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Amla murabba recipe | how to make amla murabba | sweet amla pickle recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course pickle
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 bottle

Ingredients
 

  • 500 grm amla - gooseberries
  • 400 grm mishri - sakar
  • 100 grm jaggery - gud
  • ¼ tsp saffron
  • 4 cardamoms
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 3 cloves
  • ½ tsp dry ginger powder
  • ½ tsp black salt

Instructions

  • In a pan, add 4-5 cup water and bring it to boil. Add amla and boil for 7 minutes on medium flame till it becomes slightly soft.
  • Take it out from the water and dry it thoroughly. Make sure there is no moisture in amla.
  • Meanwhile, in a mixture jar add mishri (sakar) and grind it into fine powder. Keep it aside.
  • Now grate amla with big hole grater. Keep it aside.
  • Then in a pan, make a layer of grated amla, sugar powder, and gud. (Refer to video)
  • Now place a pan on the gas. Keep the flame on low and stir it.
  • When sugar and gud are completely dissolved. Cover with lid and cook murabba on low flame.
  • Then add saffron strands, cardamom, cinnamon pieces, cloves, dry ginger powder, and black salt. Mix well
  • cook murabba till sugar syrup reaches one string consistency and the grated amla should be transparent.
  • Amla murabba is ready. Cool down completely and store it in air-tight glass bottle.

Notes

  • Choose fresh and bigger size amla for murabba.
  • Jaggery (gud) gives good flavor and color to murabba.
  • Boil amla till it is slightly soft and cooked at 80%, do not overcook it.
  • Dry amla completely, if it is slightly wet then decrease murabba self-life.
  • Grate amla with big hole grater.
  • Cook murabba on low flame. Do not cook it on high flame.
  • Cook sugar syrup till it reaches 1-string consistency.
  • It is properly cooked when amla absorbs the sugar syrup and becomes completely transparent.
  • Store amla murabba in a glass bottle.