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If children refuse to eat fruits, then a new method can be found for this. Like you can make gummies and give them. Which they will happily eat. Food influencer Shweta has shared the recipe of tasty gummies or soft candies of jamun and dragon fruit. You can also try it in this jamun season. In the article, you will know the step by step recipe along with the quantity of each ingredient. Apart from this, you can also watch the video of making it here.
Dragon fruit is rich in many nutrients including fiber, while the seasonal fruit jamun also provides many nutrients including vitamin C. You can make tasty gummies with the combination of these two fruits. So let’s see its full recipe.
Note the ingredients
500 grams blackberries, 2 dragon fruits, 1 tablespoon sugar-free sweetener, 3 tablespoons chia seeds, juice of 1 lemon, 1 teaspoon agar-agar.
How to make gummies
- First of all, wash all the blackberries thoroughly and then take out their seeds.
- Similarly, you have to peel the dragon fruit and cut it into small pieces.
- Now put jamun pulp and dragon fruit in the blender and blend it well until it becomes smooth.
- Transfer the blended jamun and dragon fruit mixture to a pan and turn on the gas.
- Add sugar-free sweetener along with chia seeds, lemon juice and agar-agar.
- Cook this mixture on low to medium flame for 5-7 minutes while stirring continuously.
- When this mixture becomes a little thick and the agar-agar dissolves completely, turn off the gas flame.
- Now put this prepared mixture in a silicone gummy mold or a tray and spread it a little thickly.
- Keep it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours or until it sets completely and then remove it from the mold and enjoy.
Jamun-Dragon Fruit Nutrients
According to the US Department of Agriculture, 100 grams of dragon fruit contains 3.1 grams of fiber. This fruit is also a source of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, vitamin C and folate. Talking about 100 grams of blackberries, according to Health Line, about 10 percent of the daily requirement of Vitamin C, 1.6 percent Vitamin A and 4.7 percent Vitamin K is found in it.
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