Ingredients

• 4 -ripe firm carambola
• 1 tsp- lemon rind grated
• 1.5 cups- sugar
• 1 -clove
• 1 -small stick cinnamon
• 1- lemon juice extracted
• 1-2 drops -yellow colour
• 1/2 tsp.- potassium met bisulphite

How to Make Star fruit Marmalade

• Wash and chop fruit into chunks. Discard seeds and add sugar. Keep aside for 2-3 hours till juice oozes.
• Put to heat gently, stirring occasionally.
• Add clove and cinnamon and continue boiling.
• The juice will get thin and then thicker again.
• When mixture is thick enough to put to plate test, take off fire.
• Do the plate test, boil further if required.
• Add lemon juice, yellow colour and rind.
• Stir well, take off fire; add potassium metabisulphite dissolved in 1 tsp. water.
• Cool completely, remove clove and cinnamon from mixture.
• Bottle in sterile, screw top jar.