Comments on: Pandan Leaf (Screwpine Leaf)

By: Winnie

Winnie — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:46:43 +0000

Anyone knows where pandan plants are sold in Sydney Australia?

By: Nyonya Food

Nyonya Food — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:23:36 +0000

I only get frozen pandan here. The smell and aroma are that great though, but oh well.

By: OysterCulture

OysterCulture — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:16:50 +0000

I’ve seen Panadan in the stores but never knew what to do with it until now. I may have to try the frozen version first, but will be on the look out for the fresh.

By: Mel @ bouchonfor2.com

Mel @ bouchonfor2.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:00:13 +0000

Just bought a pack of pandan and coconut bits ice bars today. yummers. Pandan is one of my favourite flavours in dessert (after taro). It’s so fragrant, distinct, but not cloying like coconut can be sometimes. <3

By: Kuih Dadar (Kuih Tayap) | Nyonya Food & Recipes

Kuih Dadar (Kuih Tayap) | Nyonya Food & Recipes — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:16:18 +0000

[...] with pandan juice and filled with grated coconut steeped in gula melaka or Malaysian palm sugar. Pandan leaf is the core ingredient of kuih dadar/kuih tayap. The green exterior of kuih dadar is made of batter [...]

By: madimomi

madimomi — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:48:21 +0000

enjoy your blog. you can buy pandan plants from bettycgaw@hotmail.com in california. i tried growing them in az but they died.

By: Nyonya Food

Nyonya Food — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:59:09 +0000

I don’t know that there is pandan plant here. Thanks for letting me know. Now I will have to hunt it down. :)

By: fiveoclockteaspoon

fiveoclockteaspoon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:18:36 +0000

For US residents, I would recommend buying your own pandan plant. As you say, the frozen leaves do not do justice to fresh leaves. I got my pandan plant a few years ago from Well Sweep Farms in NJ and it has been doing very well.

By: Nyonya Food

Nyonya Food — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:40:18 +0000

Tuty – yes yes you are right, there is this bunga wangi, but I swear my mother also put the pandan leaves because I remember vividly the small pieces of green bits in the bedak sejuk/bedak dingin. I actually loved it when I was growing up. Would cover my whole face with the bedak, LOL, like mad.

By: Tuty

Tuty — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:31:57 +0000

Oh yes, Bee. In Indonesia we have the same “cosmetic”. We call it Bedak Dingin (=sejuk) but I believe the fragrance comes from jasmine flowers (bunga Melati). My grandmas used this fragrant rice beads. Thanks for reminding me of this dying cosmetic since the young generation prefers the branded ones.