You know my love for making jams from my jam list. Still i have lots of jam to try and enjoy starting from mixed fruit jam, banana jam and my all time favorite strawberry jam. So far i have made orange jam, tomato jam and pineapple jam. Among them my favorite is the pineapple jam. Amma favorite is tomato jam. I have to try my hands on homemade orange marmalade too, i am waiting for the season to arrive.
Now coming to this jam, i made this so many months back, when i was pregnant. I got to post this right now only, somehow it stayed back in the draft folder. This jam is so tasty, i love making homemade jam because it taste so fresh. It makes you feel that you are eating a fruit, unlike the store bought ones taste only like a fruit flavoured jelly. I used this apple jam to fill my thumbprint cookies and i also used this to fill my rustic jam tarts which i will post soon.
So try this out and let me know what is your favorite jams..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 30 to 35 mins
Ingredients:
Apples - 4 Big & Juicy ones (5 cups when chopped)
Sugar - ¾ to 1 cup
Lemon Juice - 1 tblspn
Method:
Wash, peel and chop apples. Take them in a microwave safe bowl, cover them and cook for 10 mins. You can cook in stove top too, take apples in a saucepan, add ½ cup of water, bring everything to a boil. Cover with a lid and simmer till the apples are completely cooked through.
Now use a masher to mash the cooked apples. you can mash it completely or leave it chunky.
Add sugar and mix well.
Now transfer this entire thing to a kadai and cook on a medium heat. Cook till it gets thick and leaves the sides of the kadai. It will take around 15 to 20 mins.
Switch off the flame and add some lemon juice. Mix well.
Trasfer this to a container and let it cool.
Store in a air tight container.
Note:
1)Use clean, dry, air tight bottle to store this jam.
2)Always use clean spoon while handling this.
3)This
keeps well for a week when stored in clean, dry shelf. If you want
to store for longer period of time, store this in fridge. I recommend you to store in fridge always.
Pictorial:
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| You need fresh red apples |
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| Peel em |
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| Chop em |
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| Take them in a microwave safe bowl |
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| Cover em |
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| Put it inside microwave |
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| cook for 10 mins |
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| once it is cooked mash em |
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| you can leave it little chunky too |
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| add sugar and mix |
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| just like this |
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| transfer that to kadai |
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| keep cooking |
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| add any colour you like |
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| mix well |
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| keep cooking till it leaves the side |
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| like this |
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| squeeze in some lemon juice |
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| mix well |
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| remove to a bowl, allow to cool down |
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| Store in a air tight container |
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| Enjoy |
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Anonymous
Looks tempting!!! N wanna learn to make eggless choco lava cake n eggless chocolate filled cookies....plz help me........
Sakshi Chavan
hey aarthi really wanna try this recipe.............just tell me how to do d first step without microwave or oven...
Coral crue
how i love that colour of your jam, i will try this out.
Shaili
Good one! How long can we store this?
Aarthi
@ShailiThis keeps well for a week when stored in clean, dry shelf. If you want to store for longer period of time, store this in fridge. I recommend you to store in fridge always.
Aarthi
@Sakshi ChavanYou can cook in stove top too, take apples in a saucepan, add 1/2 cup of water, bring everything to a boil. Cover with a lid and simmer till the apples are completely cooked through.
Aarthi
@AnonymousFor eggless lave cake..here is the link https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/02/eggless-chocolate-molten-lava-cake.html
Anonymous
Can you please suggest me to add any other ingredient to make it colorful instead of food colour..
Aarthi
@AnonymousYou can add some coloourful fruits to this like strawberry..since apples are plain, it needs some food colour to look more attractive. You can leave the food colour if you dont need it to be so colourful
Anonymous
Can we add sugar and continue in microwave ,instead of cooking on stovetop after adding sugar...pls reply..can't wait to make this... But I have microwavebut no gasstove..I can make this in microwave n have with bread...won't have to go out to eat
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes u can cook this whole thing in microwave
Saim Waqas
I try ds recipe n.love it love u aarthi g n thanks alot for sharing superrrrb recipe
kavithaje
Instead of sugar, can we use jaggery or karumbu sakkarai..as i wanna give it to my lil boy ... also how abt adding tumeric for food color is it suggestable?
kavithaje
Can we use jaggery or karumbu sakarai instead of sugar?...for food colouring can we use tumeric as a natural food color...
Asking these as my lil boy loves jam!
Aarthi
@kavithajeu can add any sweetner..And you can skip food colour
Aarthi
@kavithajedont add turmeric it will change the taste..Leave food colour it will still look good
Komal Sahai
Tried the recipe. The jam turned out yummy!! 😛 Thanks a lot!!
Anonymous
Its awesome.
Selvi
What is the purpose of adding lemon juice? Thanks.
Aarthi
It adds a nice taste and preserves the jam
Unknown
Just started making this jam but have run out of lemon juice. Is it really needed?