easy strawberry jam recipe | homemade low sugar strawberry jam

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Total time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 1 jar
  • Category: jam
  • Cuisine: international

Ingredients

  • 750 grams strawberry (hulled & chopped)
  • 1 cup 250 grams sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Method

  1. firstly, in a large kadai take 750 grams strawberry and 1 cup sugar. add 3 cups (750 gm) of sugar if you are not diet conscious.
  2. keeping the flame on medium, stir well till the sugar dissolves.
  3. now add 1 tbsp lemon juice to prevent sugar from crystallising.
  4. stir well and boil for 5 minutes.
  5. keep stirring occasionally to prevent burning of strawberry.
  6. continue to boil for another 10 minutes or till strawberry turns soft.
  7. mash the strawberry well and till you get smooth consistency.
  8. cook on medium flame till the mixture thickens and the foams disappear completely.
  9. to check the consistency, dip a cool metal spoon into the mixture and make sure the mixture doesn't drop off. else continue to cook further.
  10. transfer the jam into glass jar and cool completely.
  11. finally, spread homemade low sugar strawberry jam over bread / chapathi and enjoy.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.