By the UBE.AE team · Updated October 2026 · 6 min read
⚡ Quick Answer
The key to using ube powder is to rehydrate it first: mix it with hot water or warm milk into a smooth paste, then use it in drinks and bakes. A typical ratio is 1 tablespoon of powder to 2 tablespoons of hot water for a latte. Below are seven easy ways to use ube powder, from lattes to ice cream.
Ube powder is the most practical form of ube, it keeps for months and works across drinks, cakes and desserts. The one rule: always rehydrate it before use, and cook it briefly to remove any raw-yam taste and deepen the flavour. Here are seven things to make with it.
Whisk 1 tablespoon ube powder with 2 tablespoons hot water into a paste. Add a little sweetener, pour over ice or into a cup, and top with steamed or frothed milk. Full method in our ube drinks guide.
Make the ube paste as above and layer it under a whisked matcha and milk mix over ice, the café-style purple-and-green drink everyone is posting.
Rehydrate 150g ube powder, then cook it down with coconut milk, condensed milk and butter into a thick jam. This is the base for most other ube desserts, see the full ube halaya recipe.
Fold rehydrated ube paste into whipped cream and condensed milk, then freeze. No machine needed, recipe in our ube ice cream guide.
Rehydrate the powder into a paste and fold it into your batter for natural colour and flavour. Works in chiffon cake, muffins and cupcakes, see ube cake.
Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of ube paste to your usual pancake or waffle batter for a vivid purple breakfast.
Blend ube paste with banana, milk and a little honey for a quick, naturally purple smoothie.
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As a rough guide: 1 tablespoon per drink, 2 to 3 tablespoons per batch of batter, and around 150g for a full batch of halaya. Start light, taste, and add more, good ube powder has a strong flavour. For how to choose a quality powder, see our ube powder guide.
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How do you use ube powder?
Rehydrate it with hot water or warm milk into a paste (about 1 tbsp powder to 2 tbsp water), then use it in lattes, cakes, halaya, ice cream and pancakes. Cooking it briefly deepens the flavour.
How do you make an ube drink with ube powder?
Whisk 1 tablespoon of ube powder with 2 tablespoons of hot water into a smooth paste, add sweetener, then top with milk over ice for an ube latte, or layer with matcha for an ube matcha.
How much ube powder per latte?
About 1 tablespoon of ube powder per drink, adjusted to taste. Good-quality powder is concentrated, so start light.
Can you bake with ube powder?
Yes. Rehydrate it into a paste and fold it into cake, muffin or pancake batter for natural purple colour and ube flavour.