Halayang Ube na Green

Shhhhh!!!  My sister-in-law and I invaded Mudrah's kitchen to make some halayang ube or purple yam jam.  This is a funny experience because in our attempt to make the purple yam more violet...well, it turned green :)

Ingredients:
1 kilo purple yams
2 cans condensed milk (12 ounces)
1 can evaporated milk (14 ounces)
1 tsp vanilla (optional)
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup butter or margarine

Instructions:

1.  Boil the Ube in water until cooked.  Drain and cool.
2.  Peel and grate the ube yam, mashing can be okay too.

3.  On a big pan melt butter and add condensed milk.  Add vanilla too (optional)  Blend or mix well.  Lower the heat and add in the grated ube.  Mix continuously until the mixture becomes sticky.  Slowly add in the beaten egg yolks and evaporated milk to the mixture and mix again.  I do not suggest doing what we did as seen in the following pictures which led to our ube turning green.  Ha! Ha!

This is the purple yam mixture with the slight tinge of violet.

My sister-in-law and I wanted to know if adding blue food coloring
would make the color darker.  This is what it turned out to be - mukhang cemento. 

Then my sister-in-law decided to just make the mixture green kasi yun daw ang color ng 2012.
Ha! Ha!  I don't suggest you do what we just did but as it turns out, the jam was delicious!!!
Masarap siya, mukha lang avocado :)

6.  Pour the mixture on buttered pans or serving platters.

Our green ube ready to be served.

7.  Let cool and refrigerate before serving.

Hey!  Don't judge the ube by its color...it actually tastes great!!!