Pandan Extract
Pandan leaves are long and slender green leaves of a member of the pandanus palm or screwpine family. For you who are new to pandan, they impart a sweet floral fragrance to most popular Southeast Asian cooking especially dessert. Their intense green color and it is also used as a natural food coloring. Pandan leaves aren’t fussy plant to cultivated, it easily grows rapidly without requiring much care. Fresh leaves are typically torn into strips, tied in a knot to facilitate removal, placed in the cooking liquid, then removed at the end of cooking. The unique botanical fragrance which is enhances the flavor of foods, especially rice dishes and cakes. Pound using mortar and pestle or process a bunch of pandan leaves in a blender with add up a little amount of water, then strain through a fine sieve to obtain Pandan Extract. Somehow, bottled pandan extract is also available in shops but often contains artificial green food coloring, this is the reason that ...