Pandan Leaves

I have a lot of pandan plants. This is how they look like after some trimming section. It's not easy to trim them as their plants grow so vigorously.

On and off I cut two or three leaves for cooking. The leaves have very strong smell. Very nice aroma in cooking. Adding the leaves while cooking rice create aromatic white rice! Asian desserts use a lot of these leaves to create nice smell and as green food colouring! 

How do you use this leaves in your cooking?

Daun Pandan is widely used in Southeast Asian cooking! It has good aroma and flavour to cooked food or dessert!This plant is widely cultivated and commonly seen at the backyard.

 

It's has fan-shaped ,long, narrow, blade-like leaves and woody aerial roots. The plant is sterile, flowers only grow very rarely, and is propagated by cuttings.

I had few cuttings from my neighbour last year and it's growing well with little care. I don't fertilize them but it' happy with only water!

It's used as cockroach repellent too!

 

pandan growing in to mature plant

Pandan plants have grow up in to matured plant now! the leaves are big and long. Anytime when I need pandan leaves in my cooking, I just walk  and cut a few of the leaves. They don't mind the cuttings I guess....

Daun pandan can be used in cooking as it has very aromatic smell. In Malaysia, we use this leaves to cook 'nasi lemak' ( coconut milk rice), to do a lot of desserts and cakes. 

How you cook with this leaves?

   

Daun Pandan getting stronger

Pandan have been around in my garden for about 4 months. Previously it was sharing the bed with Roselle. As the Roselle dry up, the whole bed is for Pandan. It look better now. More leaves have been added.

Pandan is used a lot in Asian cooking. I use them in cake, kuih ( asian dessert) and even while cooking rice. The Aroma is really refreshing.

Do you use Pandan in your cooking?

At the same time, some of you have asked for Roselle seeds. I just want to check if the seeds have reach you?! ;)

Daun Pandan

Pandan or Pandanus Amaryllifolius is scented leave plant. It's used widely in Asian cooking for the flavouring. The aroma of pandan is caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline which is the same compound found is Basmati rice, white bread, etc

The other day I asked 2 cuttings from my Neighbour. She have bunch of them so fresh and so green. Usually she will cut many of them and distribute to us. She use to tell that they are invasive. I'm more than happy to receive them. Let's see if the weeds can make home in my garden. I do use the leaves a lot too!