Grape Wine
Straightforward Kerala cooking — good ingredients treated well, spiced with confidence, and served without pretence. The kind of food that tastes like someone's kitchen, not a restaurant.
Ingredientsfor 20 servings
- 2 kg Grapes fresh and black in color
- 4 litre Water boiled and cooled
- 100 g Wheat whole
- 100 g Yeast
- 2 1/4k g Sugar
- 2 Egg white beaten
Preparation
Step 1
Mix yeast with 100g sugar and add 3 cups slightly warm water. Stir and cover with a lid and allow it to ferment.
Step 2
Pluck grapes from the branches and wash nicely. Drain and put the grapes in an earthen pot.
Step 3
Add fermented yeast, wheat grains, remaining sugar, measured water and the beaten egg to the grapes.
Step 4
Close the mouth of the pot with a cloth and replace the lid.
Step 5
Everyday at the same timing, open the pot and stir the grapes.
Step 6
After 23 days, open the pot and sieve the contents. Clean the earthen pot and pour back the wine into the pot.
Step 7
For color, add sugar caramel.(optional).
Step 8
Now, close the pot again with a cloth and replace the lid tightly. Do not touch at all till 2 weeks.
Step 9
After 2 weeks, grape wine is ready and pour out into clean glass bottles.
Tip
Taste as you go. Recipes are guidelines — your palate is the final judge. Adjust salt, sourness, and heat to what tastes right to you.
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