Amla Candy

‘Amla’ or Gooseberry is also known as amlaki. It can be used as a powder or as a candy. Superb digestive to eat post a heavy meal. Indian gooseberries is a great source of Vitamin C. It helps you avoid the grey, enrich hair growth. It has diuretic properties. Also, helps stimulate metabolism. If you cannot find fresh ones, frozen works great for this recipe. Tangy Amla candy is a great way to end your meal.

How many Amla should be eaten in a day? 2-3 cloves of  candy can be eaten. 

Is amla candy good for health?

• It helps you digest a heavy meal.
• Works great for improving health and hair.
• Great even as a remedy to motion sickness.
• Vitamin C helps you fight cold and cough. It also helps absorb iron.

Which amla candy is best?

Yes, we can get many commercial packets. However, you cannot control the sugar in it.

You can make homemade version within 15 minutes and let it dry. It has less sugar than commercial ones. When you make it at home, you can adjust the sugar content. You can customize it according to your taste. Hence, you can avoid hidden calories.

Plus there are no preservatives. Preservatives are for long commercial shelf life. When we make it at home, we can make in small batches. Even frozen amla packets can make a big batch. In cold countries you do not get this so easily raw. However, frozen ones work just fine. I make my batch with frozen ones every month and it tastes just great.

Step by step pictures of the recipe

1.Steam the amla/gooseberry for 15-20 minutes. You may boil them in a pressure cooker until 1 whistle if you do not have a steamer. Do not overcook.

2. Remove the seed from them. Break them into their natural flakes. If they are hard, they need to be steamed or boiled further. Add sugar and salt, let it sit for 1 day.

3. Drain the excess sugar syrup.

4. Arrange on a cooking baking tray covered with baking sheet. Let it dry in the sun for 2-3 days (preferably in shade).

5. After day 1, the amla candy will start getting dry

6. You will need 2-3 days.You may keep them in a warm oven(not hot/not running but warm oven) for few hours, this will allow it to dry the quickly for the last part. Store in air tight bottles once ready.

Read the Amla Candy recipe below:

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Amla Candy

Amla candy is a great way to end your meal. It is a digestive full of vitamin C.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Resting time4 d

Total Time4 d 25 mins

Course: Dips and condiments

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Amla Candy, amla chywanprash, candied gooseberries, digestive candy, gooseberry, Indian gooseberry digestive

Servings: 10

Ingredients

• ½ kg amla or gooseberries frozen or fresh
• 250 g sugar you may add more upto ½ kg
• ½ tsp kala namak/black salt
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar optional

Instructions

• Steam the gooseberries in a steamer for 15 minutes or cook in a pressure cooker until 1 whistle.
• Let the gooseberries cool; de-seed and separate into flakes.
• Mix the gooseberry flakes with sugar and black salt in a deep bowl.
• Cover the bowl and keep outside in the shade for 1-2 days. Turn with a dry spoon 2-3 times a day.
• Spread the amla flakes on a plate lined with baking paper.
• Drain the excess sugar from the amla and arrange them on a baking sheet on a tray
• Allow to dry in the shade for a further 2-3 days.
• Optionally toss them in powdered sugar once they have dried, this allows any extra moisture to be absorbed by the sugar.

Notes

Note: The candy can be stored in the refrigerator or in a cool, dry place.

Depending on the weather, you make keep the amla in sugar for a day or 2.

If you make it with less sugar then it will be less moist.

If you do not have strong enough heat from the sun to dry these out after a day or 2,then warm an oven for 5 minutes,turn off the heat, and keep the tray in the oven for few hours.

Do the same step next day as well to dry them out , else if they are not dried in 3-4 days, they will start to get spoilt.

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