Ingredients

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1/2 kg Cherries
2 1/2 cups Sugar (Cheeni)
4 cups Water
Cochineal color

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Method :

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* Wash and stone the cherries and then cook in the water until tender.
* Pass through a sieve, add sugar and cook on a hot fire until the jam sets when tested on a plate.
* Remove from the fire; add a few drops of cochineal color.
* Cool and pour into a clean jar and cork it tightly.
* Serve after one day.