White 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 10 servings
- 3 kg Black grapes
- 4 kg Sugar
- 1 tsp Yeast
- 10 Bottles Boiled and cooled water
- Egg white and crushed shells of 2 eggs
- Whole wheat, a few
Preparation
Step 1
Mash the grapes with a potato masher or wooden spoon or use your hands and mix it in the water.
Step 2
Add 2 kg sugar, wheat, yeast dissolved in a little water, egg white and shells.
Step 3
Keep them in a porcelain jar for 21 days. Stir it daily.
Step 4
Strain the mixture.
Step 5
While straining it, use a muslin cloth and a siphon tube to transfer the mixture so that the sediments at the bottom of the jar do not get disturbed.
Step 6
Add the remaining 2 kg of sugar and keep it for another 20 days.
Step 7
At the end of this, the wine will be ready for consumption.
Step 8
The procedure to prepare red wine is also the same. But when the sugar is added for the second time, caramelise it for that deep red colour.
Step 9
Orange wine, pineapple wine and beetroot wine can also be prepared using the same procedure. Even tea decoction can be used to make wine.
Step 10
In order to avoid bacteria build up sanitize all your equipments like spoons, bottles, jar etc n use only boiled n cooled water or distilled water.The more the wine sits the better.
Tip
Do not rush the onion and shallot frying. The difference between pale onions and properly browned onions is the difference between a flat dish and a flavourful one.
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