SuvaiArusuvai - Veg Recipes of India

Ingredients: Ripe Mango - 5 nos Sugar - 2 cups Water - 3/4th to 1 cup Saffron threads - a pinch Cardamom powder - a pinch Method: Peel the skin and remove the pulp to a shallow bowl. Pressure cook the pulp for about 5 mins or microwave high for about 3 mins in micro high. Mash the mangoes to form a fine pulp. In a shallow bottom pan add water and sugar and make sugar syrup, the sugar should form one string consistency. Add the mango pulp, cardamom powder and saffron threads and mix well. Boil the mixture till it leaves the sides of the pan and forms a thick pulp. Store it in airtight container.

Ingredients: Tomato - 2 kgs (firm and ripe) Sugar - 5 cups Lime juice - 2 tbsp Cinnamon powder - 1 tbsp Cloves - 4 nos Method: Make tomato puree out of the tomatoes. In a shallow pan add tomato puree, sugar, cinnamon powder , cloves and mix them together and bring it to boil. Reduce the flame when it boils and add the lime juice. Keep stirring till the jam thickens. Let it cool and store in air tight container.

It is very easy to make Apple Jam in microwave. Ingredients: Apple - 2 nos medium Sugar - 1/4 cups Cinnamon Powder - 1 Pinch Method: Peel and chop the apples. In a microwave safe bowl add the chopped apples and sugar and microwave high for 2 mins. Remove and mash the apple slightly. Add the cinnamon powder and microwave it high again for about 2 1/2 mins on micro high. Remove and store in airtight container and refregirate it.