Sunshiny, happy and sweet smelling, orange marmalade perks up my morning cuppa. I have loved marmalade for as long as I can remember, specially the candied peel in it that adds interesting texture to the hot, crisp toast. As I type, I am enjoying one 😀
It has been on my mind to make this beauty at home ever since I saw my friend Megha Vikaram Singh’s beautiful Kinnow marmalade, I knew I had an expert’s recipe to make it too.
I made some changes as I had very soft and sweet oranges and also the kids aren’t too keen on the bitter touch in marmalade. Here is my take on Meg’s Marmalade.
A step by step recipe of this three ingredient wonder.
1 kilo Oranges, ripe and sweet ones with orange peels
500 grams sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Cut the oranges and the lemon into halves and juice them. Strain the juice through a thick sieve.
Do not throw the seeds and the peels.
Scoop out the membranes, pips and pith (the white part inside the peel) from inside the orange halves as much as you can. I used the melon baller to do it. Tile all of this along with the seeds in a muslin cloth to make a small bag or potli.
Take 5-6 orange halves and cut them into thin strips using scissors or a very sharp knife.
Bring 3 cups of water to a rolling boil and add the peels. Boil for a minute and strain. Repeat this once. Drain the water and reserve the peel.
In a heavy bottomed pan add the juice and the small cloth bag/potli and bring to a boil. Keep boiling for 15 minutes. Remove the cloth bag.
Ad the sugar and the peel and boil for another 15-20 minutes till the marmalade starts to thicken.
Keep a steel plate in the freezer before you begin cooking. To check doneness, put a tbsp of the marmalade on the chilled plate and run a finger in the middle. If the two halves stay apart, it is done.
If it is too runny, cook for some more time. Be careful not to overcook as it thickens on cooling.
Keep 2-3 small bottles sterilized and ready. When the marmalade cools down a little (but is still warm) spoon it into clean jam bottles and seal. I store it in the refrigerator.
*The potli/cloth bag contains the pectin. The various recipes I looked at, say it stays well on the shelf for 5-6 months if the jars are sterilised well and completely dry. But considering the Mumbai weather and the fact that we add no preservative, I always pack my jams and spreads in small bottles and store them in the fridge always and they stay good for months.
Look at that!!
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Cheers and Happy Jamming!
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Garima
CafeGarima 
Lovely recipe
Thanks Nalini 🙂
Marmalade looks so darn yum , G !
Freda! My heart went mmm when I first tasted it! ❤ Thanks babe!
I can imagine 😀
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Hello Garima, thanks for such a lovely recipe. I am surely going to try this. Could you please tell me what is the role of putting the potli in the pan? Also, what is the shelf life of this marmalade, since we are not adding any pectin to it?
Hi Aditi
The potli contains the pectin 😀 that’s both the queries answered! Lol 😃
The various recipes I looked at, say it stays well on the shelf for 5-6 months if the jars are sterilised well and completely dry. But considering the Mumbai weather and the fact that we add no preservative, I always pack my jams and spreads in small bottles and store them in the fridge alway and they stay good for months.
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Thanks Garima! Will let you know the results when I try this 🙂
😀 Happy Jamming!
Hi Garima! I tried this recipe yesterday, and everyone at home just loved it. The best part is, its not bitter in taste. Only mistake I did was that I cooked for a couple of minutes longer, due to which its now bit difficult to spread upon cooling. Will try again keeping this in mind. Thank you very much for a lovely share!!
Hi Aditi
I’m so glad you liked it!
Yeah one needs to keep checking the consistency because it thickens further after cooking and even more in the fridge.
So we need to watch it like a hawk as it cooks!
This I must try. I will try the bitter version as I love that!
Skipping the step of boiling she rind in water twice and adding a couple of cups of water to the juice while boiling should give you the bitter version 🙂
This is awesome! I am so in love ❤️
Homemade is the best 🙂 looks gorgeous G
Thanks hun ❤️
My mouth is watering.looks awesome
Thanks Sameera! I am loving breakfast these days 😃😃
Hi Garima,thanks for your wonderful recipes!
I am making orange marmlade.one quary please- don’t we need to add water during cooking it?Thanks.
Sudha Agarwal
Hi Sudha
I did not and t worked out fine. I saw a few recipes that don’t use water at all, as the oranges are being juiced here and there is enough liquid. Also, the rind is being cooked already before adding to the juice. So mine came out pretty well.
If you like you can add a cup of water.
Thanks Garima!
Its always good to have home-made jams without any preservatives. Thanks for simple and easy to make recipe.
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Looks delicious! I love orange marmalade…
Thanks 😃
My dad loves orange marmalade, will have to try this one on a day we are snowed in!
We love it too! ❤️
I hope you like it as much as we do 😃