Kaya jam

This kaya coconut jam recipe makes the sweet spread for kaya toast just like you’d find in a traditional kopitiam (coffee shop) in Singapore or Malaysia. While it’s a simple recipe with just a few ingredients – eggs, sugar, coconut milk, and pandan leaves – it’s time-consuming to make properly and you have to take things slowly to get a smooth, creamy spread but it’s worth it.

This is another variation to the famous coconut jam. It has a smooth creamy texture that is rich with coconut flavour and a hint of caramel. Unlike the pandan version, caramel coconut jam is brown in colour due to the caramelised sugar added. Its sweetened taste goes well with any bread or buns. Some other more innovative combinations include puffs, glutinous rice and even chinese cruellers. The recipe that I am using is adapted from my previous pandan kaya recipe. I removed the pandan juice…

Kaya basically means coconut egg jam. Its texture is thick and rich, hence, the name kaya which means rich in Malay. I dare not claim this jam to be authentically Malaysian as it is also found in other parts of Southeast Asia....but it is madly popular in Malaysia. I haven't met a Malaysian who doesn't love kaya. A good kaya would have a rich aromatic smell of coconut and pandan besides the sweet flavourful taste of eggy coconut. Its texture should be thick, creamy and smooth but not runny…

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This jam is an aromatic Southeast Asian condiment made with coconut, fragrant pandan leaves, eggs and sugar.

This traditional hainanese kaya recipe employs modern and traditional techniques to reproduce a brown kaya which grandma used to make!

Kaya is a coconut jam that normally compel out of 2 main ingredients coconut milk and palm sugar. Traditionally eggs are used in making kaya and it can take ...

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My quest for the city’s sweetest start began with a cup of kopi and a spread of kaya jam.

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