Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This leaf adds a heady fragrance and vibrant green hue to dishes from cakes to curries. Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Julian ...

Properties: Thaw and rinse frozen leaves before use; refreeze. Refrigerate fresh leaves for a week, then freeze. Or, use bottled pandan essence. Uses: Flavoring for sweet and savory dishes. Flavors: ...

The tropical herb pandan has been dubbed “the vanilla of Southeast Asia” but that’s doing pandan a disservice. Sure, it can be used like vanilla in cakes and desserts, but the flavor—earthy, sweet, ...

Growing up in a Filipino household, I was introduced to pandan at an early age. Whether I was eating pandan puto (steamed rice cake) or pandan polvoron (crumbly shortbread), I leapt at the chance to ...

Jaysen Ridout and Sylvia Ocampo are making mahalo magic; at the end of March, they opened Pandan Leaf Cafe on South Commercial at 1120 Royvonne Avenue SE. Try not to feel the aloha with a lunch of ...