Wafflemaniac!

In Singapore, pple queue up for food, drinks, free school textbooks, toilet and many, many things more! Come to think of it, we do queue up for lots of reasons! Well, it's a lifestyle here and honestly, we accept it somehow.

Ok, back to my post. I love waffles. Whenever I walk pass a certain bakery, the smell of freshly made waffles just lure me there. These are not your western belgium waffles. These are Asian style, pandan waffles, made with pandan extract and coconut milk. The combi of these 2 Asian ingredients make the most wonderful treat, which can be eaten as breakfast, tea break or anytime of the day you desire. I simply love the taste of it! And, as if it's not enough, I will have the lady smear peanut butter over hot waffles! Oh my! The steaming waffles melts the gooey peanut butter and the taste is just heaven!

That being said, I am still quite apprehensive, whenever I eat one. For a very simple reason. The coconut milk. To make a tasty waffle, you need rich coconut cream. I am not too keen abt that, since I am not interested to raise my cholesterol level. But I love those waffles........

So, I decided to make them healthy, at the same time tasty! Mum has this waffle maker, that once upon a time we got it for Christmas. I looked into the web and found many recipes! Eventually, I settled for this. The recipe is really, really good! Most important, it can be doubled easily. I really like it. But remember I mentioned that I am not too keen with coconut milk? So I made changes to the original recipe. My version is definitely not as rich and good, but to me, it's good enough! Yummy! Thanks to Annie who post this wonderful recipe! My version is a keeper in my family now!

Skinny Pandan Waffles (makes 3-4 waffles)

Ingredients:

1 cup Self Raising Flour
1/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp cornstarch
1 egg, separated
1 cup low fat milk
1 Tbsp corn oil
1 tsp coconut extract
1/2 tsp pandan extract

1. Sieve SRF, sugar and constarch.
2. Mix egg yolk, low fat milk, corn oil, coconut and pandan essence together
3. Pour the 2. into 1. Gently fold the mixture. Do not overmix.
4. Beat egg white till stiff. Fold into 3.
5. Heat up waffle iron and start making these delicious waffles!

I liked mine crispy on the outside. These to me, yummiest! And I am guiltless when I pop 2 whole pieces into my mouth! Simple, plain happiness!!! Hop over to Annie and Nate's blog for the whole recipe, with photo illustration! Wonderful for pple like us!