Recipe Kaya Singapore

A recipe for Kaya Toast (Toast with Coconut Jam and Butter)! This breakfast treat from Singapore and Malaysia is perfect for pairing with coffee and eggs.

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This recipe contains undercooked or raw eggs. Consuming raw eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, particularly with certain medical conditions.

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I recently had a couple extra jars of homemade Kaya and it was perfect for making Kaya Toast! Kaya Toast is an easy, yet incredible breakfast dish popular in the Kopitiam (coffee shops) of Singapore and Malaysia.

Two slices of toasted bread are formed into a sandwich with creamy Kaya (srikaya, seri kaya, a rich caramelized coconut egg jam) and cold salted butter. It is often paired with half-boiled eggs (Telur Kopitiam) and black coffee (Kopi-O) or tea.

The freshly toasted bread melts to butter slightly and blend the flavors together. Dip the slices straight into runny eggs seasoned with a little dark soy sauce and ground white pepper to create a wonderful combination of sweet, salty, and savory.

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Toast the bread slices either in a toaster, under the broiler, or on a grill. Cooking over a charcoal grill would be perfect for adding a more smoky flavor.

You want to heat the eggs just long enough to barely set the whites, but still have a runny yolk for dipping the sweet Kaya Toast.

To achieve this half-boiled texture, bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Immediately remove from heat and gently add the eggs. Cover and allow to steep for 7 minutes.

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Carefully crack each egg into a small bowl, using a spoon to scoop out any remaining egg white. Add a small splash of dark soy sauce and pinch of ground white pepper.

Kaya is a caramelized coconut spread popular in Southeast Asia. You can use store-bought or homemade. The thickness and color may vary a bit based on region and family. I have a recipe for homemade Kaya from the cookbook, Chinese Heritage Cooking From My American Kitchen. Sift and Simmer also has a beautiful, vibrant Kaya Pandan Coconut Jam.

Dark Soy Sauceis also known as sweet soy sauce, black soy sauce, or thick soy sauce. It is available in markets with East/Southeast Asian ingredients or on Amazon at a higher price:Pearl River Bridge Superior Dark Soy Sauce.Learn how to make the best traditional Singapore kaya toast smeared with rich and creamy homemade kaya jam and cold slices of butter. It’s impossible not to like this!

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My dad is a coffee drinker, so he always had his doses (yeah…several throughout the days) of caffeine at an old school coffee shop (Kopitiam) and he would order me some milk tea and a breakfast of my choice when I went with him. The food was super awesome! That’s like the highlight of my every visit. Seriously. I just believe I was born to love food. Like really love food! One of my favorite breakfast food from that kopi tiam was kaya toast.

I’m sure you know what toast is and I’m sorry if you are a bit lost with what the heck kaya is. Last week I posted about this creamy 10-minute easy authentic kaya jam recipe that I literally just couldn’t stop spreading on any toasts or buns I could get myself hands on. I learned about kaya toast with cold butter when I lived in Singapore for 3 years. Places like Ya Kun, Kopitiam, Toast Box, or similar coffee shops serve this type of kaya toast. So, The toast is built on kaya jam and cold butter. You read it right BUTTER! and I will not argue that butter…butter just makes everything tastes good. Even my kids know that fact!

My suggestion is to use white soft bread with the crust trimmed off (save it to make bread crumbs or croutons). But you can certainly use any bread you like such as whole wheat for example

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You can certainly use store-bought one. I’ve yet to found one I like and so I made my own 10-minute kaya jam, which is truly the bomb and so easy without hours of stirring. It will change your life. Just saying!

3. Toast the slices of bread in your toaster and toast until they are golden brown, slightly darker if I may put it that way

7. Cut them into four equal sizes or you can cut it diagonally into half. The cold butter will gradually melt when it comes into contact with the heat from the toast

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Kaya toast is usually served Kopitiam half-boiled eggs doused in a bit of soy sauce and ground white peppercorns (it must be white pepper for me) and milk tea. All of these just seriously remind me of childhood. My mom made this half-boiled eggs for me for breakfast every morning.

The cold butter that slowly melts as you eat the toast paired with sweet creamy aromatic kaya jam is like a “foodgasm” (my husband’s comment!). I like to use the crusty toast and dip it into the yolks and put it into my mouth! (heaven on earth!)

Serving: 2 slices of bread | Calories: 390 kcal | Carbohydrates: 50 g | Protein: 13 g | Fat: 17 g | Saturated Fat: 10 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g | Cholesterol: 65 mg | Sodium: 430 mg | Sugar: 12 g

Kaya Toast And Half Boiled Egg

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Marvellina is a food blogger, recipe developer, photographer, and publisher at What To Cook Today. A food blog that brings you tried and true Asian recipes.