How to make jam of ginger

1. Ingredients:

– Young ginger: 1kg

– Sugar: 0.8kg

– Salt: 1 spoon

– Lemon (has peeled): 2

– Vanilla extract, alum

Make ginger jam

2. Instructions:

Scrape young ginger, soak slices of ginger in cold water used to wash rice for 2-3 hours, then wash and boil many times; or soak slices of ginger in water mixed with alum (or lemon) for some days, renew the water twice (three times) a day, then wash ginger well and boil.

Cut lemon in half and squeeze lemon juice; and squeezed lemon to a pot of boiling water; add ginger and boil for some minutes; wash ginger well before boiling again in changed water with another lemon; wash ginger well and strain off the water from ginger.

Mix ginger with sugar and set aside for some minutes; put ginger in a pan and cook over low heat; when ginger is nearly dry, add vanilla extra and stir to separate green rice from sticking to each other; spread ginger on paper.