A Concentrated Form of Pandan Lowered Post-Meal Glucose Once

Pandan Leaf — ใบเตย (bai-toei) — Pandanus amaryllifolius.

Pandan — by-toy. The leaves are famous for their aroma, but researchers also used pandan leaf extract in one early post-meal glucose trial. Cooks use the leaves for scent and color. The leaves flavor the food — steeped or wrapped. For Pandan Chicken, cooks wrap marinated chicken in a leaf and deep-fry it, then serve it with a sweet sesame dipping sauce. Cooks make Pandan Custard from pandan juice, eggs, and coconut milk, serving it warm with soft steamed bread. Blended into juice or steeped in rice, the leaves add deep green color and their signature aroma. Pandan almost never flowers, so growers spread it by dividing the plant.

Gai Hor Bai Toey — ไก่ห่อใบเตย (gai-hor-bai-toey)
Sangkhaya Bai Toey — สังขยาใบเตย (sang-kha-ya-bai-toey)

Research context

Pandan-leaf tea lowered post-meal blood sugar in an early clinical study — Pharmacognosy Magazine, 2015

Sources

Source: Chiabchalard A, Nooron N (2015). Antihyperglycemic effects of Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf extract. Pharmacogn Mag 11(41):117-122. DOI:10.4103/0973-1296.149724

Narration transcript

Opening

Pandan is often called the vanilla of Southeast Asia — one blade steeped in a pot fills it with a sweet, grassy, almost coconutty perfume. Pandan — ใบเตย, bai-toei. The leaf lends its flavor and then stays in the pot; cooks steep it, blend it, or wrap food in it to give rice and desserts that deep green color and signature scent.

Gai Hor Bai Toey (ไก่ห่อใบเตย)

For pandan chicken — gai hor bai toey, gai-hor-bai-toey — marinated chicken is wrapped in a leaf and deep-fried, then served with a sweet sesame dipping sauce.

Sangkhaya Bai Toey (สังขยาใบเตย)

Pandan custard — sangkhaya bai toey, sang-kha-ya-bai-toey — is made from pandan juice, eggs, and coconut milk, served warm with soft steamed bread.

Closing

Wrap marinated chicken in a pandan leaf and deep-fry it, or blend the leaves into a bright green coconut custard — that's pandan doing what it does best. Growing it is easy: it almost never flowers, so you simply divide an existing plant and pot up the offshoots. Follow Longevity Biome, and LIKE this video for regular updates.

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