Khanom Chan: Thai Steamed Pandan and Coconut Layer Squares
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Max Falkowitz, Pandan Khanom Chan (Layered Rice Sweets).
A pandan khanom chan (layered rice sweets) recipe for 16 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
Based on the listed ingredients, none of the 14 major EU allergens. Always check product labels.
Method
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Finish. Put pandan leaves and water in blender and blend (2 cups) on high till water is deep green plus pandan is pulverized, around 2 minutes. Strain in saucepan, making sure to take out all pulp. Tip in leftover two cups water. Just mix with water in saucepan if using extract. Add sugar and salt (2 teaspoons). Bring to a gentle simmer till sugar is dissolved, next remove from heat. Share rice flour equally into two big bowls, adding last salt to one (1/2 teaspoon). In other bowl, pour in coconut milk and 2 pandan syrup (1/4 cups). Add leftover syrup to bowl with salt. Beat both mixtures till no flour is visible and lumps are smoothed out. Tip coconut milk batter into baking pan and put in steamer. (I use a wok using some ramekins in order to prop up whatever vessel I am steaming in, covered tightly with aluminum foil.) Steam till gel is mostly set plus a skin forms, around 45 minutes, next slowly add second batter uniformly across the pan. Steam till both gels set, another 1 3/4 hours. Put in the fridge in fridge overnight. The next day, cut into little squares or thin slices and serve. Hold remainder covered in pan and chilled.
Storage
Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.
Free sugars
37.4 g per serving
74.8 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 149.6 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 284 kcal |
| Protein | 2.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 62 g |
| of which sugars | 37.5 g |
| of which free sugars | 37.4 g |
| Fat | 3.6 g |
| of which saturates | 3 g |
| Fibre | 0.7 g |
| Salt | 0.46 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
0.7 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
