Homemade Cambodian Palm Sugar - Siem Reap Cambodia

Since ancient times, the sugar palm tree has been part of the daily life of Cambodians. A legend even says that a king ordered every citizen to plant a palm tree to be part of the Khmer people.

It bears many products: sugar, fruit, vinegar, wine, distilled alcohol, wood used in carpentry or for the construction of canoes, leaves for the roofs of houses and multiple objects, root used in pharmacopoeia, fibers, etc. It is said in Cambodia that there are 108 different uses for the sugar palm. Its multiple resources explain why the palm tree is so closely linked to the life of farmers in Cambodian rice fields.

Today, Cambodia is estimated to have around 2,500,000 sugar palm trees.

Producers have learned palm sugar production techniques from their parents. The knowledge is shared from generation to generation. Most often, three or four family members are participating in the production and each one has an important role to play. Traditionally, men collect the sap while women are responsible to cook and process the sugar.

In general, one family produces around 1 to 2.5 tons of sugar per year which can generate an income of around 1,700 to 3,800 US Dollars per season. Palm sugar is produced in the dry season, from December to May, where most of the families grow rice in wet season.

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