Indian gooseberry or also known as amla is our talking topic today. It is in season during winters and is high source of vitamin C. This citrus fruit is tangy in taste and also major ingredient of our chawanprash. A magic potion that our dadis and nanis recommended us to have to boast immunity in daily life. 1 tsp of it with a cup of milk would keep all the flues away from us. Also having chawanprash during the season change confirms that these viral infections don’t harm our health.
Amla can be pickled, eaten as a tangy or savory vegetable with meals, can be made into a chutney with spices of choice or stored as murabaa using the traditional recipes. It can also be eaten raw or with some sea salt for leisure while sitting under shade and reading books, it will ensure you lots of health benefits. Eating amla murabaa is the permanent cure to acidity and gastric issues. Also don’t take amla if you are suffering from cold.
Also my little secret is that I get a lot of Indian gooseberries in house trees so what I do is, While boiling them I collect the water in spray bottles and spray it on my hair, it is the natural conditioning for hair.
Pro Tip – Take some amla powder, mix some curd in it and apply the paste on your hair. It is very good for hair health. It is advisable to take amla juice or take powder to get lustrous and black hair.
Table of Contents
7 amazing recipes of eating Indian gooseberry –
1. Sundried Amla –
Tangy Amla – Boil them for 15-20 minutes. Then strain the water. Soak them in lemon juice and salt and then sundry them.
Meetha amla – Feeling nauseous ? Have it and feel good.
Boil gooseberries and then soak them in chashni.
for Chashni – Boil 1 cup waterAdd 1 cup sugar to it and them mix till the sugar dissolves completely. Now add boiled amla to it and sundry this mixture for 5-7 days. Store it in an air tight container.
2. Amla Murabba –
Take some fresh amla, take a fork and hole in them. Take some water and put some lime into it. Now soak the amla into it for 2-3 days. Afterwards wash them with clean water. Then we will boil them for 15-20 minutes and soak in Chashni. We will keep this in a glass jar under sun for 3 days and then can eat them. Chashni recipe is same as listed above in recipe 1.
3. Amla achaar
– Boil them for 10 minutes. Then dry them till the water evaporates. Take a glass bowl, add oil, salt, red chili powder, yellow mustard seeds, fennel seeds, methi seeds, ajwainand kalaunji seeds to it. Keep this bottle under direct sun for 5-7 days.Tada, tangy pickle is ready
4. Powdered amla –
Crush the amla and then sundry it.Then powder it in a mixer and store it.
Have a tsp of it daily every morning.
5. amla Chutney
grind the amla and then add equal amount of sugar to it. Cook it on low flame. When sugar starts caramelizing add black salt, black pepper, white pepper and cook on low flame till the whole water disappears.
6.Amla Juice
Try to include fresh amla juice by mixing it with other juices and soups.
7. Amla Jam
Take out amla juice and then cook it with sugar and black pepper till the consistency thickens. Add some salt and white pepper for extra flavor.
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Thanks for these awesome recipes! With Winter on it’s way, we’ll need them.
true this, thank you for reading the post
Some useful tips now especially when the pandemic has forced all of us to seriously think and do something about immunity
so true,overall health depends on how strong our immune system is.
I know it’s a thing but I’ve never really tried a la juice till now.. Not even a la jam now that I think of it.
why you aren’t writing amla ? and if you try share your feedback
I make Amla in only one way. You have given me some good ideas to try.
good to know that the post is of some help to those who want to eat healthy
Thanks for sharing so many ways of consuming the amla. I am going to try it this season for better hair. I am facing lots of hair realted issues and I think by eating them as well as applying them will certainly help. Your tip on spraying the amal boiled water is fantastic.
amazing and also if you have hair problems please include coconut to your diet
Amla is indeed very healthy, but consuming it on a daily basis can be a challenge. These are some viable methods of including this nutrient pack into our daily consumption. Nicely put!
yes taking a murabba once a week or a slice of sun dried one everyday does no harm
we have eaten as amla achar or amla as side food. I have eaten murabha,chatni.
thank you for reading the post
Amla is a superfood and these are some wonderful options to try since the winters are coming and that means there will be abundance of Amla with it. I love it. Nice post. I like the logo of the blog. Good work. All the best.
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Just love this list, so easy yet never occured to me to use these many ways to have amla daily
good to know your feedback
Amla Murabba and Amla achaar are something that I love:)
amazing, make gooseberry pickle at home
So far I have only tried the juice … Thanks for the other options..
thank you for reading the post
Those are some very useful recipes, need to try some of them. The health benefits are plenty.
Amla is indeed a wonder fruit. Thanks for sharing so many ways to consume it.
I often make morabba and chutney will surely consume it in powdered and juice form too.
