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Sugars & sweeteners

Panela

Also called raspadura, chancaca and piloncillo

Panela is a cane sugar used as a sweetener. Cooks use it in baking and preserving, and pair it with chocolate.

Cooked most in
The Americas, Asia
Top country
Venezuela
Panela, whole

Photo: Jdvillalobos · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use panela

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Preserve

Preparing it

Break a solid block into smaller pieces before use.

Goes well with

On the table

Dishes made with panela

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.
  • Bánh trôi

    Vietnam

  • Naiboa

    Venezuela

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include panela.

Family

Related forms

A kind of
cane sugar

Around the world

What panela is called

Names in 28 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    panela · raspadura · papelón · rapadura

  • French

    panela

  • Italian

    Panela · Chancaca

  • Portuguese

    rapadura

  • German

    Panela

  • Dutch

    Panela

  • Greek

    πανέλα

  • Russian

    Панела

  • Arabic

    بنيلة · بانيلا · ربدورة · ربادورة

  • Persian

    پانلا

  • Hebrew

    מפנלה

  • Chinese

    墨西哥黑糖 · 潘尼拉

Show all 28 languages
  • Armenian

    Պանելա

  • Basque

    karraka-hauts

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    rapadura

  • Catalan

    panela

  • Cebuano

    tam·is · panela · pilonsilyo · panotsang Filipinhon

  • Filipino

    sangkaka · pilonsilyo · panotsang Filipino · panela

  • Galician

    Panela

  • Japanese

    パネラ · ピロンシージョ

  • Javanese

    Panela

  • Kinaray-a

    panotsa · panotsa Filipinhën · panela · pilonsilyo

  • Korean

    파넬라 · 하파두라

  • Mirandese

    Rapadura

  • Pampanga

    panotsa · pilonsilio · panotsang Filipínu · panela

  • Sicilian

    Arraspata

  • Slovenian

    panela

  • Ukrainian

    Панела

  • Vietnamese

    đường phên · đường thô · đường mía thô

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q10357458

Photos

Photo: Jdvillalobos · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons