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  • noun Alternative form of screw pine.

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Examples

  • * Pandan leaves, also called screwpine, can be found frozen in some Asian grocery stores.

    Powerfully Good Cookie 2009

  • Pandan leaves are from the "screwpine tree", and are widely used in South East

    Essential Malaysian ingredients 2010

  • Anna, of Morsels & Musings, uses sago pearls (similar to tapioca pearls) and pandan (screwpine) leaves to make an Indonesian dessert called Sagu Gula Bali.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Anna, of Morsels & Musings, uses sago pearls (similar to tapioca pearls) and pandan (screwpine) leaves to make an Indonesian dessert called Sagu Gula Bali.

    Weekend Herb Blogging #155 Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2008

  • They also scent mark a lot, a strong smell of screwpine pandan.

    What the civet in my roof looks like Glenda Larke 2008

  • They also scent mark a lot, a strong smell of screwpine pandan.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Glenda Larke 2008

  • Childhood smells like monsoon rain, takeaway chicken rice wrapped tightly in plastic and then newspaper, screwpine leaves steeped in sugary water and squished ants.

    What I cooked last night. 2006

  • Aromatic rices are especially rich in the popcorn-like aromatic component (acetylpyrroline), which is also an important element in screwpine leaves (p. 411), and cooked popcorn and bread crust.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The screwpine flower is also aromatic and the source of a more perfume-like extract called kewra, which flavors many Indian milk sweets.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Aromatic rices are especially rich in the popcorn-like aromatic component (acetylpyrroline), which is also an important element in screwpine leaves (p. 411), and cooked popcorn and bread crust.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

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