Palm Sugar--Measurement or Form

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I see many Thai recipes that call for palm sugar in terms of teaspoons or tablespoons, but the only palm sugar I find comes in solid cakes or bricks sealed in plastic. Is palm sugar available as a pourable seasoning, like sugar or salt? Otherwise, I don’t know what to make of “3 tablespoons palm sugar” when I’ve been grating it. (The weight can fluctuate so much from volume according to how one grates.)

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I always pound the cakes to small bits first. I don’t measure but it’s quite impossible to use otherwise. I’ve also tried grating but it’s not easy. Pounding using a pestle and mortar works best for me.

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Thanks! I hadn’t thought of pounding it. Grating is indeed tedious.

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