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JAMS AND PICKLES

MANGO MURABBA (SWEET MANGO PICKLE) JAMS AND PICKLES As mangoes start fading from the market, I tend to preserve the king of fruits for infinite time as I am never filled with this fruit. One of the best things I do is pickle the mangoes in the form of Jams and Murabbas.       DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JAM AND MURABBA   Jam is sweet and sour jelly like consistency of a fruit or even many fruits cooked in sugar syrup whereas Murabba , is a side dish in which puree of semi ripe mangoes is either cooked with sugar syrup and then spiced or simply grated mango pulp along with sugar and spices is left in the Sun for aleast a week (depending on the intensity of the heat of Sun) till it becomes  juicy and soft . I made app. 400gm of Murabba from 2 mangoes. The sweet and sour,   savoury  and chilly  and the flavour of basil leaves in Murabba makes it a special side dish on my dining table. Important tip: Do not let Murabba come in contact with w...