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Kaya Toast with Soft-Boiled Eggs

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Cultural note: Hainanese cooks adapted toast and jam into kaya (coconut-pandan custard) toast, served in kopitiams with kopi and runny eggs.
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Kaya Toast with Soft-Boiled Eggs

10 minPrep
40 minCook
2Servings
3/5Difficulty
3/5Impressiveness

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Ingredients

  • 3 eggs (for kaya)
  • 120 g sugar
  • 200 ml coconut milk
  • 3 pandan leaves
  • 4 slices white bread
  • 30 g cold salted butter
  • 4 eggs, to soft-boil
  • dark soy sauce, white pepper

Instructions

  1. Whisk eggs and sugar; add coconut milk and pandan.
  2. Stir over simmering water 25–35 minutes until thick; cool.
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  1. Cover eggs with just-boiled water 6–7 minutes.
  2. Toast bread; spread kaya, add cold butter; sandwich.
  3. Crack eggs into a saucer with soy and pepper for dipping.

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