Recipe: Delicious Traditional Kaya (coconut jam)

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Traditional Kaya (coconut jam). Coconut jam, also known as kaya, is the Malaysian recipe equivalent to fruit jam. Find out how to prepare this mouth-watering jam at home. Whenever I think about kaya (coconut jam), it always conjured up flashes of childhood memories sitting in the old-school cafe eating Hainanese toast bread.

Traditional Kaya (coconut jam) With the traditional method of preparing kaya, it takes a loooong time for. Kaya (coconut jam) is very popular in Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia and Singapore. I came across this dreamy coconut spread in Singapore, when ordering a butter-kaya toast for breakfast. you can cook Traditional Kaya (coconut jam) using 4 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Traditional Kaya (coconut jam)

  1. It's 200 g of Sugar.
  2. It's 5 of eggs.
  3. It's 280 g of coconut cream.
  4. You need of Pandan leaves or 1 tsp pandan essence.

Since then, I have been cooking it a lot at home -- and with this recipe it works every time. Kaya or Coconut Jam is a popular and delicious breakfast toast spread in Malaysia and Singapore. A perfect Kaya has to be smooth from hours of stirring. I have preciously shared some short cut recipe, but the traditional recipe and cooking method are the best.

Traditional Kaya (coconut jam) step by step

  1. Mix sugar and eggs stir gently until all sugar dissolved, NO whisk..
  2. Add coconut cream, stir gently.
  3. .
  4. Filter mixture into mixing bowl to remove any bits.
  5. .
  6. Boil water in a pot.
  7. Put bowl on top of pot.
  8. Double boil with low heat, stir gently, continue stirring....
  9. After 20 minutes, getting thicker.
  10. After 1.5 to 2 hrs, add caramelized sugar for coloring (optional).
  11. Remove the leaves, filter again if necessary to make it smoother..

For this recipe, I opted for duck eggs for. Coconut jam (Filipino: matamís sa báo, matamís na báo; Indonesian: seri kaya, srikaya; Malaysian: kaya, Vietnamese: ca dé) is a jam made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar. Kaya is my favorite jam EVER (repeat: EVER!). How traditional kaya is made: Traditional kaya is made with coconut cream, sugar, and whole eggs. My mom said to me that I need to stir the eggs and sugar by hands.