whats the use of glutinous rice in making ube jam?

Question

aside from camote what other substitutes may be used for ube. suppose the camote you got is not violet but yellow one. how can you remedy the situation

Answer 1

Just jam it!

Answer 2

Glutinous rice maybe used to thicken the ube jam. The original recipe for ube is, the purple yam, sugar, condensed milk and butter. Others substiture or supplement with cheaper/less expensive and easier to find starches such as yellow kamote or sticky/glutinous rice. In either case, you must use food coloring to make it purple.