Muraba-E-Kadu (Pumpkin Jam)

Miscellaneous · world favourite.

Ingredients

• 1 kg Pumpkin
• 1 kg Orange
• 750g Sugar
• 60g Cardamom

Method

1. Continue cooking — Remove the skin of the pumpkin. Also remove the inner seeds.
2. Continue cooking — Cut the flesh into 2cm cubes. Take the zest off the oranges, with as little pith as possible, and cut into matchstick-sized strips.
3. Serve — Extract the juice from the oranges. Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and reserve.
4. Marinate — Place the pumpkin, orange juice, orange strips, sugar and whole cardamom pod seeds in a large pan, mix well and leave to marinate for about 10 hours or overnight.
5. Bring to a boil — Stir occasionally. Bring the mixture to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the liquid has thickened and become syrupy.
6. Continue cooking — This can take about an hour or a little bit longer.
7. Continue cooking — Leave to cool then place in clean, dry jars. Enjoy!

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