Pineapple Jam

After trying homemade mixed fruit jam, I promised myself that I am not going to buy Jam any more. This time my kid told me that she want pineapple jam. Pineapple is an tropical fruit with rough skin and juicy, sweet, delicious flesh filled with vitamin c, B-complex group of vitamins like folates, thiamin, pyridoxine, riboflavin and minerals like copper, manganese and potassium.

Preparing pineapple jam is very simple. Blend pineapple and cook the puree along with sugar, tasty pineapple jam will be ready to enjoy with toast.

Prep Time : less than 15 min
Cook Time : 15 min

Ingredients:

• Pineapple - 1
• Sugar - 1.5 cup
• Lemon / Lime Juice - 2 tsp

Preparation:

•  Peel the pineapple and cut into chunks and blend in a mixer or blender into paste.

• Pour the puree into a pan and keep the pan on the stove and cook 3min.

• Add sugar and cook 15 min.

• Switch off the stove and add lemon / lime juice, mix well.
• Store in a glass jar.

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Mixed Fruit Jam

                            This is my first time, preparing jam. I never thought of  making jam is this easy. The thought of preparing jam came to my mind when my 3 yr old kid asked me what she can spread on the bread slice. The first thing i got in my mind was jam, but i don't like store bought as they contain preservatives and lot of sugar. We can even control sugar quantity, if we make at home.This recipe is a big hit, as my kid loved it.

Ingredients:

• 1 apple
• 1 banana
• 2 plums
• 5 strawberries
• 1 orange
• 1 mango
• 10 cherries
• 15-  20 black seedless grapes
• Black berries handful
• Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
• lemon juice - 3 tsp

Method:

• Clean all the fruits. Peel the apple, plums, mango, banana and orange.
• Cut  them into pieces and blend all the fruits in a mixer/blender until smooth. (i  got 4 1/2 cups of puree)
• Combine the fruit puree and sugar in a pan, cook on medium heat to bring it to a boil. (If you  want more sweet, increase the quantity of sugar)
• Simmer until it thicken, stirring in regular intervals.
• Once jam starts to thickens, add lemon juice, cook until jam becomes thick  it takes around one and half hour in slow flame, do stir in intervals. 

                   

• Pour few drops of jam in a plate, if it's spreads then it's not ready, if it's stays firm without moving then your jam is ready. 
• Remove from heat, allow to cool slightly and store in a glass jar.

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