How to make Golden Maja Kalabasa Recipe.
Golden Maja Kalabasa Recipe. A popular Filipino dessert Maja Blanca, a delicious and easy recipe. A nutritious maja blanca dessert with a twist, enriched with kalabasa “squash”. This maja blanca is made with all-purpose cream and condensed milk instead of a regular coconut cream and sugar. The combination of cream and condensed milk gives an extra creamy and smooth in texture. A mashed Kalabasa were used instead of corn kernels, peanuts and toasted coconut.
Today I received a huge kalabasa “squash” from Tatay, and I wanted to make something sweet. Went on the web, searchin’ and finally got a recipe that I wanted to try, thanks to nestle.com. So I’m going to make a Maja Blanca, not a regular white coconut Maja Blanca, this time it’s golden and it’s perfect.
For the mashed Kalabasa:
- 2 cups Kalabasa, peeled and diced
- ½ cup water
- a pinch of salt
Maja Ingredients:
- 1¼ cups Kalabasa, cooked, drained and mashed
- 1¼ cups water
- ¾ cup cornstarch
- 2 cans (300g) Nestle All-purpose Cream
- 1 can (300ml) Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 3 tsp. Calamansi Juice or Lime Juice
- 2 tbsp. Butter or Margarine
- 1/8 cup toasted cashews, roughly chopped to garnish (optional)
Cooking Procedure:
- To prepare the squash: Peel, dice and wash the kalabasa, then place it in the saucepan and cover with half cup of water, a pinch of salt and bring to a boil over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until tender. Fire off, drain the stock of kalabasa and reserve for later use. Mash the cooked kalabasa with a fork until smooth. This recipe makes 1¼-1½ cups, to store, let it cool completely and put in a clean jar or plastic container and refrigerate, this will last for 4 days.
- To make the maja kalabasa: Combine water or reserved kalabasa stock and cornstarch in a large casserole and whisk until cornstarch dissolve completely. Add in the cream, sweetened condensed milk, mashed kalabasa and calamansi juice.
- Bring to a simmer over low heat, and stir continuously until it thickens for about 18-20 minutes. When the mixture becomes too thick that when you lift your wooden spoon the mixture doesn’t fall off easily, turn off the heat. Add in the butter and mix well to combine.
- Pour the mixture into a greased 11×7 baking tin or any similar container and spread evenly. If using cashews or any nuts, sprinkle it on top of maja kalabasa and allow it to set and cool completely before cutting. Slice, serve and enjoy your creamy and delicious maja kalabasa dessert.
This recipe is so rich and nutritious, a great way of making vegetable into a delightful dessert fit for the kids.Â
I’ve never heard of Kalabasa before but this looks soooo good!
This is definitely a nutritious recipe I ‘m gonna try this soon. 🙂
Kalabasa is very nutritious! A brilliant recipe!
very nice. I’m sure my daughter will love this
This looks fantastic. I would never have thought of squash as a dessert but I’m all about trying new things!
nutritious
I never thought that Kalabasa can be a great flavor for Maja. Very nice!
Delicious and healthy good for meryenda! 🙂 Where to try this?
wow,. akala ko sa biko lng pwede ang kalabasa. pwede din pala sa maja
this is the first time i heard about this recipe, thanks for sharing!
wow that’s great I want to try it
nutritious food! good for my baby Tiffany
I miss all of this foods ,thanks for this great website specially for pinay like me mabuhay po kayo!
Wow this is a great way to serve it to my nieces to eat vegetables, they dont like kalabasa but they love eating maja, brilliant idea! thanks for the recipe!
a very healthy snack to make.
When you say cool completely, does it mean we have to refrigerate? Cool recipe by the way! A good and nutritious dessert idea for everyone, especially the kids to enjoy!
“Kalabasa” Pampalinaw ng mata.. Healthy & Delicious food
From the looks of it. I’m sure its really delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe! I really dont know that Kalabasa can be made as maja. Since all I know maja main ingredient is cornstarch. I will take time to follow the recipe of of this day!
YUMMY!i really want to try to make this
This is so nice coz some of the kids nowadays dont like to eat vegetables like kalabasa, this is a great way to let them eat such a delicious dessert
Like kalabasa full of vitamins thank for the recipe
I never knew you can make a dessert out of a Kalabasa. Thanks for sharing your recipe
I never thought that kalabasa would be a great flavor for maja. This is worth a try
a healthy snacks for the kids. thank you for sharing.
for me, this is the most tasteful and healthy desserts.. thanks for the recipe.. keep it up!