Malaysian•indulgent
Yam Paste
Kitchen Misadventures recipe - Malaysian
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
8
- 800 g yam (skinned & diced) ($5.49)
- 160 ml oil ($1.25)
- 6 shallots (sliced) ($0.049)
- 200 g white sugar
- 150 ml water
- 120 ml coconut milk ($0.624)
Instructions
- 1
Skin yam and dice into small pieces. Steam yam cubes over high heat for around 20 minutes until soft.
- 2
Transfer yam to a big bowl and add about 50ml of water, then mash yam using the back of a fork.
- 3
Heat oil in a frypan over medium heat and fry shallots till brown and crispy. Remove fried shallots and keep for other purposes, leaving the oil in the frypan.
- 4
Reduce to low fire, and add mashed yam, sugar and 100ml of water into frypan. Fry until well-mixed and smooth. *Transfer to a blender to blend if you want the consistency to be smoother.
- 5
Let yam paste cool for a little while before serving with coconut milk (about 20ml for each serving) and gingko nuts.