Method
- Pick, wash & drain the sepals in a colander.
- Put them in a non-stick pan & cook under sim, stirring continiously until the whole thing becomes a sticky soft lump.
- Add sugar & again cook under sim stirring continuously, till sugar & sepal mass blend well together.
- Continue stirring till the whole mass leaves the sides of pan.
- Add citric acid & fruit essence, mix well & keep it for a few seconds & remove from fire.
- Serve with bread/chapathi/just as any jam.
- Preserve in a sterilised bottle & it keeps for 6 months.
- This jam has got its own taste & flavour (even without any essence)& an attractive maroon colour.
Ingredients:
500 g - sepals from sorrel flowers
500 g - sugar
1/2 tsp - citric acid
1/4 tsp - fruit essence (optional)