Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small decorative box, usually of metal and especially of Indian manufacture. Compare
spice-box . - noun In the Philippine Islands, the textile screw-pine, Pandanus tectorius, a species with glaucous sword-shaped leaves armed with spines on the keel and margin, and possessing great tensile strength and flexibility. The leaves are divested of their spiny margins and keel and after having been properly cured are split into ribbons of greater or less fineness and woven into hats, bags, and mats.
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Examples
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During a cooking class on Bali, Anna’s teacher explained that pandan is used in Southeast Asian cooking in a similar way to how vanilla is used in Western cooking.
Weekend Herb Blogging #155 Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2008
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During a cooking class on Bali, Anna’s teacher explained that pandan is used in Southeast Asian cooking in a similar way to how vanilla is used in Western cooking.
Archive 2008-10-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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The same goes for baking ingredients which are a staple in my pantry - even exotics such as pandan syrup, orange flour water, rose water, clarified butter and fine semolina not breaking the bank at all.
Food for Thought 2006
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I googled "pandan" and here is a picture of the plant.
WED #5: Shabu shabu 2005
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Rice: A blend of regular and "aged" rice (which absorbs more flavor) is cooked in chicken stock with six herbs (garlic, ginger, galangal, shallots, pandan and lemon grass) for this fluffy and intensely fragrant bowl of chicken rice.
Dish: Black Hainan Chicken Rice Amy Ma 2010
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The pandan crepe with mango and ice cream is hard to resist.
After Hours: Manila Ted Lerner 2011
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It contained mint chocolate cookie/brownies, pandan marshmallow fluff, pretzels, paprika, peanut butter, caramel sauce, and ground chili peppers - and that is not a complete list of components.
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Anna, of Morsels & Musings, uses sago pearls (similar to tapioca pearls) and pandan (screwpine) leaves to make an Indonesian dessert called Sagu Gula Bali.
Archive 2008-10-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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In the US and Australia, many Asian stores sell frozen pandan leaves which Anna says retain their flavor.
Archive 2008-10-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Anna, of Morsels & Musings, uses sago pearls (similar to tapioca pearls) and pandan (screwpine) leaves to make an Indonesian dessert called Sagu Gula Bali.
Weekend Herb Blogging #155 Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2008
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