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Ube Halaya
Filipino Cuisine
A dense, vivid purple jam made by cooking mashed ube with condensed milk, coconut milk, and butter until thick.
Category
Dessert
Main Ingredient
Purple Yam
Cooking Method
Simmered
Spice Level
Mild
Region
Nationwide
Cuisine
Filipino
Fun Fact
Ube is a true yam (Dioscorea alata), botanically unrelated to taro or purple sweet potato, both of which are frequently mislabeled as ube abroad. Its color is entirely natural.