Filipino Dessert Recipes Ube Halaya #22

DISH IN DISH OUT - Ube Halaya is really a dessert made out of boiled and grated purple yam and that is locally known inside the Philippines as “Ube”. Aside from Ube Halaya, different desserts and pastries for example ice cream, tarts, and cakes makes use of the root crop.

Ingredients
- Purple yam: 1 Pound, grated, shredded or mashed
- Condensed milk: 14 Ounce (About 1 Can)
- Vanilla extract: 1 Teaspoon
- Butter: 1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)

Directions
1. Heat a cooking pot then put-in the butter and let it melt.

2. Add the condensed milk then stir well.

3. Put-in the purple yam then continue stirring.

4. Add the vanilla extract and stir occasionally until the texture of the mixture becomes really thick (about 15 to 20 minutes under low fire)

5. Transfer the mixture to a mold or any container and let the temperature cool down.

6. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours then serve.

Source: http://ifood.tv/asian/177758-filipino-ube-halaya