Filipino Blogging Day #24: Buko-Pandan Salad

Coconut-Pandan salad (commonly known as buko-pandan) is a tropical Filipino dessert usually served at salu-salo buffets. It is made of young coconut meat, pandan jelly, coconut jelly (nata de coco), and small tapioca pearls (sago). This salad is usually mistaken for coconut (buko) salad, but buko-pandan has the heavenly sweet taste of pandan and doesn't contain fruit cocktail.


*The photo above doesn't belong to me.

*This recipe isn't mine either.
source: http://panlasangpinoy.com/2010/03/30/buko-pandan-dessert-recipe/

Recipe: Buko Pandan

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup young coconut strips (Buko)
• 5 ounces condensed milk
• 8 ounces Table cream or all-purpose cream
• 3 ounces powdered gelatin
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 6 drops Buko Pandan flavoring
• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream (optional)
• 1/2 cup small tapioca pearls, cooked (optional)

Cooking Procedure

1. Combine water and powdered gelatin then stir using a spoon.
2. Add Buko Pandan flavoring then stir until everything is evenly distributed.
3. Heat a saucepan and pour-in the mixture. Bring to a boil while continuously stirring.
4. Turn off the heat and transfer the mixture to a mold. Allow the temperature to cool. The texture of the mixture should be firm once cooled. You may also place this inside the refrigerator for faster results (allow the temperature to go down before putting-in the refrigerator).
5. Combine condensed milk, table cream, tapioca pearls, and young coconut then mix well. Allow the texture to thicken by chilling in the refrigerator or freezer for a few hours.
6. Slice the firm gelatin into 1 inch cubes then combine with the condensed milk-cream-young coconut-tapioca mixture.
7. Transfer to individual serving platters or cups then top with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.
8. Serve for dessert. Share and enjoy!

Number of servings (yield): 4