How to make delicious coconut gac jam, beautiful colors and eye-catching Tet holiday

Coconut jam is a jam that is very popular with Vietnamese families, especially in the coming New Year and spring. Here, Tnhelearning.edu.vn will go to the kitchen to guide you on how to make a delicious and beautiful new coconut jam, Gac coconut jam. Follow the following article to learn how to make coconut gac jam with delicious, beautiful and simple!

Prepare
15 Minutes Processing
60 Minutes For
5 people eat

Ingredients for making gac coconut jam

• 1kg young coconut
• 1 gac fruit
• Spices: Sugar
• Tools: Brass, knife, planer, pan, chopsticks, nylon gloves, rice patch,…

Ingredients for making gac coconut jam

How to make gac coconut jam

Step 1Preliminary processing of young coconut

First, you break the medium and pour the coconut water into a separate cup (you can use coconut water to drink, make meat stock with coconut water or duck meat with coconut water,…). Then, you use the rice patch to scrape along the border between the meat and the coconut shell, using force to separate to get the coconut meat.

Preliminary processing of young coconut

After you have grated the coconut meat, you use a knife to remove the light brown tanned skin that is still attached to the top. You prepare about half a bowl of water and then grate the coconut meat and add it to the water. After shaving, you rinse the thinly sliced coconut meat with water 3 to 4 times to get rid of the cloudy water.

Tips for processing coconut:

– If you buy a coconut with thin and soft flesh that is difficult to grate, you can cut the fibers instead of thinly.

– You can use some tips to separate the copra (coconut meat) to make the separation easier:

+ Heat the coconut : Punch a small hole in the coconut to get all the water out, put the coconut in the oven at 190 degrees Celsius until cracks appear . Use a small hammer or wave knife to knock on the coconut and then start separating the copra. If you don’t have an oven, you can heat the coconut on a charcoal or gas stove until it’s crispy and then separate the copra.

+ Cooling the coconut: Put the coconut in the freezer for 9 to 12 hours and then bring it out, knock around the coconut shell with a hammer, break the coconut and you can easily separate the core and the coconut shell. After that, you need to wait until the coconut is completely thawed before using.

Step 2Gac fruit processing

Gac fruit processing

You cut the gac fruit in half and remove the core. Then, you put on food gloves and gently squeeze to separate the Gac meat and remove the seeds (you can use Gac seeds to bake and then soak in alcohol to cure joint pain).

Step 3Mix and marinate coconut

Mix coconut with Gac meat and sugar and marinate for 2 to 3 hours

You put the pre-processed coconut into the bowl of Gac meat and mix well. Next, put in a bowl of 0.5kg of sugar, continue to mix well and marinate for 2 to 3 hours for the sugar to dissolve. Depending on the type of sugar you use, the bigger the sugar, the longer it takes for the sugar to dissolve.

Step 4Coconut snail

You put the pan on the stove, put the marinated coconut in the pan and cook on high heat for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, the sugar water comes to a boil, reduce to medium heat and continue to slug the coconut for 40 to 60 minutes. While slugs, you have to stir the coconut every 5 minutes.

Slug the coconut for 40 to 60 minutes until the coconut dries and coats the sugar

When the water in the pan dries up and thickens, reduce the heat to the lowest level, while stirring continuously until the coconut jam dries and closes a layer of sugar outside, then turn off the stove.

Hot Tip : If the coconut water doesn’t come out enough, you can add filtered water before starting the coconut slug, so that the water covers the coconut’s surface . So the coconut will ripen evenly and not worry about watery.

Step 5Finished product

Gac coconut jam is finished, put on a plate and enjoy with everyone. Gac coconut jam has a beautiful red color.

Gac coconut jam

Enjoy

The dish is fragrant with the smell of coconut and gac, the taste is sweet, fatty, and soft, and it feels a bit crunchy when together, extremely delicious.

For the uneaten jam, you can put it in a glass food container, add a layer of granulated sugar to the jar and close the lid. When using, you should only take out a sufficient amount to eat and then close the lid of the jar. This way can help you preserve coconut jam for 2 to 3 months . If you put it in a tray, you must cover the tray after eating!

Delicious, beautiful coconut gac jam

How to choose fresh coconut and gac fruit and note when making

How to choose to buy young coconuts : You should choose young coconuts with a slightly white tan shell, relatively thick copra . You can also go to the coconut shop to ask to buy coconut used to make jam so that the seller can help you find a fruit with a moderate tan.

How to choose to buy Gac : For gac, you should choose bright red, round, heavy-handed fruits, the spikes bloom evenly and when pressed, they feel a bit hard . You should also pay attention to choose the fruits of moderate size, not too big, about half a kilogram a fruit and have the stem still fresh and firmly attached to the fruit.

When the coconut jam is done, it must be allowed to cool before it can be put into the jar. You can preserve gac coconut jam by putting a layer of sugar inside the jar first, then put the jam in and then close it. This layer of sugar will help absorb moisture and keep it for 2-3 months .

How to choose fresh coconut and gac fruit and note when making

So Tnhelearning.edu.vn has finished instructing you to make coconut gac jam with full “color, flavor, taste” which is extremely easy to make. This Tet, let’s make this wonderful Gac coconut jam for the whole family to enjoy! Thank you for watching and wish you have a happy Tet, reunited with family.

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