A 5-minutes recipe for Instant Mango Jam in the Microwave
This morning, I was looking forward to having a relaxed breakfast with my favourite Saturday newspaper, Mint Lounge. Having purchased some luscious Kesar mangoes (a variety popular in Gujarat and Maharashtra) yesterday, I thought of making some instant mango jam in the microwave, just while the bread slices were toasting on the tava and the Amul butter sitting near the stove to soften. Yes, that’s how quick this recipe is! Perfect for impulsive cooks like me.
Initially I did think of searching some blogs for a recipe, but then the laziness of a Saturday morning prevailed. It is a mango after all, and nothing much can go wrong, I said to myself. I put together one chopped mango, pinch of salt, fat pinch of black pepper and a spoonful of organic jaggery powder in a glass bowl, and started nuking at high power starting with 2 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes and microwaving again for 2 more minutes and after the 6th minute it was nearly done. The jam had firmed up and yet some of the pieces held their shape, which is how I like it.
In a total of seven minutes, I had this delicious Instant Mango Jam, bursting with flavours ready to spread itself over nicely crisped up toast spread with Amul butter.
I hope you are convinced enough to give it a shot when mangoes are in season in the summers. You can easily double / triple the quantity and use the mango jam over a week. It’s also got a good showing off potential at a brunch party, when you say that you’ve made your own jam 😛 😛
If you love homemade jams and preserves, try out these other jam recipes:
Cherry Jam – no pectin required
Strawberry and Balsamic Preserve
Fig, Vanilla and Black Pepper preserve
Check out my collection of Mango Recipes on G+
Instant Mango Jam
Serves 2 – or enough for 5-6 pieces of toast
Time taken – Under 10 minutes
Instant Mango Jam in Microwave
Ingredients
Method
- To prepare the instant mango jam in microwave, combine all the above in a microwave safe glass bowl.
- Nuke at high for a total of 6-7 minutes, giving it a stir 3-4 times in between.
- The jam is ready when it comes together and most of the liquid has dried up.
Liked ur version of MW mango jam. I make using white sugar. I am sure the salt & pepper combo would hv tasted gr8. Bookmarked.
Lovely… jam that’s ready in 7 mins
congrats on the score and that jam looks absolutely sinful.
Love the jam and fast too
One million plus hits is amazing – congratulations!I’m so jealous that you can enjoy such yummy mangoes! Here in NY I can only dream and reminisce!
I love mangoes and the sound of this recipe. I can’t wait to try it!Paz
Glad you are feeling better!
You are so lucky to stay so near your parents Nandita. I understand the the great feeling when we can hog on great food and laze around entire day :D.MW jam looks great.
yummy… i think this is the same as the manga pachidi(mangoes with jaggery) mom makes… :)me Loves it…shall try this out one of these days…
A 7 minute jam with jaggery… that’s cool!
Congrats on the millionth Nandita. More millions are lined up
Congratulations on the million, Nandita. I hardly get good mangoes here, let alone mango jam 🙁
I am so jealous looking at all Indian bloggers from India enjoying those yummy Mangoes these days! Jam looks fab. We do get Mango jam in World Market here but it has more sugar than Mango, mostly just flavored with Mango kinda jam!:DHope you are feeling best now after all the TLC from parents!:)Take care and thank you VERY much for posting Thalagam, felt like I was in South India while eating the dish, yummy!:)Enjoy making Cinnarolls too, hugs.
WOW!!! Looks yummilicious. Glad tat ur feeling better.
Congrats on the M+ hits and an awesome instant jam. I love spicy jam like this instead of the sugary version 🙂
Hi, Congrats on your millionth hit girl, keep writing for all of us – good luck.Reemas,PrivateMarriage.com
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Congratulations Nandita! A major milestone indeed and best wishes for more to come.Loved your instant MW mango jam! Now I did not know that there was such a thing as organic jaggery!
Good job! 🙂
That mango jam is my kind of recipe…quick and delicious.A million hits sounds great…congrats. I get people to leave comments by threats…my family, nagging reminder, twisting the arms of my friends (psychologically) and on that subject i invite you to visit my site and leave a comment.That will get me up to 20 or 21!!!