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Where to Get Proper Pandan through a sieve until you have an emerald-
green liquid to add to milk bread , chiffon cake ,
But first, a note on where to find the stuff in
wobbly Jello-jiggler-like khanom chan , and
t the first place. If you live near a Thai, sticky rice dumplings .
Vietnamese, or other Southeast Asian
h grocery, you're in luck. Pandan's a Flavour a Pot of Rice
common find, in the freezer aisle at least if A couple leaves of pandan added to a pot with
g it's not available fresh. Because the turmeric, coconut milk, and lemongrass, or
lime leaves makes an amazingly fragrant
i greens are so hearty, they hold up well to
flavour base for steamed rice .
freezing if wrapped tightly in plastic with
s minimal air exposure and can be stored in Fold a Neat Pandan Bundle
n the freezer for weeks or even months. To Pandan's long, sturdy leaves make it the
buy fresh pandan leaves online, check perfect thing for wrapping around parcels of
I out the selection at Import Food ; Fil Stop coconut- and chile-marinated chicken that
gets steamed to cook the meat, then briefly
s sells frozen pandan leaves online. Just be fried to add some crisp. You can take a similar
sure to avoid pandan extracts and pastes
approach to palm-sugar-sweetened sticky
s in cans and droppers—they 're low quality rice (minus the frying step) to make a neat little
pouch of ersatz pulut inti
substitutes that lack all the fresh brilliance
.
e of the real thing. Infuse it in Your Booze
Make Pandan Water Pandan's popularity in cocktails has grown
n significantly in the past few years—its nutty finish
At countless Thai restaurants, including
and distinct fragrance can offset bright citrus and
i Andy Ricker's Pok Pok in Oregon and add depth to spirit. Cocktail bar Mace 's Nico de
s New York, the water sent to your table is Soto, the French-American bartender credited
kissed with the scent of pandan for a
to bars across
with spreading the gospel of pandan
u refreshing drink. To make it, bring 4 cups New York and Paris, says there are two ways to
of water to a boil, remove from heat, then
get the stuff into your booze. You can either simply
B add 3 to 4 pandan leaves. Let rest, tasting add the leaves to a bottle of your base spirit for up
every few minutes to determine your ideal
to 48 hours, or blend the leaves with an equal-
concentration, then strain and chill. 5 to parts simple syrup and strain—de Soto
a 10 minutes should do it. recommends roughly 15 leaves to every liter of
syrup. That syrup can then be used in lieu of
i Treat it Like Vanilla in Cakes and Bread regular simple. And as with any home infusion,
Follow the instructions in the video above feel free to experiment, double up, and mix the
d to make your own pandan extract—chop stuff with other ingredients—it's all part of the fun.
up the leaves, blend them into a paste
n with a little water, then squeeze the paste
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