Time and servings
Time and servings
Ingredients
- 750 grams strawberry (hulled & chopped)
- 1 cup 250 grams sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- firstly, in a large kadai take 750 grams strawberry and 1 cup sugar. add 3 cups (750 gm) of sugar if you are not diet conscious.
- keeping the flame on medium, stir well till the sugar dissolves.
- now add 1 tbsp lemon juice to prevent sugar from crystallising.
- stir well and boil for 5 minutes.
- keep stirring occasionally to prevent burning of strawberry.
- continue to boil for another 10 minutes or till strawberry turns soft.
- mash the strawberry well and till you get smooth consistency.
- cook on medium flame till the mixture thickens and the foams disappear completely.
- to check the consistency, dip a cool metal spoon into the mixture and make sure the mixture doesn’t drop off. else continue to cook further.
- transfer the jam into glass jar and cool completely.
- finally, spread homemade low sugar strawberry jam over bread / chapathi and enjoy.
Step-by-step
1
firstly, in a large kadai take 750 grams strawberry and 1 cup sugar. add 3 cups (750 gm) of sugar if you are not diet conscious.
2
keeping the flame on medium, stir well till the sugar dissolves.
3
now add 1 tbsp lemon juice to prevent sugar from crystallising.
4
stir well and boil for 5 minutes.
5
keep stirring occasionally to prevent burning of strawberry.
6
continue to boil for another 10 minutes or till strawberry turns soft.
7
mash the strawberry well and till you get smooth consistency.
8
cook on medium flame till the mixture thickens and the foams disappear completely.
9
to check the consistency, dip a cool metal spoon into the mixture and make sure the mixture doesn’t drop off. else continue to cook further.
10
transfer the jam into glass jar and cool completely.
11
finally, spread homemade low sugar strawberry jam over bread / chapathi and enjoy.
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Notes
- firstly, finely chop the strawberries or blend to puree to reduce the cooking time. however i prefer few chunks of strawberries in my jam.
- additionally, strawberry can be substituted with any berries like raspberries or blackberries to make jam.
- further the jam stays good for a month or more when refrigerated.
- also, to store for longer time, transfer the jam into hot sterile jars, leaving 1 cm headspace and seal jar in a water bath.
- finally, keep stirring homemade low sugar strawberry jam else it might burn from bottom.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/homemade-low-sugar-strawberry-jam-recipe/