How to make watermelon jam How to make watermelon jam

Watermelon is a very common fruit, especially in summer, it will be on the market in large quantities, it tastes sweet and has a lot of juice, people usually eat it directly, but have you ever tried to make watermelon sauce? Do you know how the famous watermelon sauce in Shandong is made? Today I will focus on introducing you to alternative ways to eat watermelon and tell you how to make watermelon sauce with watermelon.

Material

When making watermelon jam, you need to prepare a fresh, ripe large watermelon weighing about four kilograms, two kilograms of soybeans, and appropriate amounts of seasonings such as salt, pepper, and star anise.

Production steps

1. Wash the prepared soybeans with clean water, then cook them in a pot, take them out and drain the water after they are cooked. Then put the soybeans in a basin, sprinkle a proper amount of flour on them, and stir them with your hands to make sure that each soybean is covered with a thin layer of flour.

2. Ferment the soybeans coated with flour. Choose a high temperature and well-sealed environment for fermentation. Spread the soybeans on breathable materials and cover them with a thick towel or other cotton products to reduce their contact with air. After 3 to 5 days, a layer of white hair will grow on the surface of the soybeans. Then ferment for two days. When the white hair turns green, the fermentation is complete.

3. Place the fermented soybeans in the sun for 3 to 4 days. Put them away after drying. Choose a sunny day, take out the pulp of the prepared watermelon, mix it together with the dried soybeans, then add the prepared salt, pepper and other ingredients and mix well.

4. Put the evenly mixed watermelon jam in a jar, cover it with a layer of gauze, and then expose it to the sun. Move it indoors every evening and stir it once with chopsticks. Move it to the sun again the next morning. Repeat this for about 15 days, and you can smell the rich aroma of the sauce. The homemade watermelon jam is ready.