Recipe I Simple Seasonal Strawberry Jam

Winter is here and one of the best fruits you can find in the market are strawberries. These red nuggets of sweetness and tartness are just heavenly.  Did you know that strawberries are actually an excellent source of Vitamin C, potassium and manganese? I have been loading up my fruit basket with strawberries and using it in different dishes. Make the most of the seasonal produce is my mantra!

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Now we know that once this seasonal fruit goes out of season we always crave it so much more. So we got together with food blogger Pooja Khanna of 2 Bliss Of Baking and she showed us how to make some yummy strawberry jam using the fresh strawberries which are available in the market right now. Nothing tastes better than fresh strawberry homemade jam, right?

Watch the video to learn how to make fresh Strawberry Jam with Pooja Khanna and Mansi Zaveri. 

Strawberry Jam Recipe

Ingredients

• 1kg Strawberries washed
• 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
• Juice of 2 Lemons
• 1 Apple shredded

Method

• Chop up the strawberries and add sugar it.
• Then pour the lemon juice into the strawberry-sugar mix and give it a good stir.
• Leave this mixture overnight and in the morning you will find a syrupy strawberry mix.
• Alternately you need to keep it aside for about an hour and a half at least before you can start making your jam.
• Add one grated apple with the skin for natural pectin.
• Cook this mixture on a low flame until it reaches a jam consistency.
• Let it cool and put it into a glass bottle to store.

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