Dried screw pine leaf and powder
Screw pine leaves are narrow elongated leaves that comes in a bunch
of leaves. It can grow up to 2 metres. But it is harvested shorter. 
Screw pine leaf
Screw pine is called by different names. Daun
pandan in Malaysian, Bai Toey Hom
inThai, Rampa in Hindi and Sinhalese(Sri
Lanka) Takonoki in Japanese, Chan Xiang Lan in Mandarin and Screw pine in
English.
It is a fragrant spice used in coconut rice called nasi lemak using knotted pandan leaf.It is served with fried yellow tail fish,fried sprats and fried peanuts, fried chicken wing, bullseye egg or boiled egg, sambal and slices of cucumber . You can choose to your taste. It will be a delicious meal. I cook this rice using pandan powder and lemon grass powder.
It is used in meat curries and variety of sweets and sweet desserts. It is used in steaming, boiling and as wrapper for Glutinous sticky rice.
Juice is extracted from bruised leaf to make Pandan Chiffon cake which is famous in Singapore and Malaysia.
kaya bread spread is also made from pandan leaf and coconut milk.
Pandan leaves are used as cockroach repellent in the house and cars.
Pandan leaves are rich in essential oils.
When it comes to storage place the fresh pandan leaves in a plastic bag and store in the vegetable compartment for 4 days. If you want to keep for long it is said to freeze in baking sheet. Then keep in the zip lock bag and freeze.
Today I
am going to dry pandan leaves indoors and get pandan powder.
Air dried screw pine leaf Method: 1. Snip the leaves separately. 2. Cut away the bottom of the leaves. 3. Wash well since there will be sand and dirt. 4. Place in along towel and wipe out the water. 5. Cut into three parts of each leaf. 
Fresh cut leaves 6. Place in a kitchen towel or news paper and leave it to dry in an airy place. Direct sun is not needed. 7. Stir now and then everyday. 8. When it is dry cut into small pieces and grind in a grinder. 9. When it is cooled store in a bottle. Indoor air dried Screw pine leaf and its powder is ready. Recipe follows in detail with pictures
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Drying time: one week
Preparation:
Snip the leaves separately. Cut away the bottom of the leaves. Wash well since there will be sand and dirt. Place in a long towel and wipe out the water. Cut into three parts of each leaf.
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Cut fresh leaves |
Place on a kitchen or news paper and leave it to dry in an airy place. Stir now and then every day. Direct sun is not needed.
When it is dry cut into small pieces and
grind in a grinder.
When is
cooled store in a bottle.
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| Screw pine leaf powder |
I dried 270 grams leaves and got 30 grams powder.
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