Jelly candies

I always liked/loved Jelly cubes/candies also known as Jujubs.

While surfing on my favorite group on facebook I came across this recipe from Teji Singh. And here goes my try.

Ingredients..

25 gms gelatin

115 ml water

35 ml lime juice

250 gms sugar 

Colors: As per your choice

Essence: As per your choice

Castor sugar and cornflour for coating (2:1 ratio)

Method

1. Take water is a bowl and sprinkle gelatine on top of it, let it bloom for about 10 minutes. Gelatine will bloom as soak up all water but don't worry it, once we heat up this water it shall dissolve w/o any problem.

(Push it down gently with fingers if required to cover it properly with water)

2. Using a double boiler method , melt the gelatin by gently stirring till it melts, now water should appear bit thick and mushy in color, turn off heat and set aside.

3. Take a thick bottomed pan, mix the lime juice and sugar. Put it on low heat, stir till it starts melting or bubbles start appearing on sides. 

4. Add gelatine water in this mixture while stirring gently on low flame.

5. Keep stirring until all sugar is dissolved (please makes sure flame is on low all the time)

6. Once sugar is dissolved, turn up heat to medium and bring mixture to a boil (temperature shall read about 215 F)

7. Set aside for a while, meanwhile prepare molds with gently greasing them.

8. Here we add essence and color and mix well. Pour into molds and set aside for about 10 hrs at room temperature.

9. Remove any scum or froth after 5 minutes or so and then let molds set undisturbed at room temperature.

Coating:

After 10 hrs we ready to make cubes/stripes or whatever shape u want.

1. Prepare coating mixture from castor sugar and cornflour in 2:1 ratio. I used about 4 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp corn flour for above ingredients.

2. Spread this mixture on parchment/butter paper.

3. Heat up some water in bigger bowl and gently put mold in water say about 30 secs and flip mold on parchment paper.

4. After 2-3 minutes coat remaining surface with same mixture and make cuts with sharp knife. I find using heated knife gives best results.

5.Store it in air tight container. 

6.Since it does not have any added preservative except lime juice and sugar, consume within a week (if kept in fridge).

Enjoy. This recipe shall yield about 20-30 candies.

I don't own this recipe. I have followed this recipe from Teji Singh, link to her blog is => http://tejiskitchen.blogspot.com/2014/07/jujubesjelly-candies.html

Thanks Teji :)