PrintSingapore Day Eats: Kaya/Kaya Roti
In anticipation of Singapore Day in New York's Central Park, we'll be posting descriptions periodically over the week of the country's signature street food, which is sold there in hawker centers. Here, we give you ...
Kaya/Kaya Roti: "Made from eggs, coconut milk, sugar, and pandan leaves for that unmistakable fragrance, kaya can come green in color if you prefer the pandan flavor and fragrance. It can also come brown in color if you prefer the flavor and fragrance of palm sugar or gula melaka. Kaya is great on toast with tea or coffee. It can be especially tantalizing with a couple of runny eggs."
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2 Comments:
Oh dear, this reminds me so much of my childhood. Some truly delicious stuff this kaya. That and key-chang ( phonetic pronounciation ) which is pretty much a chinese onigiri made with glutinous rice ( i think ) wrapped in pandan leaves and boiled till it's translucent. Eaten either dipped in gula melaka or kaya, it truly is heaven on earth.
lysine at 6:45AM on 04/19/07
Kaya is available in jars at many Asian grocery stores (I usually buy mine at a Thai grocery). I usually eat it on toast with butter, but sometimes on with peanut butter. It could probably be a filling for cookies too.
I have been to Singapore twice, and the street food is truly amazing. There's a wide variety, skilled preparations, and a devotion to tradition. And surprisingly low prices.
Marc at 11:43AM on 04/19/07