Kaya Recipe (Pandan flavored coconut egg jam)

14 Oct
2009

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Kaya, is a local jam made from eggs, sugar and coconut milk, and is flavored by pandan leaves, and later sweetened with sugar.  Kaya jam is a very popular spread in Singapore and Malaysia.  It was originated from China in the Hainan province.  The jam itself tastes sweet and is somewhat creamy, with a hint of coconut and eggs in it.  Kaya is originally brown in coloured, however can be artificially coloured into a green spread.  Kaya is often used as a spread in breakfast and goes fabulously well with bread that has been toasted over charcoal, and a slab of butter on it.  It is an increasingly popular breakfast with Singaporeans, hence the name Kaya Toast.

Kaya toast goes along well with a cup of coffee and a plate of soft boiled eggs, which is cooked by hot water.  Upon cracking a dash of pepper is sprinkled onto it followed by soya sauce.

Kaya toast is made after the cook slices a single piece of toast into half, and spreading a generous amount of kaya followed by a slab of butter.  It is then covered up together and served hot.  The slab of butter and the taste of the jam is what made this toast popular.

source: www.kaya.sg/kaya.htm

This is my mother’s recipe who taught me when I was a girl.   Hope y’all try it for yourself, recipe is after the jump:

Ingredients
10 Eggs
450 grams sugar
20 grams freshly pressed pandan juice
500 ml coconut milk

Method

Beat the eggs and sugar together with a whisk, mix in the coconut milk and add in the pandan juice.  Next, fill the base unit of a double boiler with water and bring to a boil.  Add mixture into the top unit of the double boiler, stirring every 10 minutes until the mixture reaches into a smooth consistency.  This will take an hour. Cool and bottle up.  The kaya can be kept well up to two months in fridge.

Tip – to obtain a smooth consistency, use hand held blender to blend the kaya.

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33 Responses to Kaya Recipe (Pandan flavored coconut egg jam)

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Hazel

August 3rd, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Hi Mdm Kwong,

Where can I get freshly pressed pandan juice?

Thanks,
Hazel

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madamkwong

August 3rd, 2010 at 7:59 pm

Hi there Hazel,

Are you residing in Australia? There are fresh pandan leaves available from some Asian stores. Otherwise, you can use Pandan essence.

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Amanda Choong

November 7th, 2010 at 5:22 pm

Hello Madam Kwong ,

I am a Sporean , currently living in Auckland .
I saliva as I look at your recipes . I did the kaya , I use 6 eggs , 230ml coconut milk , 220g of sugar , 1/4 cup of pandan juices ( extracts from frozen leaves.). As I stir the mixture, it starts to curdles , so I use hand held blender , it looks smooth . Its looks like creme burlee after I leave it set in fridge .. ha ha . Not sure if I over cook or use too much egg .

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madamkwong

November 7th, 2010 at 5:27 pm

Hi Amanda,

You’ve done it right. Congratulations!

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Henry Thaw Thaw Zin

November 15th, 2010 at 1:11 am

Hello Madam Kwong ,

I’m from Myanmar. I’m really like your Kaya recipe.
I’m going to open the waffle shop in my country on 2012. Thank you so much. May god bless to always.

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Emily

November 19th, 2010 at 8:24 pm

Hi Madam Kwong,
Lovely recipe…want to give this a go. Do you where I can find pandan essence in Auckland….been trying to find this for some time and can’t even find in Chinese Supermarkets.

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madamkwong

November 20th, 2010 at 2:19 pm

Hi Emily,

Sorry I wouldn’t know where to find the essence in Auckland. I reside in Melbourne.

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chummy

November 21st, 2010 at 8:26 am

Hi,
how many leaves did you use to extract 20g pandan juices?

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madamkwong

November 21st, 2010 at 8:50 am

Hi there, approximately 10 leaves. Good luck

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Lei

January 10th, 2011 at 11:30 am

the method did not say when to put the pandan extract. so when exactly do i put the pandan extract? thank you!

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madamkwong

January 10th, 2011 at 5:07 pm

Hi Lei,

Apologies for the error. Amended the method as above. Good luck~

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sheila

January 23rd, 2011 at 4:07 am

Hi Mdm Kwong,

I don’t have a double boiler, would it be okay to cook this straight from a stove top? My stove is the kind with heating elements.

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madamkwong

January 23rd, 2011 at 11:19 am

Hi Sheila, use a bowl (preferably a stainless steel bowl) over a pot with boiling water. Good luck~

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Sheila

January 28th, 2011 at 3:58 pm

Hi Mdm Kwong,

My kaya worked out well – all thanks to you! I used a really big pan and put a pot on top of it. Everyone loved it and its all gone now except the one jar that I saved for myself. Sad thing is, I forgot to put it in the fridge for one whole night and day and I noticed that it’s more watery and there is a little bit of tiny little white things at the side of the jar. Does not look like mold or anything, looks more like the offset of the coconut, is it still edible or should it be thrown out!? spacer

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mutal bilah

January 31st, 2011 at 8:55 am

Thanks for the recipe. Loved it but was lazy to stand there stirring for an hour plus. So what I did was to put the blended mix into a glass dish and steamed it for 2 hours. Beautifully done.

Before transferring to bottles, I used my hand blender to make it into a smooth paste. I prefer it that way. try steaming it. Works well and doesn’t need me to be around in the kitchen till the timer rings.

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Grace

February 11th, 2011 at 11:25 pm

Hi. Thanks for this recipe. I must have put the double boiler on too high heat as it cooked (curdled

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