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Pandan Syrup

This easy homemade pandan syrup recipe is made using only 2 natural ingredients. It's super fragrant, naturally green and perfect for desserts, cocktails and drinks! (I also show you how to get an almost colorless version.)
Prep Time3 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Course: Dessert, Drinks
Cuisine: Filipino, Malay, Nyonya, singaporean, Southeast Asian, Vietnamese
Servings: 1 Cup
Calories: 1479kcal
Author: Zen

Equipment

  • Pot
  • sieve If using Method 2 to make an almost colorless syrup

Ingredients

For Green-colored Pandan Syrup

  • 1 Cup pandan extract Click here for the pandan extract recipe. Substitute: 1 Cup pandan juice but the result will be a less intensely flavored yet still green syrup (see Notes)
  • 1 Cup White Sugar Substitute: brown sugar, gula melaka etc

For Almost Colorless but still aromatic Pandan Syrup

  • 1 Cup pandan leaves bruised and cut into 1" pieces (or smaller). Approximate weight is 1oz/ 28g.
  • 1 Cup White Sugar Substitute: brown sugar, gula melaka etc
  • 1 Cup Water Substitute: coconut water if you want to make pandan coconut syrup.

Instructions

For Green-colored Pandan Syrup

  • Pour the thick, dark green pandan extract and sugar into a pot. Heat on medium till the sugar has all dissolved.
  • Allow to cool then store in the fridge in a sterilised, airtight container.

For Almost Colorless but still aromatic Pandan Syrup

  • Bring bruised pandan leaves, sugar and water to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes then switch off the fire and allow to steep till cool.
  • Strain and store in an airtight container in the fridge.
  • Optional for best taste: Once cool, wring with your hands to extract all the flavor. (You can also blitz in but your syrup will be greener.)

Notes

Be careful as heated sugar is VERY hot!
Pandan extract vs Pandan Juice
Pandan extract is the thicker "sediment" that forms at the bottom of pandan juice when it settles. Syrup made with pandan juice will still be green but less flavorful.
To make pandan rich syrup: Use 2 Cups of sugar to 1 Cup of liquid (pandan juice/ Pandan paste + water.)
Method 3 to make pandan syrup using artificial pandan paste, essence or extract: make a simple syrup with the sugar and water, then stir in the pandan extract etc after the sugar has dissolved.
Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its veracity. The information about pandan is from Myfitnesspal and Healthline.

Nutrition

Calories: 1479kcal | Carbohydrates: 355g | Sodium: 18347mg | Calcium: 7mg