Patents
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of sweet preserve from fruits and vegetables. Preservation by adding sugar and applying heat is an important processing method in the case of fruits, which are utilized in very large quantities to make jams, jellies, marmalades and preserves. This method is simple, easy to adopt, hence its universal popularity. New products have been prepared utilising readily-available spices, fruits and vegetables resulting in a range of confectionery items with high nutritive value and acceptability. Vegetables with crisp and fiber-less edible portions such as ash gourd, banana rind, cucumber and chow-chow can be utilized for making the value-added products. Fruit juices or juice concentrates from fruits such as apple, orange, sweet lime, mango, banana, guava, pineapple etc. can be effectively utilised, in the present method fresh-ginger flavoured preserve-like and candy-like products can be made utilizing fibrous varieties of ginger also.