🍷 Red wine recipe using dry grapes

Things you need other than ingredients

Bharani (clay pot, ഭരണി ) – which can accommodate at least 7 litres
Wooden spoon (തവി – പുതിയത്)
Strainer (അരിപ്പ) – need only in last step when draining the wine

Wash all the above items in a boiled and cooled water and sun dry all item. എല്ലാം സാധനകളും തിളപ്പിച്ചാറ്റിയ വെള്ളത്തിൽ കഴുകി വെയിലത്ത് വെച്ച് ഉണക്കണം.

📰 Use this recipe responsibly : This recipe is only for information purpose and not for making wine in your home or any where else. Check your country/county/state rules before proceeding. Making wine for profit and distribution is illegal unless you have a license.

Ingredients

1 kg raisins ( ഉണക്ക മുന്തിരി ) – red is better, green is not that tasty and color will be yellowish.
2 kgs sugar (2 kgs will be too sweet for some – so you can use 1.5kg sugar and later add if needed.)
5 litres water (boiled and cooled) – തിളപ്പിച്ചാറ്റിയ വെള്ളം, water should be cooled to room temperature (lukewarm water is best). If water is too hot it will kill the yeast.
1 handful wheat (whole wheat) ഗോതമ്പു മണി
1 tsp dry yeast
2 inch cinnamon sticks, broken into small pieces കറുക പട്ട
2 cloves ഗ്രാമ്പ് (for flavoring )

Cut each raisin into 2-3 pieces based on the size of raisin (DO IT its worth the effort)
Put all above ingredients a bharani.
Stir the ingredients with wooden spoon.
Close the bharani with lid, lid should not be too tight.

On 10th and 17th day

Open lid, stir and crush the ingredients on 10th and 17th day with the wooden spoon.

On 17th day taste little bit of wine and check sugar, if you want more sugar add more sugar. But make sure you don’t add more than 250 grams of sugar.

24th day

Now open lid on 24th day. Drain wine into a glass bottle, discard the sediments (raisins, wheat, cinnamon sticks etc). You can drain the wine using a wooden spoon and separator (similar to a tea separator – അരിപ്പ ).

I use a hose to siphon (the level hose which you get from any hardware shop-see below image). Siphon wine from bharani to a glass bottle so the sediments and wine are not mixed.

And your wine is ready

Tip 1: Keep the bottles intact for 5 to 7 days so small particles in wine will accumulate at the bottom and this will make the wine clear.

Tip 2: Add 1.5 egg white to the wine on the second day. This is to make the wine clear, and it will not alter the wine taste. Egg white is rich in albumen which act as a fining agent. If you are not comfortable adding egg white leave it, this is not important.

Tip 3: Use only glass and wooden item, never use steel or plastic items.