Thanks for sharing the recipes. I must say the name and logo of the blog makes me curious.
Glad I got be on your blog.
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Amazing secrets u have shared. Especially the water from the gooseberries to apply on ur hair. The murabba used to be given by my MIL to me when I was going through depression. It has a zillion benefits.Loved the picture C with the berries 🙂
I try having an amla everyday. These recipes should come handy.
Yes sure they will add variety
Those are quite a few variations of the amla we can try out. Thank you for sharing them.
Thank you for reading the post
I just love amla ka murrabba. The burst of sweet and tangybflvours in the mouth. And in the present times I can understand the importance of including it in out diet
Yes I take it regularly and my calcium is sorted with this secret
Thanks for sharing these really helpful recipes. I love Amla ka murrabba a lot and now I know how to make it.
Voila, amazing jarur try karna Amla Murabba ghar pe
This is so nostalgic, I remmeber my mum making mala pickle and jam, I so want to try making one now
Sure give Amla pickle a try as they are in season now
Amla is one of the richest sources of vitamin c and you have definitely listed good ways to include them in diet
Happy to know this, thank you for visiting blog
I have tried dried amla out of all the recipes you mentioned but whenever i eat them I catch cold because of their cold nature. Anyways thank you for sharing these recipes.
That is one drawback, I think if you eat the chutney it won’t cause cold .. because it also contains black and white pepper
My favorite of Amla is the Amla pickle…. the one that is stored and had over the course of the year… Interesting fact, have been hearing this from childhood, is that you should not have the pickle at night else you might have some kind of a skin problem… like hearing such myths..
Yes, it is advisable to not because of high acidic content
Spraying the left over Amla water on your hair is new to me and sounds helpful. I like to eat amle ks murabba and simply love the taste. However, I overdid it once and mouth ulcers.
That is due to lime in it 😅 while making either you added more lime than required or didn’t wash them later on.
Have known their benefits but very good to find all recipes put up in one post.
yup tried to incorporate the recipes which I know related to gooseberry
I am a big fan of amla and enjoy the murabba and pickle. It si really healthy as you mentioned.
Indian gooseberry is a super food
Amla pickle and murrabba is my favourite… loved reading your post. Now i really wanna try Amla Jam
great, share your review too when you try gooseberry jam
Vitamin C is much needed during this time and these are handy to prepare and is apt for all ages to try. #tmmreads
true , thank you for reading the post
I’m a fan of amla in its various avatars. Thanks for these.
thank you for reading the blog
I love sundried salty Amla and the achar.Its just yummy.Great list .I need to try the hair conditioner tip.
hair conditioner tip works amazing,do try and share your view about it
I loved your recipes gal, amla is indeed a power food
thank you for the feedback
Love muraba!!
Wow! Wonderful post! Amla is very beneficial for health and immunity. Will implement your suggestions for sure. Thanks!
good to know,thank you for reading the post
i have been taking Patanjali’s Amla powder every morning to boost my immunity. From you rlist I have tried everything, except Amla Jam. Wonder how it tastes?
it tastes like crushed murabba. It is good to go for breads
Great post! I am trying to include amla in my diet since long but am not so keen on sour things…so really happy to take this list and explore!
good to know, than you for checking this
I really love Amla…my mom used to make a lot of Jam and murabba!!
even my grandmother did this
I love amla, the tangy sour fruit is my favorite since school days. I remember a stall outside my school where a man sell all sour fruits with spicy chilly masala. I picked up the flavour cince then. In fact, at our farmhouse in native home, we have amla tree on the gate. Evenings are especially amazing as that tree is home of so many parrots.
I wish to try and inculcate gooseberry juice in my diet and see the changes…
yes please do try
This is interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
Awesome recipes. Amla is so good for health and hair(which I’m really concerned about). I’ll definitely try couple if these. Good thing is they can be preserved for long.
yes they are really wonderful for health
Very simple and good recipes. Amla murabba is my favourite
amla murabba is indeed a good snack
Awesome recipes. Thanks for sharing.
good to know, thank you for reading the post
Amla is a must have food in our family especially during the winters, though we get it here all the year round. I make jams and chutneys of it, will try your recipe of sundried and meetha amla too as kids may like it too. Its good to include it in our diet for increasing immunity
amazing, please share the pictures if you make them
Wonderful post I am going to try out all these recipes
amazing, share your experience too when you make them
Wow! Though I know about the benefits of amla, some of these recipes are completely new to me!
do try the amla recipes, they have really good impact on health
Amla is definitely good for health and is a superfood. Have it with a dash of salt or in the yummy forms you have mentioned, it is amazing.
amla is a wonder super food
Thanks for sharing this list. I love amla pickle and candy. Surely gonna try rest of the recipes.