also: キャラメルか
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
caramelization
Culinary term for the browning of sugar, often used in cooking and food science.
砂糖を加熱するとカラメル化が起こる。
Caramelization occurs when sugar is heated.
タマネギをじっくり炒めてカラメル化させる。
Slowly sauté the onions to caramelize them.
Standard spelling using カラメル (caramel).
Variant spelling using キャラメル (caramel). Both spellings are used, but カラメル化 is more common in culinary contexts.
Maillard reaction is a different browning process involving amino acids, while caramelization is purely sugar browning.
From English 'caramel' + 化 (か, '-ization').