Preparation:

• At first, washed, hulled and chopped strawberries well.
• Then crush it with hand. Keep aside.

Method:

• Transfer this crushed strawberries to a heavy bottomed pan.
• To this add sugar and lemon juice and mix well.
• Heat this mixture on a high heat till it starts to boil.
• Then stir in regular intervals and reduce the heat till it starts to thicken.
• Let the jam cool down, then transfer it to a sterilized jar and store in cool place.

Notes:

• Use a tall pot for making jam so that when the jam boils, it wont spill over.
• To see if the jam has reached the required consistency, perform gel test. Keep a plate in the freezer for 5 minutes. when small amount of jam is put on the plate and returned to freezer for 2-3 minutes, then taken out the jam should set well and not be runny.
• The jam will not be too thick when hot, it will set to the right consistency as it cools down.
• If the jam thickens too much while cooking then when it cools down it will become hard as a leather.