October 28, 2010

Amla/Indian Gooseberry Jam in Microwave

I lolve making jams at home and with microwave its surely a breeze. It gets done easily in less time. After seeing Latakka's amla halwa, I was inspired to try jam.



You need

  • Amla - 250 gms (Around 13 nos) gave  a packed cup of cooked amla pulp
  • Sugar -1 cup
  • Cardamom - a pinch

Method

  

Microwave the washed amlas for 3 minutes till it is soft. De seed and pulse for few seconds in the mixer to get a coarse mixture. Don't grind it smooth else it will effect the texture of the jam. Measure the pulsed amla paste. Take equal quantity of sugar.


Mix sugar and  amla and micro high for 8 minutes. Stir in between. Check if there is any liquid present. If then cook for a minute or so. Adjust the timings according to your oven.  Don't cook long enough that it might turn hard on cooling. When cooked in microwave, it continues to cook even after its removed from the oven. So keep that also in mind.




I added a teaspoon of saffron + cardamom syrup or add just cardamom powder. Next time I am planning to add freshly crushed ginger too.




Enjoy the healthy jam on a warm toast.


The tart taste of amla is very much felt... To mask the taste of amla, you can increase the amount of sugar. After a week, I could not feel  the khatta meeta of amla... not sure if I got used to it or its the result of ageing.
Anyways, not many may like it at the first instant. If you love amla, then you will surely like it. 



11 comments:

  1. Wow! tempting jam..love gooseberry in any form..

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  2. wow!! this is so interesting. Loved the way u have depicted.Bookmarked

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  3. Hi,

    Lovely...dint know we could make jam with gooseberry...wow...:)

    Dr.Sameena@

    www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

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  4. Oh Thanks so much Jayasree, I had used the not so sour gooseberries that amma had rendered useless for pickling and thought my sugar was so much....
    looks real tempting.

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  5. More than the jam i want those fresh amla to dip them in salt and eat, oh just the though makes me drool but as i love sweets jam would be also good :-)

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  6. Glossy jam makes me drool...yummyyyy!!

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  7. Jam with gooseberry...looks soo yumm!!

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  8. Yummy looking jam.. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. When I was growing up we had a huge gooseberry tree in our neighborhood that would sprinkle thousands of tiny, translucent-green berries all over the ground. We kids would swarm around it, eating the acrid-sour berries. Nice memories :)
    Your jam is a great idea, and looks amazing. I wish I could find gooseberries here in the Washington area. They are so wonderfully healthy too.

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  10. Yumm!! The jam looks wonderful.

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