Screw Pine

Screw pine OR Pandan

This is Malaysia screw pine. There are some other types of screw pine in other countries. Ours is a plant which doesn't grow taller than this picture. It doesn't have trunk.

i) This plant is use to aromatise the cooking. Just get a piece of this leaf , shred it and tie it knot-like then  through into the boiling dish. The smell is perfect.

ii) Second, get a few leaves, put it in your blender machine with some water and blend it into pieces. Strain and squeeze out the juice. Can be used to making cakes or some other delicacies. Great aroma.

The best thing about screw pine, unlike vanilla it is so cheap and easy to plant and grow in abundance.