Refers specifically to coarse, crystalline sugar used in Japanese cooking and confectionery, similar to granulated sugar but with larger crystals.
Granulated sugar is often used in making Japanese sweets.
In this recipe, using granulated sugar instead of caster sugar changes the flavor.
Standard spelling using katakana for ザラメ and kanji for 糖.
Hiragana variant; less common than the katakana form.
Ateji spelling using kanji for 粗目; rarely used.
ザラメ is derived from ざらめ, meaning 'coarse' or 'rough', referring to the large crystal size. 糖 means 'sugar'. The exact historical derivation of ざらめ is uncertain.