Amla Murabba – A Sweet Pickle Recipe with Medicinal Benefits
Amla (Gooseberry) has lots of health benefits, it's a seasonal fruit and we get best quality Amla just for few months (mostly January and February) during winter. It's very common to get cold, cough and viral infection during winter, rainy season and Amla helps to deal with such cases by boosting our immunity.
Amla is packed with vitamin and nutrients. It is rich source of Vitamin C and a very important ingredient in Traditional Indian Ayurvedic Medicines. Amla is also used in Chyawanprash (an ayurvedic dietary supplement). People store it in different forms like Amla Supari (Amla salted candy), Amla powder, Amla juice, Sweet Amla Candy, Amla Murabba and many more as it is season based fruit and we don't get fresh gooseberry all around the year.
Amla Murabba can be stored for years. Medicinal properties of Amla murabba increases with time so older the murabba is, more beneficial it becomes. I feel it should be a must item in everyone's home. Amla Murabba is suitable for vegans also. So, Vegans won't miss the health benefits of eating this Amla Murabba (Gooseberry Sweet Pickle).
Amla is rich in antioxidants which helps to boost immune system and helpful to control diabetes. It also has anti-aging properties. Amla is also helpful in digestive problems, nausea etc. However, it is always recommended to seek your physicians advice to check what food is suitable for you. And as you know, eating anything in excess is bad for our health, so is the case with Amla too.
We always get most of the things in the market. However, it is good to explore some things on our own. Though Amla Murabba is available in majority of food stores, trying Amla Murabba at home turns excellent which I think you must try.
Patience is the only key required for this Amle ka Murabba recipe with just a few ingredients. It takes some time to cook but we can simultaneously cook our other meals along with it to save time.
You must also try the Amla Juice Recipe to reap full benefits of Amla and enjoy it in another way while quenching your thirst at the same time.
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- 500 grams Gooseberry (Amla)
- 400 grams Sugar
- 1 pinch Lime Powder (Chuna)
- 300 milliliters Water
Rinse Amla well.
Take a large bowl, add enough water to it and mix chuna in the water.
Dip amla in the water and keep it aside for 15 minutes. Chuna helps to look amla murabba transparent.
After 15 minutes, take out the amla and rinse with fresh water. Prick amla with the help of a fork. This will make sure sugar syrup is completely soaked into Amla.
Now place amla in steamer and steam it on a medium to high flame for 10 to 12 minutes (or until they turn soft).
Simultaneously add sugar, water to the large vessel or kadhai and prepare sugar syrup on medium flame.
Sugar has dissolved, allow it to boil a bit.
Amla has also become tender. When Amla is tender, you can allow it to cool down for some time and cut into pieces.
Amla has natural lines on it which can be helpful to cut the pieces in same shape. But, I like to cook them as a whole because Amla Murabba looks pretty when we don't play with its original shape 😜.
Now transfer steamed amla to the sugar syrup.
Cook amla in the sugar syrup on medium flame until sugar syrup thickens and amla is nicely cooked.
Amla murabba is ready. Allow it to cool down, and transfer to air tight glass jar and store it. Do you see those nice lines visible on Amla? Those lines appear after Amla is cooked nicely and it can split easily.
Amla Murabba looks and tastes great. Prepare and store this great health benefits packed Amla Murabba in your home.