Mango Murabba | How to make Aam Murabba
Mango Murabba or Aam Murabba is a sweet and tangy preserve, made out of raw mangoes. It is a traditional Indian sweet preserve. Mango murabba is made mainly during summers as the raw fruit is available abundantly in this season. To enjoy the fruit through out the year, this is the best option.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Raw Mango grated
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 & 1/2 cup Jaggery
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Kala Namak/Black Salt
- 1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
Instructions
- Wash and peel the skin of mangoes.
- Grate them using thick grater.
- Chop jaggery.
- In a wide and thick bottom pan, add grated mango, jaggery and sugar.
- Mix all of them well.
- We can add 1 cup of water.
- Cook on a medium flame till it starts boiling.
- Add all the spices, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder and kala namak.
- Combine them well and let it cook for 5 minutes.
- Cook on low flame only, keep stirring occasionally.
- The consistency should be thick and easy to spread.
- While cooking take a spoon of it slowly drop in a cup of water.
- The right consistency is reached if it does not move.
- Switch off the flame and transfer it to a bowl to cool.
- Once cooled completely store in an air tight and dry glass container.
Notes
We can add spices like cardamom powder, fennel powder, saffron too, but it all depends on our choice of taste.
Replace kala namak with normal salt, if it is not available.