Pandan Waffles (made with pandan leaves)

Make the pandan juice

First blanch the pandan leaves. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Cook 8 pandan leaves for 30 seconds. Remove from the water. Reserve ¾ cups of the water.

Cut the leaves into 2 inch pieces and add them to a blender with the water. Blend until the pandan leaves have been broken down.

Pour the pandan mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl. Use a spatula to press the pandan leaves into the fine mesh sieve to squeeze out excess pandan juice. This should yield ~½ cup of pandan juice. Set aside.

Make the waffles

Add 2 tbsp of vegetable shortening to a large bowl. Microwave the shortening for 30 seconds to soften it up.

Add ½ cup of granulated sugar to the bowl. Mix until incorporated.

Next, add 1 egg and mix.

Add the pandan juice, ½ cup of coconut milk, ½ tsp of vanilla extract, ¼ tsp of pandan extract, and ¼ tsp of salt. Mix until well incorporated.

Lastly, add 2 tsp of baking powder, ¾ cup of corn starch, ⅔ cup of all purpose flour, and ¼ cup of sweet rice flour and mix.

Heat up your waffle maker. Ladle ~⅔ cup of batter into the waffle maker and cook for 4-6 minutes. Repeat this process until you run out of batter.

Serve with butter and a drizzle of maple syrup!