Amla Murabba / Amla Ka Murabba / Gooseberry preserved in Sweetened Syrup

Hai Guys..Hope everyone had a great weekend. I am gonna start this week with a healthy and power packed recipe.
 
Thanks to one of my viewer who requested me to post this recipe, so i got a chance to use up the gooseberry which i was wondering what to do with it..When i recieved the mail from my reader, I immediately tried it. The murabba turned out beautifully and perfectly. 

Have you ever bought the store bought gooseberry murabba, we buy that often in our house. They used to be whole gooseberry which is preserved in a sweet sweet syrup. They are so healthy for you, they are packed with lots of vitamins and minerals. If you cannot find fresh gooseberries or if they are out of season, then this murabba comes in handy for you. Because they have a very long shelf life and you can store this in the cupboard and enjoy all year long.

If you ever think that making this murabba at home is really hard, then correct that. Because they are so easy and so cheap to make at home than buying from shops. Try out this have a spoonful of it everyday and tell me how it turned out for you.

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 1 hour
Makes – 3 cups of murabba

Ingredients:

Gooseberry – 12 big ones
Sugar – 11/2 cup / 300 grams
Water – 300 ml
Saffron – 1 tsp
Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Cardamom powder / Yelakai – 1 tsp 
Black Salt – 1 tsp


Method:

Wash and dry the gooseberries. Now take them in a sauce pan and cover them with water. Bring them to a boil and simmer for 15 mins till the gooseberry is tender. Now drain them and allow them to cool a little. Separate the gooseberry into segments and set aside.

Now make the sugar syrup. Take sugar and water in a thick bottom kadai and stir to dissolve.

Bring them to a boil for 10 to 15 mins till they form one string consistency. When you lift the spoon from the syrup the last drop falling from the spoon forms a elongated string.

Now add in the gooseberry and mix well.

Continue to boil it for 15 to 20 mins till it gets thick and gooey. It will form three string consistency.

When it gets to that point, add in saffron, cardamom, black salt, pepper powder and mix well.

Switch off the flame and leave it overnight to cool down.

The next day the colour will be intense and it will be thick.

Store that in a air tight container and leave it room temp upto 1 year.


Notes:

1) Always use clean dry spoon while eating the gooseberry.

2) If you see the syrup has turned watery the next day, boil it for some more time to get it thick. This must have happened because the gooseberry must have leached some water out.

3)Use fresht firm gooseberry for this. If you see any black bits cut them off.

4)You can make this with whole gooseberry too.

5) Make sure you get the syrup thick, because watery syrup will reduce the shelf life of the gooseberry.


Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Add gooseberry to some water and boil it

cook it for 10 to 15 mins till they are tender

drain it

and separate it by segments

take sugar in a kadai

Add water to it

Mix well so that it is dissolved

bring it to a boil

and simmer it for a while till it reaches one string consistency

Now add amla it

Mix well

Boil it till it reaches three string consistency and it turns out thick

it will take a while

Now add in the pepper, saffron

cardamom

black salt

and simmer again

Till it is thick

The next day it will look like this

Store in a sir tight container