Many a recipe in the Asian repertoire contains a secret ingredient — sometimes so subtle it may be hard to detect — in pandan. Used in cooking rice, wrapping meat, flavoring cakes, etc., pandan is an indispensable item in the kitchen, be it Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, or Malaysian.
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And a recipe from Apple of My Eyes for Buko Pandan

Well here it is, the dessert that I just had to make. Very similar to the Filipino ginataan, but with more emphasis on the mung beans and the tapioca. I love the extra mung beans though, makes it healthier and that’s a big plus for me and hubby.

The ingredients. Would have used pandan leaves but the store was out and I didn’t have any stashed away in the freezer (sniff). So I had to make do with a drop of pandan extract — but whoa! Too green! So I stopped at one drop. …read more