Try this Pear Jam in your kitchen and give your culinary skills a kick.
Pears are mild sweet fruits with a fibrous center. There are over 3000 different varieties of pear across the world and they vary in shape, size, sweetness and crispness. Pears are a good source of important anti-oxidants, dietary fibers and vitamin C. They are almost 84% water which helps digestion.
Kids often love bread jam sandwiches as an evening snack. But, why the boring mix fruit jam always!? Do not worry as you can make a super cool Pear Jam at home and with little efforts! Try this wonderful recipe, use it as a topping on bread, or make a chapatti roll and the kids will love it. You can make your own fruit flavoured yogurt with a spoonful of the jam in it. Melt for some glaze on your cheesecakes and desserts. Make yourself a French toast or a puff pastry. How about using as a pancake syrup? Give your plain vanilla ice-cream a unique flavor. Making crepes and you do not know what to use as a layer! Here is the recipe.
Time taken: 45 minutes
Difficulty level: Easy
Ingredients:
- Medium sized pears- 2
- Sugar- 3-4 tsp
- Water- ½ cup
- Cinnamon Stick (Daalchini)
- All Spice leaves
- If all spice leaves are not available you can use Cloves (Lavang/ Laung) and Peppercorns (Kali Mirchi)
Recipe:
1. Wash, peel and cut the pears into cubes.
2. Take a heavy bottom pan (take non- stick if available). Add sugar and water and let it come to a boil.
3. Add pear cubes cinnamon stick, all spice leaves (Cloves and Pepper corns).
4. Let it cook for 10-15 minutes. Keep stirring.
5. When the pears are cooked, turn the flame off.
6. Take a steel box and put the cooked pear into it. Cover the lid.
7. Now in a pressure cooker add little water so that the bottom of the steel box gets covered. Put the Steel box into the pressure cooker.
8. Cook up to 8-10 whistles or for 15-20 minutes on low flame.
9. Turn the flame off. Once the pressure is released, open the cooker.
10. Take the box out. The Jam is ready.
11. Let it cool. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator. It will taste best if consumed within a week.
12. Serve with Love!
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