Recipe Ingredient
- For the syrup:
- 400ml water
- 350g castor sugar
- 3 pandan leaves, knotted
- 125g green bean flour (lek tau hoon or lok tau fun)
- 200ml water
- 1 litre water
- Tinge of yellow colouring
- Tinge of green colouring
Instructions
- To make the syrup: Boil water with pandan leaves. Add sugar to dissolve. Set aside.
- Combine green bean flour with water and mix well. Leave aside for 10 minutes. Strain to remove impurities.
- Boil litre of water. Add boiled syrup and simmer until water comes to a gentle boil. Pour in green bean flour mixture and stir briskly until mixture turns thick and is crystal clear.
- Place two ladles of cooked mixture into two separate bowls. Add different colours to each portion. Leave the remaining mixture plain.
- Pour two small ladles of plain mixture into a wet tin (22cm x 15cm). Add a coloured portion followed by a ladle of plain mixture. Mix in another coloured portion and top up with the rest of the mixture.
- Use a chopstick to swirl the mixture to create a marble effect. Leave aside to set. Chill well in the refrigerator then cut into diamond shapes.
