Jujubes are made out of sugar, water, lemon, gelatin and flavourings.Its poured into a greased container. Once set its cut into cubes and then rolled in sugar a few times and stored in a dry air tight container.

My grandmother always made these as part of her Christmas platter or kuswar, and it wasn’t until this year that I ventured out to make it myself.

While these are widely available commercially, I liked to customize the flavours. This year I made Mango & Cocopandan.

Jujubes

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 50 gms powdered Gelatin
  • 200 ml hot Water
Syrup
  • 400 gms Sugar
  • 200 ml Water
  • Juice of 1/2 Lemon
  • 1 -2 drops essence & color of your choice

Method
 

  1. Dissolve the gelatine in the hot water and leave to bloom for 10 mins
  2. Add the sugar, water and lemon juice in a pot and boil till dissolved and thickened
  3. Add the essence & color
  4. Add the bloomed gelatin
  5. Pour this into a greased tin – my tins is 7 x 7 inches
  6. Strain your liquid before pouring if required
  7. Leave at room temp for 8 hrs to overnight
  8. Run a knife around the edges
  9. Cut these into little cubes and lay them on a tray lines with wax or parchment paper
  10. Allow this to air dry for an hour or so
  11. Cover this in granulated sugar
  12. Repeat the process if the jujube is still damp
  13. Store in an airtight container