Rock candy
Alternative names | Rock sugar |
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Type | Confectionery |
Place of origin | Iran |
Main ingredients | Sugar, water |
Variations | About 10 |
223–400 kcal | |
Other information | 450–225 |
Rock candy or
This candy is formed by allowing a supersaturated solution of sugar and water to crystallize onto a surface suitable for crystal nucleation, such as a string, stick, or plain granulated sugar. Heating the water before adding the sugar allows more sugar to dissolve thus producing larger crystals. Crystals form after six to seven days. Food coloring may be added to the mixture to produce colored candy.
Nomenclature
Etymologically, "sugar candy" derives from late 13th century English (in reference to "crystallized sugar"), from Old French çucre candi (meaning "sugar candy"), and ultimately from Arabic qandi, from Persian qand ("cane sugar"), probably from
The modern American term "rock candy" (referring to brittle large natural sugar crystals) should not be confused with the British term rock (referring to an amorphous and opaque boiled sugar product, initially hard but then chewy at mouth temperature).[6]
Origins
Islamic writers in the first half of the 9th century described the production of candy sugar, where crystals were grown through cooling supersaturated sugar solutions.
According to the production process, rock sugar is divided into two types: single crystal rock sugar and polycrystalline rock sugar.
Cuisine
Rock candy is often dissolved in tea. It is an important part of the tea culture of East Frisia, where a lump of rock sugar is placed at the bottom of the cup. Rock candy consumed with tea is also the most common and popular way of drinking tea in Iran, where it is called nabat; the most popular nabat flavor is saffron.[9][clarification needed] This method of drinking tea can also be found in Central Asia as novvot.
It is a common ingredient in Chinese cooking. In China, it is used to sweeten chrysanthemum tea, as well as Cantonese dessert soups and the liquor baijiu. Many households have rock candy available to marinate meats, add to stir fry, and to prepare food such as yao shan. In less modern times, rock sugar was a luxury only for the wealthy. Rock candy is also regarded as having medicinal properties, and in some Chinese provinces, it is used as a part of traditional Chinese medicine.[citation needed]
Rock candy is used a lot in other countries. In Mexico, it is used during the
Misri
Type | Rock candy or sweetener |
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Place of origin | South Asia and Iran |
Misri refers to crystallized sugar lumps, and a type of confectionery mineral, which has its origins in the
Among Indian misri dishes are mishri-mawa (
The Ghantewala Halwai of Delhi, who started his career by selling Misari mawa in 1790[14] is famous for Misari mawa and sells 40 varieties of sweets made from Misari.[citation needed]
Beverages
See also
- Hard candy
- Konpeitō
- Jaggery, an early form of sugar
References
- ISBN 0-19-860050-X.
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- ^ https://www.thefooddictator.com/hirshon-uzbek-spiced-rock-candy-sugar-navat/
- ^ "Video: Oriental Sweets: Navat. How Navat is Made in Uzbekistan". www.centralasia-travel.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Candy". etymonline.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-58234-229-0.
- ^ "SUGAR". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Hafiz Mustafa: Istanbul confectionery now exporting". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Sweet Tea Persion Style". My Persion Corner. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Glossary: Misri". Tarla Dalal. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-969-416-054-2. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ Baden-Powell, Henry (1868). Hand-book of the economic products of the Punjab: with a combined index and glossary of technical vernacular words. Thomason Civil Engineering College Press. pp. 307–. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Kalakand". chezshuchi.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ Hardy's Encyclopaedic Guide to Agra, Delhi, Jaipur, and Varanasi. India: Hardy & Ally. 1970.
- ^ "This is How to Bring Rock and Rye Back from the Dead". Liquor.com. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ISBN 0-472-06697-8.
Further reading
- Hadi, Saiyid Muhammad (1902). The sugar industry of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Printed by F. Luker at the Government Press. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
External links
- "Recipe for rock candy". Exploratorium.edu. An educational exercise in crystal and candy making. (It may vary on however you want to make it)