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Pandan Syrup (How to Make)

This pandan syrup is simple syrup made with natural pandan extract. It is fresh, easy and perfect for making pandan based desserts and drinks!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 300 ml
Calories: 2.6kcal
Author: Priya Maha

Ingredients

  • 200 ml water
  • 200 g sugar
  • 3 pandan leaves (30 cm each)

Instructions

  • Wash and pat the pandan leaves dry.
  • Snip them into 1-inch length. Add into a food processor.
  • Add water and process the leaves until fine.
  • Strain the pandan juice into a measuring jug with a cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer.
  • Squeeze the juice out of the pandan leaves and discard the pulp.
  • Measure the juice. If it is lesser than 200ml, add water until it reaches 200ml.
  • In a medium sized pot, add the sugar.
  • Pour in the pandan juice and stir.
  • Cook the pandan juice and sugar over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Stir occasionally.
  • Turn off the heat and let the syrup cool down before pouring into a bottle (with lid) for storing. The syrup can also be used immediately.

Notes

  • When cooking the syrup, only cook it until the sugar is dissolved. You need to wait for the syrup to boil. This will result in the syrup thickening too much, unless you prefer it with a thicker consistency.
  • The syrup will thicken further as it cools down, so that this into account when deciding the level of thickness of the syrup.
  • If you prefer your syrup without the bright green color, when making the syrup, you need to skip the steps that require grinding the leaves and extracting of the green juice. Instead, simply knot the pandan leaves (or cut them into small 2-inch sizes) and add them to the water in the recipe. Boil the water with the pandan leaves. Once fully boiled, add the sugar and continue to cook until sugar is all dissolved. Strain the syrup and discard the leaves, and you have a pot of aromatic and fragrant, pandan infused simply syrup without the color green in it.

Nutrition

Calories: 2.6kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.7g | Sodium: 0.1mg | Potassium: 0.1mg | Sugar: 0.7g | Calcium: 0.1mg | Iron: 0.1mg