I had finished my mum’s homemade kaya and bought those on-the-shelf kaya from the mini mart. But the kaya tasted awful – it was diabetes-inducing sweet and tasteless, with very little santan taste and a tad rancid taste too. My girls love kaya too and they had been asking me for kaya each time they ate bread. All of a sudden, I had a light-bulb moment. I remembered my mum making kaya on the slow cooker, which was way easier than cooking the kaya in a pot on the stove. So off I went to buy a packet of fresh santan during my morning run and set off to make kaya in the slow cooker when I came home.
I remembered my mum telling me that to make kaya, you need a bowl of everything – a bowl of eggs, a bowl of santan and 3/4 bowl of sugar (reduced sugar, should be 1 bowl too). I only used 1/2 bowl of brown sugar. I also blended some pandan leaves (screwpine leaves) and squeezed the juice out.
This is how the kaya looked like about half an hour later in the slow cooker:
Stirring is needed every fifteen minutes, else the kaya will turn into clumps.
This is my kaya an hour later.
The texture is not the smooth type but porridge-like consistency but I still loved it. It tasted really yummy – very ‘santany’ and not too sweet, iLike! I am surely going to make more kaya on the slow cooker very soon 😀
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Great idea thanks!! One bowl of eggs = how many eggs??
Paik Ling, i used about 5 eggs. I forgot to measure the eggs actually, coz too excited (first time making mar) and just dumped the 5 beaten eggs into the slow cooker 😀
hey..good idea.. wanna make too..just now nearly bought one plastic one.. 3.40 but changed my mind last minute.. now i see kaya here.. sounds easy.. sigh.. wonder when free to do..
That looks pretty easy! Thx for sharing.
I will give it a try this weekend. (except blending the pandan leaf part. I think I will just tie a knot and throw the leaf into the slow cooker. he he. so lazy)
But with fresh santan, how long can this kaya last? Say about 2 weeks in the fridge?
Hi Shireen,
I’ve read somewhere that you can blend the kaya (made from slow cooker) so that you get that smooth consistency like any other regular kaya 🙂 Do give it a try!
Adrine, yes mine lasted for more than a week. Just finished it today 🙂
Tang, thanks for sharing! That’s a very good idea!
Shireen, just use a blender, if you want it to be smooth… I always blend mine, because too lazy to stir…
I always think of making home made kaya…and have been delaying for few weeks..
Share with me the recipe…TQ…
never tried kaya before lah! what is it in english?? hehe
jen
Wow, good idea. Home-made kaya – healthier! i’ll try it out!
I was also given the microwave version which takes abt 10 mins to do. Let me know if interested in the recipe. Several of my friends here swear by it. I don’t do it too often as no one else appreciates it here.
Jen Cheung… i suppose it’s called coconut jam?
Chris… microwave version? WOW, i wonder how the texture is like!
Hi!
May I know the shelf life of this homemade kaya?
Chrz… about 2-3 wks in fridge.
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