Jam making is one of the most rewarding of household jobs. There is something extremely satisfying about seeing rows of neatly labelled jars full of delicious homemade sweet preserves all ready to eat.
Most kinds of fruit and some vegetables respond well to this method of preservation. They can be used individually or in carefully chosen combinations to make a wide variety of jams, jellies or marmalades as well as fruit butters, cheeses and curds.
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Raspberries 2 cups Water 2 1/2 cups sugar Juice of one Lemon (Nimbu) or 1/2 tsp citric acid How to make raspberry jam: Clean the fruit and cook with water on a low fire until tender, thin mash. Add sugar and lemon … Read more
Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg Strawberries 4 cups Sugar (Cheeni) 1 tsp citric acid How to make strawberry jam: Remove the stalks and wash the strawberries. Put the fruit in a heavy pan and stir till it boils, mash, and add sugar and lemon juice. Stir … Read more
Ingredients: 1 kg cooking Apples (Seb) 750 grams Sugar (Cheeni) 2 cups Water 2 teaspoons Lemon (Nimbu) juice or 1/2 teaspoon Citric acid How to make apple jam: Peel, core and cut the apples into slices, cook in water until tender. Add sugar and lemon … Read more
Ingredients: 1 1/2 Kgs cooking Apples (Seb) 1 1/2 pints Water (6 teacups) 2 Cloves (Lavang) Sugar (Cheeni) Juice of half Lemon (Nimbu) How to make apple jelly: Cut the apples in quarters and boil them in water with cloves till they become soft. Drain … Read more
Ingredients: 250 grams dried Apricots (Khumani) 5 cups Sugar (Cheeni) 5 cups Water 500 grams tin of Pineapple (Ananas) slices How to make apricot and pineapple jam: Stone the apricots and cut into slices. Wash them and soak in water for 24 hours. Put apricots … Read more
Ingredients: 250 grams Apricots (Khumani) 1/2 teaspoon citric acid 2 cups Water 1 drop of yellow colour 1 drop of orange colour How to make apricot jam: Cook apricots with water till tender and half cup water is left. Pass through a sieve. To the … Read more
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Carrot (Gajar) without the pith 2 cups Sugar (Cheeni) Juice of one Lemon (Nimbu) or 1 level tsps citric acid 2 1/2 cups Water How to make carrot jam: Chop the carrot into small pieces, and cook with water until quite tender. … Read more
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Cherries 2 1/2 cups Sugar (Cheeni) 4 cups Water Cochineal color How to make cherry jam: Wash and stone the cherries and then cook in the water until tender. Pass through a sieve, add sugar and cook on a hot fire until … Read more
Ingredients: 1 1/2 kgs Guavas (Amrood) 6 cups Water 1/2 tsp Citric acid Sugar (Cheeni) How to make guava jelly: Wash and cut guava into thin slices and cook with water until very soft. Put this mixture in a coarse cloth and allow the juice … Read more
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Karonda 1 kg Sugar (Cheeni) 4 cups Water How to make karonda jam: Boil the karondas in water on a low fire. When tender, remove from fire and pass it through a sieve. Add sugar to the pulp, cook on a hot … Read more
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Lemons (Nimbu) 12 cups (3 pints) Water Sugar (Cheeni) How to make lemon jelly: Wash and dry the lemons. Remove the skin, then cut them into quarters and take out the pips. Put the Lemon pieces in a bowl, cover with water, … Read more
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups Mango(Aam) pulp 250 grams Sugar (Cheeni) 1/4 teaspoon citric acid l teaspoon Pectin 1/4 teaspoon potassium metabisulphite How to make mango jam: Cook mango pulp and sugar until a little thick and sets on the plate when tested. Dissolve citric acid, … Read more
Ingredients: 1/2 kg ripe and hard Mango slices (not fully ripe) 3 cups Sugar (Cheeni) 1 3/4 cups Water Juice of one Lemon (Nimbu) How to make mango jelly: Put mango slices, water into deep pan, and cook until quite tender. Remove from the fire. … Read more
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Ripe Pears 2 cups Water 2 cups Sugar (Cheeni) 1/2 teaspoon citric acid How to make pear jam: Peel the pears, cut into small pieces, and put in salted water. Remove from the salt water and cook with 2 cups water until … Read more
Ingredients: 250 grams Pineapple (Ananas) pieces 250 grams Sugar (Cheeni) 1/2 teaspoon citric acid 1/4 teaspoon yellow color 2 1/2 cups Water How to make pineapple jam: Cook the pineapple pieces with water on a low fire until tender and 1 cup water is left. … Read more
Ingredients: 250 grams Plum (Aloobukara) 250 grams Sugar (Cheeni) 1/4 teaspoon citric acid 3 cups Water How to make plum jam: Cook the plums with water till tender and pass through a sieve. Add sugar and citric acid and cook till setting point is reached. … Read more