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Saturday 8 August 2015

Homemade Guava Jelly

Jelly, for me it is all time favorite and loved by kids on toast and thus we can classify it as unique recipe for kids. Today I have learnt how to make a very simple and easy Guava jelly recipe from my mother and this recipe hardly requires any ingredients. The main ingredient to prepare this jelly is ripe guava. Moreover my mother doesn’t use any preservative into it, but still you can preserve it for 5 to 6 months if it is properly refrigerated.
If you increase or decrease the quantity of guava, accordingly you should increase or decrease the quantity of other ingredients mentioned below.

HOMEMADE GUAVA JELLY

Ingedients:

Ripe Guava - 10, medium size
Water - 5 cups or as required to cover the fruits
Sugar - 1 cup of sugar for 1 cup of juice
Fresh Lime or lemon juice - 1 tbsp juice for 1 cup of juice

Preparation:


Cut guavas in big cubes.

In a pan put all the guava pieces and pour water so that water covers the guava pieces.


Cook the guavas till they become tender and soft. 

Switch off the oven.

Cool the guava mixture.


Take a muslin cloth and cover a big bowl with the cloth, pour the guava mixture in the middle of the cloth. The liquid will pass through the cloth and the guava pieces will remain on the cloth. Now bring together all the four sides of the cloth and tie a knot and start squeezing the cloth to get maximum juice out of it.  

Put aside the residue from the cloth. 
Once the juice is collected, take the measurement of the juice as this is important to measure other ingredients.

In my case, for 10 guavas, my mother extracted 3 cups of juices. So, she used 3 cups of sugar and 3 tablespoon of lime or lemon juice.

Measurement is – for 1 cup of juice, add 1 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.



Now put the mixture of juice, sugar and lemon juice in a pan and start boiling till the liquid becomes very thick. You can also take some liquid on a spoon and test with your fingers, if you feel it sticky, means it is done.

Remove it from the oven and wait for half an hour.




The Guava Jelly is ready. Take a sterilized jar pour the jelly into it when it is slightly warm.

Cover the jar with the lid tightly. To keep the jelly for longer time you can put it in the refrigerator when it is completely cool. 

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