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Gula Melaka also known in various names, such as
Chinese: Yee Tong
Tamil: Karupati
Indonesia: Gula Jawa
India/Sri Lanka: Jaggery/Sharkkara, Malaccan Sugar, Coconut Sugar
Gula Melaka refers to Palm Sugar which is the sap/juice that is extracted from the bud of the coconut tree and processed into cylindrical cakes. In Asia, it is used in preparing desserts in place of sugar because of its distinctive and different flavor which is very good in making sweets and desserts.
The flavor of Gula Melaka is often improved with Duan Pandan (Screwpine Leaves) in its preparation.
Gula Melaka is used as a filling in one of the popular dessert called Putu Piring and also Kueh Dadar or Ketayap. In India, it is also used as a filling for their steamed cake called Ela Adai and other desserts and sweets. In the Philippines, it is used for making traditional rice cakes.
Gelateria is an Italian word which refers to an ice-cream shop. In Italian ice cream shops, they serve all kinds of ice-creams, and according to the main characteristics of each Gelateria, ice-creams can vary from the most traditional to the most extravagant ones.
There also are Gelateria/Pasticceria shops in Italy, these shops not only serve/sell ice cream, but pastries as well.
Pasticceria means "pastry shop" selling all kinds of pastries, such as cakes, cookies or biscuits, etc.
Deutsch: Gramm / Español: Gramo / Português: Grama / Français: Gramme / Italiano: Grammo /
Gram refer to e chickpeas or other legumes used as food, such as black gram, bengal gram, channa dal, etc. Gram is also a unit of measure of weight often used for dosages. There are 1,000 milligrams (mg) in 1 gram, and 28.35 grams in an ounce. Gram originated from the Portuguese grao, from Latin granum "grain".
Grous which is also known as Groux refers to Breton name of the thick gruel made from buckwheat flour. Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany in the northwest of France.
Presently, the Breton buckwheat tradition still survives , although most of the grain is now imported from Canada, where Buckwheat known as Ble Noir is grown by Breton expats who migrated to Canada