Description:
Bandung is the name of a drink popular in Malaysia and Singapore consisting of milk flavored with rose cordial, giving a pink color.
Ingredients:
* 3 cups sugar
* 2 1/2 cups water
* 1 egg white
* 1/2 eggshells, slgihtly crushed (yes, the shell. Make sure you wash the shell first)
* cochineal food coloring
* rose essence
* evaporated milk
* crushed ice (cubed if preferred.)
Directions:
- Put the sugar and water in a pan and bring to boil.
- After the sugar has dissolved, add egg white and shell (to clarify syrup).
- Simmer for half an hour for the syrup to thicken.
- Strain.
- Cool.
- Add a few drops of the food colouring and essence to taste.
- Dilute 1 part of syrup to 5 parts water (or less if to your liking).
- Make sure it is slightly sweeter than your preference because you are going to add evaporated milk.
- Add evaporated milk to taste. Approximately 2 tbsps for a glass.
- Add crushed/cubed ice.
- Enjoy.
or alternatively you can do my shortcut way..
I bought rose syrup and just added it to liquid on a ratio of 1 part rose syrup 4 parts water/liquid (could be cold water or cold milk or you can add ice cubes later).
For the liquid part aside from the water, I either use cows milk from tetra packs if I don't have evaporated milk, or I sometimes use powdered goat's milk to give it a different creamy taste. The carabao (or water buffalo's milk) is still something I have to acquire since its not always freshly available as to where I live in.
wahahaha! you shocked me on your ingredients! i thought ...'is she serious???!! 3 cups sugar for 2 1/2 cups water.' hahahaha. then comes the egg shell.' oh yeah, gullible me!
ReplyDeletehehehe...kinuha ko yan dito sa recipezaar.com at inantok na ako kanina...
ReplyDeleteactually, nagtaka rin ako but since sugar does melt, tapos may evaporated milk and its a concentrate, I thought it could work....
the biggest surprise though was the eggshell but it seems from a comment, it makes the syrup clearer...
so it's serious. geeez! but even if the sugar melts which will do for sure, 3 cups of it would be way too much for 2 1/2 cups water and added milk. i think whoever wrote it had a typo error.
ReplyDeleteon egg shell. okay that's something new. masubukan nga ;)
yey! keep me posted if it works...hahaha...
ReplyDeleteam hindered by my kitchen dito...pagdating ko ulit sa Cebu, try ko rin..
the thing is dear,the drink is neither available in Bandung nor Indonesia! Similarly we have mee Java( Javanese noodles) which is likewise non existent in Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteRose Bandung is especially popular during the Muslim fasting month.
hi Roger...are you saying above that its not that readily available in Bandung or Indonesia?hmm....
ReplyDeleteand why during the fasting month is it popular? I thought it would be ok the whole year round..
it is not i repeat not available in Bandung nor in other parts of Indonesia!its just a name coined by some Malaysians a very long time ago.
ReplyDeleteyes ,its a popular all year long drink. but especially popular during Ramadhan and, also at weddings!
reading your post just made me decide to make another one before I go to bed...I was able to get carabao (water buffalo) milk this morning..and it really added a new dimension to the taste......*slurp*
ReplyDeleteand i had a decaf Neslo! nite Katisha
ReplyDeletebtw, Alpine evap milk is also very good...just tried the canned one here to mix with it..different flavor from the carabao's or goat's milk but still delish!
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