Am Ka Murabba (green Mango Preserve)

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Indian	Indian, Jam/jelly	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Mangoes
1 1/4	pt	Water
2	oz	Almonds, toasted/blanched
1	t	Citric acid
6		Kewra essence OR 1 tb ruh
		kewra
3	lb	Sugar
8		Green cardamom, seeds only

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash, peel, cut the mangoes into large slices and prick all over with
a fork. Or cut them into fancy shapes and do not prick. Tie the slices
loosely in a piece of muslin, and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes in 1 1/4
pint of boiling water.  Remove and dry them on a piece of cloth. Add
sugar and citric acid to  the water in which mango slices were boiled.
Cook to one-thread  consistency (remove the scum from the surface of
the syrup). Add  mango slices, simmer till the syrup thickens and the
slices become  tender and slightly translucent. Leave for 12 hours.
Remove the slices from the syrup if they are sufficiently tender. Tie
the crushed cardamom seeds in a piece of muslin and add this to the
syrup. Boil till it again acquires one-thread consistency.  Remove the
muslin containing the cardamom seeds, squeeze out the  juice and
discard the seeds. Add mango slices and peeled halves of  blanced
almonds and cook for a few minutes more. Remove from the heat  and
cool.  Add ruh kewra or essence and pour into hot clean glass jars,
previously cleaned with boiling hot water. Fill just short of
overflowing, put a disc of 2 to 3 layers of greaseproof or waxed  paper
over the mouth of the jar and cover with a screw-cap.  Source: "Mrs.
Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery" Posted to MM-Recipes  Digest V3 #245
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 12:18:05 +0000  From: Linda Place
<placel@worldnet.att.net>

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 5259 Calories From Fat: 0 Total Fat: 0g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 31.4mg Potassium: 33.1mg Carbohydrates: 1358.7g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 1356.3g Protein: 0g

The same Greek word can be translated “temptation” and “test.” They are a world apart and context determines which translation to use. Satan is the one who tempts us to sin. God is the one who tests us to righteousness. Satan wants to destroy us. He wants to weaken our faith. He wants us to spiritually fail. On the other hand, our Lord is forever testing us. His goal though tests, often in the form of trials, is to make us spiritually stronger, refine our character and increase our faith. Part of the test at times is overcoming the temptation. It is the Lord in His sovereignty who sends test. “Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Mt. 4:1). However, it is during these tests that Satan finds His greatest opportunity to tempt us. So when the heat in life is turned up, will we trust God and walk by faith in His commandments or will we listen to the “father of lies” and sin? The prayer here is that the Lord will help us pursue righteous actions as we emerge from the test spiritually victorious.

Randy Smith