Fresh Fruit Jam

Fresh Fruit Jam

Winter brings an excess of fruits at home. Many a times there's a lot that is left behind. Best thing to be used up to make some wholesome homemade jam. So there I was, busy looking up simple recipes. And what I came up with were so simple that I had to try them out, also to check if jam making was that simple.  

I came across Apple Jam first. But was a little disappointed when I discovered that the red colour of the jam was because of the food colour added to it. Then I came across Beetroot Jam which obviously did not need any food colour. So my first try was Apple Beetroot Jam. And like I mentioned earlier, it was a breeze! Then I attempted a Mix Fruit Jam. I gathered all the fruits that I could spot in my kitchen - guava, grapes, apples and strawberries; but the majority of it comprised fresh strawberries. 

Beetroot Apple Jam



Ingredients

Beetroot (medium sized) – 2

Apple (large) – 1

Jaggery – ½ cup

Citric acid crystals – 2 pinches (dissolve in water)

Method

Peel and core the apple

Peel the beetroot

Cut into pieces

Add little water and cook them till soft

Cool and blend in a mixie

Heat a non-stick pan and pour the blend in

Keep stirring on low flame till the paste thickens

Add jaggery and mix well

Keep stirring on low heat till the mixture thickens and becomes jelly like

Add the citric acid solution and mix well

Stir for some more time

Let it cool

Mix Fruit Jam

Ingredients

Guavas – 2

Apple – 1 (large)

Strawberries -10

Jaggery – 1 cup

Citric acid crystals – ½ tsp

Method

Peel and core the apples

Peel the guavas (I did not deseed it as I wanted the fibre element)

Clean the strawberries

Cut into pieces

Add little water and cook them till soft

Cool and blend in a mixie

Heat a non-stick pan and pour the blend in

Keep stirring on low flame till the paste thickens

Add jaggery and mix well

Keep stirring on low heat till the mixture thickens and becomes jelly like

Add the citric acid solution and mix well

Stir for some more time

Let it cool

(This jam is free of preservatives so will have to be stored in the refrigerated after a few days) 

(These jams are preservative-free so will have to be refrigerated after a few days)