Monday, January 11, 2016

Seri Kaya (Coconut Egg Jam) 【咖央/椰子酱】


Toast or steamed bread with butter and Kaya used to be THE breakfast back home,my aunt made great Kaya using Duck eggs it was so silky and tasty that I could still feel it in my mouth...

As I grew more homesick in winter and missing the warm nice weather at my homeland, I decided its time to make something special for breakfast !

这个椰浆和鸡蛋做的吐司酱是许许多多在外的马来西亚游子的心头爱。

思乡的时候吃上一块抹上咖央和牛油的烤面包,仿佛就回到了蕉风椰雨的国度,在凉风习习的早晨,看着窗外季候风带来连绵的大雨,思考着功课,思考着未来。。。。。。

延伸阅读--鄉愁咖央 ◎ 林金城

咖央續篇 ◎ 林金城


Ingredients:
350 gm Sugar
4 Large eggs
8-10 Pandan Leaves (Screwpine leaves)
450 ml/16 oz/450 gm coconut milk (Frozen or fresh)
2-3 drops Pandan essence    Optional

材料:
350 克 白糖 
4 只 大型鸡蛋
8-10 片香兰叶(Pandan/Screwpine Leaves)
450 ml/16 oz/450 gm 椰浆 coconut milk (新鲜或冷冻后解冻) 
2-3 滴 香兰精 Optional



1. Wash and cut pandan leaves into small pieces, blend in blender with coconut milk and strain to discard pulp.

2. Use the same blender to mix together eggs and sugar. Strain the mixture  through a strainer into the same container (try to use stainless steel pot) with coconut milk and pandan.

1. 把香兰叶切片和椰浆一起在搅拌机里搅拌之后把香兰叶渣过滤掉,把椰浆倒入一口钢锅(做咖央最好要用钢锅)里。

2. 把鸡蛋和白糖也用搅拌机搅拌匀,过滤到同一口锅里。




3. Bring half pot of water to rolling boil, the pot should be bigger than the stainless steel container we use to make kaya.

4. Place the stainless steel container over boiling water/double boiler. At low heat keep stirring the mixture until it is cooked and become smooth. You can take short breaks in between, I stirred mine every 2-3 minutes. Just to make sure not to make long break in between, else the kaya will become lumpy. It took me about 75 minutes to make a very silky and smooth Kaya.

5. Cooled completely before storring into a jar, refrigerate up to 1 month.

Note: A good slow cooked kaya is normally very smooth by itself. If yours didn't turn out to be very smooth, not too worry. Just blend it using a mixer when it is done and grind it until smooth.

3. 在另外一口比钢锅更大的锅子里加入小半锅水煮滚,把钢锅放到水上用隔水蒸煮法小火煮。间中每2-3分钟即用打蛋器搅拌一次,不要间断太长时间,时间太长就不会顺滑哦!

4. 制作咖央一定要有耐心,小火长时间的搅拌,我用了大约75分钟才达到了我喜欢的浓稠度。

注:小火搅拌煮制出来的咖央会很顺滑,但如果你做的咖央不够顺滑的话,你可以搅拌机再搅拌一次,马上就滑滑的了。

冷却后装罐冷藏可以收藏两个星期。


中文 --  咖央/Seri Kaya

4 comments:

  1. Hi Echo

    Just across your blog via "My KItchen Snippets" and your cooking got me 'addicted' to your blog for hours non-stop! (It's way past mignight now, it's a work day tomorrow & I'm still browsing your recipes!)

    I'm very keen to try this Kaya recipes - but have couple of qs hope you could oblige. In which step should I add in the screwpine leaves + the pandan essence? When boiling the caramel?

    Many thanks in advance!!
    Ling from London

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  2. Hi Ling, Welcome to my blog... I have edited the recipe... I add Screwpine leaves and essence while cooking the kaya...

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  3. Hi Echo,

    Are you using double-boiled method or cooked direct and stirred constantly on the stove with low fire?

    Thanks.

    From,
    Melissa

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    1. Hi Melissa,

      Sorry for a little late in reply, I cooked my kaya directly on the stove with low fire... and I did blend it with handheld mixer when it was done to make it smoother.

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