Kaya (Coconut Egg Custard)
"Kaya (or Serikaya) is an Asian coconut egg custard that is eaten spread on thin toast with lots of butter. Is it a traditional breakfast in Singapore and Malaysia. The directions in this recipe come from "Cook Malaysian" by Lee Sook Ching, with a slightly modified ingredient list to make things simpler for people outside of Asia.
I find pandan leaves in my local Asian market, but I have also used pandan extract with good results. It can be omited, but the flavor won't be the same.
I press the mixture through a sieve before bottling."
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups coconut cream
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 -3 pandan leaves, knotted
directions
- Start with one cup of sugar, but more can be used. Use less/more pandan, depending on the level of fragrance you want this to have.
- Combine the eggs and sugar in a bowl until well blended and the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add in coconut cream and mix well.
- Pour mixture into the top of a double boiler and "steam" uncovered for 1 hour, stirring constantly.
- Cover then "steam" for another 2 hours, refilling with boiling water and stirring mixture every 1/2 hour.
- After steaming for a combined 3 hours, the mixture should be thick and golden brown.
- Add the knotted pandan leaves and allow the mixture to "steam" for another hour without stirring.
- Remove knotted pandan leaves and cool before filling into clean, warm bottles to store.
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The recipe was great. I have missed it for so long. The store bought stuff is just not the same. I made mine with exact ingredients. I put everything in a double boiler and stired. It was 5 minutes prep, and 1 hour to cook. I love it because texture is lumpy and green, exactly the way I like it. -
Such a great recipe! I had a recipe before which I normally used but yesterday when I felt like making up a batch of kaya i found that I had lost my recipe! But I tried yours but did make some modifications, instead of white sugar I added brown sugar ( i like a dark color ) and instead of steaming it (I dont have a steamer) I cooked it on extremely low heat instead, and I also increased the coconut milk/cream to 1 3/4 cups. The end result was a bit waterier than I wanted, but I guess it was because I added more milk than requested, and it was slightly curdled, but besides that it was absolutely delish! Thanks so much for this recipe Sascha :)
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Such a great recipe! I had a recipe before which I normally used but yesterday when I felt like making up a batch of kaya i found that I had lost my recipe! But I tried yours but did make some modifications, instead of white sugar I added brown sugar ( i like a dark color ) and instead of steaming it (I dont have a steamer) I cooked it on extremely low heat instead, and I also increased the coconut milk/cream to 1 3/4 cups. The end result was a bit waterier than I wanted, but I guess it was because I added more milk than requested, and it was slightly curdled, but besides that it was absolutely delish! Thanks so much for this recipe Sascha :)
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Sascha is a 25 year old Pennsylvanian now living in sin (Liverpool, actually) with her boyfriend of 4 years. She knits, cooks, travels, reads, and dreams.
