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Amla candy

immunity booster nellikai mittai
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Ingredients

  • 1 + 1/2 cup frozen gooseberry chopped
  • 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Sprinkle

  • 1 + 1/2 tablespoon powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Firstly add chopped frozen gooseberry to a deep bowl
  • Furthermore, add 1/4 cup of sugar and lemon juice; mix well
  • Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar on top
  • Cover the bowl with a tight lid; shake well
  • Rest it overnight or at least for 12 hours
  • The next day transfer the soaked amla to a colander
  • Save the nellikai juice for sharbat
  • Shake the colander well to strain all the nellikai juice
  • Squeeze and transfer the nellikai to a plate
  • Sundry for 1-2 days till moisture evaporates
  • Finally, add powdered sugar; mix well and amla candy is ready

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Notes

  1. Here in the US, I don't often get fresh Amla hence I used using Frozen Amla
  2. You can directly use the frozen nellikai.no need to thaw
  3. I used a pack of frozen chopped gooseberry hence I didn't cook them
  4. You can cook gooseberry in an idli pan, pressure cooker, or instant pot. Use a separator and add little water for cooking. You can also microwave gooseberry. cook till they open; remove the pit, chop then prepare the gooseberry mittai
  5. Adjust the amount of sugar according to your preference. Traditionally  1:1 ratio of gooseberry and sugar is used but to cut down on sugar I have used less
  6. Sundry till the moisture evaporates. If you press nellikai you shouldn't notice water in hand. Avoid chewy hard bite texture. Always sundry to soft bite texture
 
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