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Ube Halaya Recipe

By PutoPinoy on Sunday, February 03, 2008 At Sunday, February 03, 2008

METHOD #1

Ingredients:
  • 1 kilo ube yam root
  • 1 can (14 ounces) evaporated milk
  • 2 cans (12 ounces) condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (optional)
Cooking Instructions:
  1. On a pot, boil the unpeeled ube yam in water and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain and let cool.
  2. Peel and finely grate the ube yam.
  3. Heat a big wok in medium heat.
  4. Melt butter or margarine, add the condensed milk and vanilla flavoring. Mix well.
  5. Add the 1 kilo grated ube yam,
  6. Adjust the heat to low
  7. Keep on mixing the ingredients for about 30 minutes or until sticky and a bit dry (but still moist).
  8. Add the evaporated milk and continue to mix for another 15 minutes.
  9. Let cool and place on a large platter.
  10. Refrigerate before serving the halayang ube.
Cooking Tips:
  • You may spread additional butter or margarine on top of the jam before serving.
  • For the sweet toothed, sprinkle a little sugar on top of the jam after placing on the large platter.
  • Instead of manually grating the ube, you may cut it in cubes and use a blender to powderize the ube.

METHOD #2

Ingredients:
  • 1 kilo ube, boiled and grated
  • 2 cups coconut milk
  • 2 cups evaporated milk
  • 1 ¼ cups sugar
  • butter for greasing

Directions:
  1. In a thick-bottomed pan, combine grated ube, coconut milk, evaporated milk and sugar.
  2. Cook over medium fire until very thick.
  3. Stir constantly to prevent sticking.
  4. Mold in greased pans. Cool.

METHOD #3

  1. Prepare 3 cups of mashed ubi, or powdered ubi mixed with water.
  2. Blend this together with one cup of evaporated milk, 1 tablespoon of margarine, 1/2 cup of wheat flour and 2 cups of sugar.
  3. Cook over low heat, and stir constantly for 25 minutes.
  4. Before removing from heat, add lemon rind.
  5. Place in a small bottles and seal tightly. Only a couple of hundred pesos worth of ingredients are needed to produced six small bottles of marketable halaya.
sources: filipinofoodrecipes.net, filfipinoheritage.com, dost.gov.ph, photo from caot.lacitycollege.edu