Ube Halaya

Description
Ube is a purple yam, a root crop that grows mostly everywhere in the Philippines. The most popular way of cooking ube is to make it into halaya hence called Ube Halaya. It is a sweet sticky jam-like concoction that may be eaten by itself or as an ingredient in other deserts like halo-halo.



Ingredients

 * Purple Yam
 * butter
 * fresh Milk
 * evaporated Milk
 * sugar ( Optional )

Directions
The traditional way of cooking ube halaya is to boil the ube, peel off the skin and grate the meat. Put butter on a saucepan under medium fire. Throw in the ube, fesh milk, and the evaporated milk. Mix all the ingredients very well. Continuously stir the mixture; never leave it unattended, until it turns thick. Adding sugar is optional.