Halaya is a popular Filipino dessert recipe served on mostly every occasion, esp ecially during fiesta and Christmas.

Its one of the all-time-favorite desserts of Filipinos here and abroad. Ingredients are very basic. The cooking part continu ously stirring from start to finish is the hardest and can be quite exhausting. Recipe #1 Ingredients: 1 kilo ube, boiled and grated 2 cups coconut milk 2 cups evaporated milk 1 cups sugar butter for greasing Procedure 1. lk and 2. 3. 4. Recipe In a thick-bottomed pan, combine grated ube, coconut milk, evaporated mi sugar. Cook over medium fire until very thick. Stir constantly to prevent sticking. Mold in greased pans. Cool. #2 Ingredients: 2 lb ube (purple yam) (you can also buy powdered ube from Asian stores) 250 g sugar 1 cup sugar (or as desired) 1 can condensed milk 2 cups coconut milk butter

Procedure Boil yam until tender and cut into cubes, then grind in a food processor with su gar and coconut milk (if you have the powdered variety, mix ingredients). Transf er to a sauce pan, add the condensed milk (if starting from fresh) and cook over a low fire, stirring continuously. Continue stirring until the mixture turns in to a thick paste and separates from the pan. Transfer to a shallow platter or pa n and allow to cool. Serve.