Mixed fruit jam

This is the jam that I made myself,  as I was left with half lb of strawberries which if I had left it for a day would  have become rotten. I would dive and delve into the ingredients straight.

Mixed fruit jam

Ingredients

Strawberries                                        1/2 lb washed and hulled

Apple                                                  1/2 nos

Plum                                                   1 big ripe one or 2 small ones

Sugar                                                  1 cup

Lemon juice                                         1 tblspn

Method

1.  Wash and hull strawberries. Cut it to small pieces.
2. Wash, peel, remove seeds and dice apple as small as you can
3. Wash, remove seed and cut plum
4. Add everything to a saucepan and add lemon juice.
5. Keep stirring on medium heat until the mixture comes to a rolling boil that cannot be stirred down.
6. Add entire amount of sugar to completely dissolve while stirring continuously. Let it come to a  full rolling boil again. Boil hard for 1 minute.
7. Remove from heat immediately and pour it into prepared jam jars. Let it completely cool down to room temperature. Jam will be set. Close the jam jars and refrigerate for later use.

The above jam is spreadable on toast and can be had with anything.

The below jam is my version of chunky mixed fruit jam. This consistency is achieved when the apples are not peeled . This below version of jam is great to be had with pooris and adais (south indian lentil pancake)

Chunky mixed fruit jam