Kaya - a Step by Step Pictorial Guide

Ingredient:

sugar 70g

egg  2

flour 2ｇ

santan 25ｇ

pandan leaves / pandan extract

using a mortal, pound the pandan leaves till they are totally smashed…

mix the crushed pandan leaves with a bit of water,

with a  clean cloth, strain the pandan extract….

( to avoid the troublesome, use pandan extract )

mix the sugar with egg, santan, and flour…

using a double steamer, cook the mixture…

keep stirring the mixture until its cook.

allow to cool before storing the kaya in fridge.

Kaya

Kaya, also known as seri kaya, is a coconut jam made from a base of coconut milk and eggs. It is sweet and creamy, often in golden brown or green depending of the amount of pandan and caramel.





Ingredient :

1. Sugar 70g
2. Egg x 2
3. coconut milk powder 25mg
4. pandan flavour


Instruction :

1. beat egg with sugar until the sugar is dissolved.
2. add in coconut milk powder and pandan flavour, blend well
3. steam over water, stir till cooked
to make the kaya golden brown in colour, melt 2 tsp of sugar separately, and stir in the caramel

as a child , I'd watch over and over again as my mother prepared the jam .

she, of c0urse, used the traditional original coconut milk and pandan leaves.

it was a lot more tedious back then, as we cooked from gasoline-stoves. its a long process stiring the jam over the flame.

however, the kaya my mom made was the best i had ever tasted.

there are still room for improvement for my kaya. it is far from perfect. yet, its delicious despite the look, I assure you.