Recipes
worth making.
The sãde Ube Guide in full — drinks, something sweet, something savoury, and the local twist. One ingredient on your counter, twenty-four ways to use it.
The library.
Drinks
01 — 06
Drinks
5 min
The ube latte.
The most common ritual. Creamy, naturally sweet, completely caffeine-free.
Drinks
6 min
Iced ube matcha.
Layered over ice — a band of ube cream beneath bright ceremonial matcha. As good to look at as to drink.
Drinks
+ soak
Ube horchata.
A cinnamon-spiced rice cooler, ube-tinted and dairy-free. Long, cold and gently spiced for the heat.
Drinks
4 min
Ube halaya smoothie.
Banana, oats and ube blitzed thick and naturally sweet. Slow energy, whole-plant goodness in a glass.
Drinks
10 min
Ube smoothie bowl.
Banana, oat milk, frozen mango, two teaspoons of ube. The palette sells it alone.
Drinks
7 min
Ube hot chocolate.
White chocolate and ube melted into warm milk — a cup for the cold season, rich with a violet finish.
Something sweet
07 — 13
Sweet
40 min
Ube halaya.
The mother recipe — slow-cooked ube reduced to a glossy, spoonable purple. Make it once, use it everywhere.
Sweet
Overnight
Ube overnight oats.
Prepare tonight. Wake up to a purple breakfast that already tastes like dessert.
Sweet
15 min
Ube pancakes.
Fluffy, purple, and more naturally sweet than you'd expect. Weekend ritual material.
Sweet
35 min
Ube crinkle cookies.
Soft, fudgy ube cookies rolled in icing sugar so they crackle as they bake — violet through the snow.
Sweet
45 min
No-bake ube cheesecake.
A single-serve jar version. Cashew base, coconut cream, one teaspoon of ube for the colour.
Sweet
+ prove
Ube cinnamon rolls.
Pillowy rolls with an ube-butter filling and a cream cheese glaze. The swirl does the decorating for you.
Sweet
4 hrs
Ube ice cream.
Condensed milk, cream, ube. No churn. The colour alone makes it a summer event.
Something savoury
14 — 15
Savoury
30 min
Ube coconut curry.
Roasted cauliflower, coconut milk, ginger, and a teaspoon of ube for depth and warmth.
Savoury
30 min
Ube risotto.
Arborio rice, parmesan and a spoon of ube — earthy, creamy and a quiet violet. A dinner-party plate.
Local twist
16 — 24
Local twist
35 min
Ube halwa.
A Levantine classic meets a Filipino root. Slow, simmered, and more conversation than dessert.
Local twist
20 min
Ube maamoul.
The Eid cookie, reinterpreted. Semolina crumb, date filling, a dust of ube on the top.
Local twist
25 min
Ube labneh bowl.
Strained labneh, olive oil, za'atar, a spoon of ube swirled through. Lebanese breakfast, reinvented.
Local twist
15 min
Ube hummus.
Classic chickpeas, tahini, lemon — and half a teaspoon of ube. The mezze table gets a new colour.
Local twist
+ chill
Ube muhallabia.
The silky milk pudding of childhood, set with ube and crowned with pistachio and a thread of rosewater.
Local twist
40 min
Ube riz bi haleeb.
The everyday Lebanese rice pudding — soft rice, blossom water, turned violet with ube. Comfort in a bowl.
Local twist
+ chill
Ube aish el saraya.
Caramel-soaked bread under a cloud of ube ashta cream — the Beirut classic, layered violet and pale.
Local twist
+ chill
Ube layali lubnan.
Semolina pudding set firm, blanketed in ube cream and syrup. Two soft layers, one violet, one pale gold.
Local twist
12 min
Ube sahlab.
The thick, warm milk pudding of cold nights, scented with blossom and turned violet with ube.
You'll need
the powder.
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