Apple Jam Recipe Indian – How To Make Apple Jam
Apple jam will definitely bring water in your mouth because of its golden and shiny texture. Apple is one such fruit that has a saying on it that goes like this “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. So, if not the fruit then we can have it in the form of jam.
Apply this jam on bread, parantha or chapatti and wrap it up in aluminium foil or napkin paper. Give this to your children and let them enjoy their meal while playing games. This time try making apple jam at home with these easy step-by-step instructions. Enjoy!
Directions
Getting ready:
Peel the apples and chop them into small chunks. Place them in a bowl. You can also grate the apples.
Cut the lemons into half and squeeze out their juice in a bowl using a squeezer.
Making:
Place a pan on flame and put the apples into it followed by ½ cup of water. Cover and cook them for 3-4 minutes on high flame. Stir the apples after 4 minutes, they are not cooked yet so cover and cook them for another 5 minutes.
5 minutes are over, apples have turned soft. Mash them using a masher then add sugar into them. Mix it well and cook until the sugar melts completely. Stir after every 2 minutes.
Sugar has melted completely, now cook the jam until it becomes thick in consistency. Keep stirring after every 2 minutes. Jam has started leaving the sides of the pan, it is now ready. Turn off the flame and allow it to cool down a bit.
Jam has cooled down, add lemon juice to it and mix thoroughly. Apple jam is now ready, transfer it to a bowl.
Serving:
Apply this luscious and tempting apple jam on bread slices and serve. Once the jam cools down completely, store it in a sterilize container.
Suggestions
- You can add green cardamom powder into it as well.
- To make this jam pink in colour, peel and chop a beetroot and boil it along with apples. This will lend a beautiful pink colour to the jam.
- Apples – 1 kg
- Sugar – 800 grams
- Lemons – 2
- Peel the apples and chop them into small chunks. Place them in a bowl. You can also grate the apples. Cut the lemons into half and squeeze out their juice in a bowl using a squeezer.
- Place a pan on flame and put the apples into it followed by ½ cup of water. Cover and cook them for 3-4 minutes on high flame. Stir the apples after 4 minutes, they are not cooked yet so cover and cook them for another 5 minutes.
- minutes are over, apples have turned soft. Mash them using a masher then add sugar into them. Mix it well and cook until the sugar melts completely. Stir after every 2 minutes.
- Sugar has melted completely, now cook the jam until it becomes thick in consistency. Keep stirring after every 2 minutes. Jam has started leaving the sides of the pan, it is now ready. Turn off the flame and allow it to cool down a bit.
- Jam has cooled down, add lemon juice to it and mix thoroughly. Apple jam is now ready, transfer it to a bowl. Apply this luscious and tempting apple jam on bread slices and serve. Once the jam cools down completely, store it in a sterilize container.