is tied underneath the bud to collect the sap. Then the sap is boiled until it thickens after which, in the traditinal way, it is poured into bamboo tubes between 3 to 5 inches in length, and left to solidify to form cylindrical cake blocks.

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