Description
What is Jam?
Jam is typically made from chunks of fruit (chopped or crushed), cooked with sugar until the fruit reduces down and thickens to a spreadable consistency. Berries, grapes and other small fruits are typically used, as well as larger cut-up stone fruits like apricots, peaches and plums. A good jam is perfect for flooding the nooks and crannies of muffins.
Jam Varieties
1. Quince Jam
Quince is inedible raw, and looking like a cross between a pear and a golden apple, quince cook up sweet, with a vibrant rose color and a floral aroma and flavor.
Quince jam is a favorite jam among households.
Quince is rich of fiber but since it’s tasteless to bite on just like an apple, including it in recipes such as jam is a work around it that people prefer.
Benefits
- Being a good source of beta carotene
- Having antioxidants
- Reducing risk of cancer
- Lowering blood cholesterol
- Improving eye health
- Reducing heart disease
- Slowing down digestion
- Promoting regular bowel movements
2. Carrot Jam
Carrot jam is very popular in Iran and Middle East. Morabba is an Arabic word for jam.
In my country Iran, Carrot jam is one of the most popular and utterly delicious jams. In Iranian breakfast, this jam is eaten for breakfast along with bread and butter and cup of tea and it goes well with toast topping too.
Benefits
- Rich in Antioxidants
- May Help Relieve Constipation
- Fights Bacteria
- Cancer Prevention
- Supports Wound Healing
- Prevents GERD
- Anti-inflammatory Properties
- Immune System Booster
3. Strawberry Jam
Strawberry jam refers to a jam made with strawberries as the main ingredient. The berries are cut into small pieces or crushed and cooked in sugar syrup.
The preparation of strawberry jam traditionally involves the use of pectin as a gelling agent, although sugar or honey may be used as well.
Benefits
- Regulates blood pressure
- Fight bad cholesterol
- Boosts immune system
- Anti inflammatory
- Anti bacterial
- Promotes eye health
- Helps burn stored fat
- Acts as an anti-oxidant
