Definition:

Moroccan and Standard Arabic: ???

French: sucre

Sukar (pronounced "sook-kar") is the Moroccan Arabic word for sugar. The French word, sucre, is also commonly used. In Morocco, sugar is sold in a variety of forms, including:

• Granulated Sugar - sukar saanida ??? ????? (French: sucre granulé)
• Powdered Sugar - sukar glasay ??? ????? (French: sucre glace)
• Sugar Cubes (small, approx. 4 to 5 grams) - qita' al-sukar ??? ????? (French: sucre morceaux)

• Sugar Lump or Brick (large, approx. 30 grams) - towb al-sukar ??? ????? (French: sucre en lingot)
• Sugar Cone or Loaf (about 2 kg) - qaalib al-sukar ???? ????? (French: pain de sucre)

Many Moroccan kitchens have all of these sugars in the pantry. Granulated and powdered sugar are used in baking and desserts. The small sugar cubes are used to sweeten individual servings of coffee or tea while the larger sugar lumps are added to pots of tea.

More traditionally, Moroccan tea is sweetened with a chunk of sugar which has been broken off the large sugar cone. Some Moroccans claim that the cone sugar is what distinguishes a truly fine cup of tea, and that it enables a desirable frothy head to form as the tea is poured into a glass.

 

Pronunciation: sook-kar

Alternate Spellings: sukkar, sookkar, sookar