New Year's Eve: Rahul Gandhi cooks 'orange marmalade' with mother at home

As the country is all set to welcome the New Year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is ending the year 2023 on the sweetest note. The Wayanad MP celebrated the last day of the year by cooking orange marmalade his mother Sonia Gandhi's favourite 'jam' at home with freshly plucked fruit from their kitchen garden.

The recipe belongs to Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. As he said Priyanka has perfected the recipe over time and now it's his turn to fill these delightful jars of joy. 

Rahul Gandhi uploaded the process of making the marmalade in a five-minute video titled “Mum, Memories and Marmalade” on his YouTube channel under the banner of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress also shared the video on their official X handle with a caption: "From plucking and peeling the fruits to making the jam, Smt. Sonia ji and Rahul Gandhi ji take a trip down memory lane.  Watch them mastering the art of homemade Orange Marmalade."

The video begins with Rahul and Sonia walking to



their kitchen garden, carrying a wicker basket to gather fruits.

"Mum, why do you have to cut it anyway? Why can't you just pluck it?" Rahul Gandhi said as he cut the fruit from its stalks in the garden.

"They have to be absolutely ripe," Sonia Gandhi said. "Actually, this is Priyanka's recipe," she added.

Before starting with the recipe the video informs, "Marmalade is a fruit preserve made from the juice of peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water, The well-known version is made from bitter orange marmalade. Today, let's make some orange marmalade. 

Both came inside the kitchen and started the cooking process by giving the fruits a good wash, peeling, slicing, and squeezing the oranges to make jam. 

As Rahul Gandhi started cooking he said, "It's my sister's recipe. So this is not mine, but my sister's recipe. She found it and improved it. And I'm just implementing it. This is my mother's favourite jam, that's a fact."