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This sweet and spicy Plum jam is easy to make and needs no pectin to be added to get the right consistency.
Ingredients:
Fresh Ripe Plums – 8
Sugar – 1 cup
Lemon Juice – 3 tablespoons
Orange Zest – 1 tablespoon (or use lemon zest)
Red Chili Powder – 3/4 teaspoon
Salt – 1/8 teaspoon
Method:
- Wash the plums and pat them dry.
- Pit the plums and chop them with their skin intact.
- In a thick bottomed pan, take chopped plum, sugar, salt and red chili powder. Cook until plum is soft and mushy.
- Add orange zest and lemon juice. Continue to cook until the mixture thickens and loses all the liquid content. The mixture will start coming together but before it forms a lump, turn off the heat as the sugar in the jam will solidify slightly on cooling.
- Serve as required or store in air tight container to serve when needed.
