How to make Mango Jam

Chutney How to make Mango Jam

July 4, 2017 By sujithaeasycooking

Chutney

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Mango Jam/Homemade Mango Jam, Homemade Jams are the best ever way to preserve the seasonal fruits. Very much happy to share this Homemade Mango Jam recipe here.

I always admire my moms homemade jam, she prepares so many types of homemade Jam with organic fruits. She don’t prefer to use any preservatives other than Citric acid, that also if she had fresh lemon juice to add she never add citric acid in her recipe. So in my trial I want to learn the perfect texture, taste.

When I learned about pectin which is used as a setting agent in homemade Jam. Pectin is a naturally occurring substance(a polyscaccaride) found in berries, apples and other fruits. When heated together with sugar, it causes a thickening that is the characteristic of jams and jellies. I used powered pectin which i found in Amazon if you want to browse the pectin click over the link.

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How to make Mango Jam?

prep time20 mins
cook time40 mins
total time1 hours

CourseChutney
cuisineIndian
Servings350 grams

Mango Pulp	200 grams
Sugar	150 grams
Pectin Powder	1/2 tsp
Cardamom	4 nos
Citric Acid	1/2 tsp

Instructions

Wash and towel dry the mangoes, peel them and chop in to pieces, take the chopped Mango pieces in a blender

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Blend to a smooth Puree.

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Measure and transfer the Mango puree to the Pan, Add in the Sugar too.

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Mix the sugar and mango puree well, heat them in medium flame.

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After 10 mins or once you see the glaze add in the crushed cardamom/vanilla essence

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Add in the Citric acid/Lemon Juice to the Mix.

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Mix them well and allow to cook in medium high flame, now you can see the mango mix will ooze out the bubbles, Once the bubbles ooze out, put the flame to low. Stir often and cook the mix.

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Now you can see the mango mix is more glazed and got a transparent look, Add in the Pectin Powder and cook more, if you don’t have pectin, then cook the jam till the consistency reach to the level.

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Take a bowl of water and drop a pinch of jam in the water, jam should settle down as like in the below picture.

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Store them in Glass bottle.

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Home made mango spread in bread, for our tea time.

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