Vietnam

Pandan waffles

Name: Pandan waffles
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 8 leaves cut up pandan leaves; 1/4 cup water; 3/4 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/2 cup tapioca starch; 3 tbsp rice flour; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; a pinch salt; 3/4 cup thick coconut milk; 2 egg; 2 tbsp plus a little for the iron cooking oil (vegetable oil)

Bright green, coconut scented and chewy inside. The street snack that smells like a garden.

40 minTime

7 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

460kcal

7 gprotein

2 gfibre

40minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Pandan leaves8 leaves, cut up

Water¼ cup

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¾ cup

Tapioca starch½ cup

Rice flour3 tbsp

Sugar⅓ cup

Baking powder1½ tsp

Salta pinch

Thick coconut milk¾ cup

Egg2

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp, plus a little for the iron

Method

5 steps

1Blend the pandan leaves with the water until fine, then squeeze through a sieve or muslin to get a deep green juice.
2Whisk the maida, tapioca starch, rice flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
3Whisk the eggs, coconut milk, oil and pandan juice. Stir into the dry ingredients until smooth. Rest 15 minutes.
4Heat the waffle iron and brush with oil. Pour in batter to fill two thirds of the grid, close and cook 4 to 5 minutes.
5Cool on a rack for a minute to crisp, then serve.

Serve it like this

Tear the waffle into quarters to show its green centre and serve on a plate with a small bowl of coconut cream for dipping.

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