In this recipe, the dessert gets a Southeast Asian treatment, with ice cream made of coconut milk and fragrant pandan leaf, and rich, deeply flavoured caramel made with gula melaka. Gula melaka is ...

Pour into a suitable serving bowl and leave to one side. Take a large pan of boiling water and gently ease in the pandan leaves, blanching for 30 seconds and then remove and dry with some kitchen ...

Inventive dishes that feature pandan, a tropical plant widely used in Southeast Asian cooking, have been popping up across kitchens from New York to London – but what exactly is pandan?