Namasakr.
I am Nisha Madhulika.
Today we will make Chatpati Amla Candy.
You can eat this candy anytime.
It improves our taste and digestion too.
Let's start making spicy Amla candy.
Take 300 gms gooseberries.
Let's steam these gooseberries.
Take water in a vessel,
put to heat.
Put the gooseberries in a colander.
Let the water boil.
Cover the vessel,
so that the water boils up quickly.
Water is boiling,
place the colander with gooseberries,
over the vessel and cover it.
Cook the gooseberies in steam for 8 minutes.
Keep the flame high.
So there is proper steam.
Till the gooseberries are cooked in steam,
let's prepare masala for the candies.
Let's roast the spices.
Put it in a pan,
Turn on flame and heat pan.
Add 1 tsp cumin seeds,
1 tsp carom seeds,
1/2 tsp black pepper,
1 pinch asafoetida,
Slightly roast it.
Do not roast much.
Roast it for half or quater minute.
Just remove the moisture from it.
Spices are roasted and are fragrant.
Turn off flame.
Keep the spices in a bowl, so that they cool off.
Finely grind the spices,
add grinded spices too.
Add 2 tsp black salt,
1/2 tsp ginger powder.
The ingredients will blend together and will grind well too.
8 minutes have passed.
Goose berries are cooked and ready.
Turn off flame.
Lift the colander and place it aside.
Let it cool.
Gooseberries look good.
Gooseberries have cooled down let's cut it.
Pick a gooseberry, it opens up as a bud itself,
Remove the seeds.
We need small sized candy,
as the bigger one will be quite big to bite.
Cut it into thin slices like this.
You can keep the pieces as desired,
Cut it into small pieces,
Add masala to it.
Keep it in a bowl.
Sprinkle spices over the amla.
Mix until all ingredients blend well.
Spices should coat well overthe amla.
We have cooked the gooseberries in steam,
so its nutrients stay intact.
Spices have mixed well in the gooseberries.
Keep them to dry up for an hour.
so that spices are absorbed well.
1 hour has passed.
Keep them in a tray and spread evenly.
You can dry amla candies in sunlight,
they will dry up in 2 days.
If there is not sunlight,
you can dry it under the fan,
It will dry up in 2 days.
Amla candy is ready.
We dried it up in sunlight for 2 days.
It is not stiff.
You can pinch it easily.
Soft and tangy Amla candy is ready,
You can keep the Amla candy in a container,
and use it for 6 months.
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