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.
- Category
- Sugars & sweeteners
- Cooked most in
- The Americas, Asia
- Top country
- Venezuela
- Dishes
- 2 in the catalogue

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
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
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
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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