Wednesday 11 October 2017

Rambutan Wine

Homemade Rambutan Wine

As usual I am back after a long hiatus ;) ;) If you are a regular reader you would know by now that if I intend to take a short break, it usually drags on for weeks :D
Since Christmas is around the corner, here is a Rambutan wine recipe for you to try. Rambutan is one of my favourite fruits and there are couple of trees in my father’s backyard. When Rambutan is in season, Appa freezes it and keeps it along with passion fruit pulp for me to take it to Kuwait J This is a sweet wine and if you prefer less sweeter wine you may only need to add 750 gms of sugar. Do try this if you get hold of Rambutans and let me know....

Rambutan Wine Recipe


Rambutan Wine
(Recipe adapted from Vanitha)
Ingredients:
Ripe Rambutan - 100 nos
Sugar - 750 gm to 1 kg
Water – 3 litre
Yeast – ½ tsp
Cloves / Grambu – 8 nos
Cinnamon stick / Karuva patta – 1 x 2” piece
Egg white – 1

Method:
  • Using a small paring knife, peel away the outer shell of rambutans and put the flesh with seeds in a big clean sterilized bharani / bottle.
  • Boil sugar & water and add boiled water to the Rambutan and mix well.
  • When the mixture becomes lukewarm add yeast, cloves and cinnamon stick and mix well.
  • Beat an egg white well and add to the above cooled rambutan mix, stir well to combine everything.
  • Tie the bottle with a clean cloth or close with lid little loose.  
  • Stir this mixture every day for 20 days.
  • After 20 days, strain the mixture through a cheese/ muslin cloth in to a clean dry bottle.
  • Keep this again for 7 days untouched. After 7 days strain the wine again, pour it in to clean dry bottles and use. 

13 comments:

  1. Hi Swapna, does this recipe make one gallon of wine, and I've read it that I need 100 rambutans, is this correct?

    Thanks

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    1. Yes it is 100 rambutans and you will get almost 1 gallon of wine

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  2. What is the purpose of the egg? I am vegan and don’t use eggs. Can this step be omitted? Thank you so much for for your recipes! I am making your guava wine tonight.

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    1. You can omit ehh white. Egg white is adding to make the wine clear

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  3. Hello. Can I omit cloves and cinnamon sticks? Are they necessary for the process? I have problem on buying those ingredients, because they are so expensive here in the Philippines.

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  4. Ey wtf do we really not need to remove the seeds?

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  5. I've followed your recipe and my Rambutan wine is delicious! After a couple of glasses though, i become very sleepy, is there something in the wine that would cause this?

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  6. I've followed your recipe and my Rambutan wine is delicious! After a couple of glasses though, i become very sleepy, is there something in the wine that would cause this?

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  7. What kind of yeast that you put? Is it the same yeast for making bread?

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    1. Yes I use bakers yeast,,, if wine yeast is available in your place you can use that too...

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  8. Is boiled water to be added to the rambutan or after the water is cooled? Why adding boiled water?

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  9. How many days do i need to ferment the wine?? Thanks for the answer 😍

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