Homemade Kaya

Getting bored with jam and peanut butter, I decided to make kaya of my own. After doing some searching, I found out it was quite easy. You just need 4 ingredients. But it is the process that time consuming. So, here are the steps.

Ingredients
10 eggs
420ml of thick coconut milk, extracted from 2 coconut.
500gm sugar (I used brown sugar 500gm and later on add 3 tbsp of castor sugar because not sweet enough)
some pandan leaves, knotted

1) Beat eggs and sugar well with a hand whisk. Make sure that all the sugar has completely dissolve.
2) Then pour in the coconut milk and mix well. After that, filter the mixture to get a smooth texture.
3) Transfer the mixture into a double boiler. Cook over rapidly boiling water. Use a long wooden spoon or spatula to stir the mixture. It is very important to keep on stirring the mixture to prevent it from getting rough.
4) Top up the boiling water in the lower pot when necessary.
5) Keep on stirring the mixture until it is thicken enough. For me it took me 2 hours. When the kaya is ready, discard the pandan leaves.
6) Wait until the kaya is fully cooled down before transfer it into container.

Remark: Some recipe ask you to steam the mixture after it has thicken for about 2 to 3 hours until it become curd-like texture. Do not stir during this time. Then put the kaya into food processor or blender and blend or process until smooth. I find it is enough to cook for 2 hours and the kaya was already very thicken.


Mixed well mixture put over rapidly boiling water.


The mixture after cooked for 1 hour. Already started to thicken up.