These ingredients are easy to find at your local Asian grocery store. Fresh coconut is best, but to save time you can opt for frozen shaved coconut strips too.
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Carefully split open the fresh coconut in half, going against the grain.
2
Lightly steam to easily remove the flesh. Then shave off the brown skin from the flesh.
3
Use a vegetable peeler to peel into ribbons. Then rinse until the water is clear and pat dry.
4
Toss the strips with the sugar, salt, and vanilla sugar then let marinate for at least 4 hours until syrupy.
5
Evenly divide and color with food coloring and pandan extract. A little goes a long way as the color will darken with cooking.
6
Separately cook the ribbons on med-low heat until the ribbons dry and turn opaque.
7
Remove from pan and let dry on a drying rack.
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