My family (especially hubby) absolutely loves kaya toast, but I simply hate the long, tedious process of slaving over the hot stove for more that an hour, just to produce a small bottle of pandan kaya. This method of making kaya was accidentally discovered in a moment of laziness and I have been making kaya this way ever since!
Ingredients
This recipe requires the use of a blender or food processor
250ml of fresh coconut milk, room temperature (I used pasteurised coconut milk)
10-15 pandan leaves
160g fine sugar (This produces a less-sweet kaya. Feel free to add more)
4 medium eggs, beaten (I used 60g eggs)
Method
First, wash and dry the pandan leaves and cut them into 1-inch pieces. In a food processor or blender, combine room temperature/warmed coconut milk and pandan leaves, blending until the pandan leaves are finely chopped. Strain the liquid using a muslin cloth. It is important to use room temperature/warmed coconut milk, as cold coconut milk is thicker and the fatty portion of the coconut milk will be strained out by the muslin cloth, resulting in a watery extract. Next, mix the beaten eggs and fine sugar with the pandan coconut milk and transfer to a non-stick pan.
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| Cook the mixture on medium heat, stirring constantly in the same method as you would when making scrambled eggs. It will take around 5 minutes to reach this stage. U will start to see a lot of clumps, as well as liquid separating from the mixture. This is NORMAL. Allow your mixture to boil and bubble, as long as it does not brown or burn. |
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| Continue to cook the mixture until the liquid has reduced slightly to a maple syrup consistency (around 10-15 minutes total cooking time). Transfer to a mixing bowl. DO NOT strain out any liquid, as it is needed make your kaya smooth and creamy. |
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| Now comes the magical moment when your green scrambled eggs will be transformed into smooth, thick, delicious kaya. Using an immersion blender (or a regular blender, if that's what you have), blend the kaya until it turns into a smooth paste. This step usually takes me about 3-5 minutes. |
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| The final product. Stir to ensure that you did not miss any clumps. |
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| Transfer into clean bottles while still warm. The mixture will thicken further as it cools. Enjoy! =) |
