Amla jam ( Gooseberry jam or sweet chutney )

Hello friends,
Namaskar......

I am Sangeeta Agrawal and heartily welcome you at my blog.

#  Winter has started and this season brings a lot of healthy vegetables and fruits.
One of them is Amla or Indian Gooseberry.
It has amazing health benefits and is one of the richest source of vitamin C.

#  Amla promotes liver health, reduces cholesterol levels, controls blood sugar and prevents constipation.
It keeps hair and skin very healthy.
Therefore in 'The Ayurveda'...it is called a 'Nectar Fruit' or 'Amrit Phal'.

Now let us see the very simple recipe of 'Amla Jam'

#  Ingredients For Gooseberry Jam..

1. Fresh Amla.....250 gram
2. Sugar....200 gram
3. Black salt...2 pinch
4. Sendha salt...2 pinch
5. Garam masala...1|4 Tea spoon
6. Lemon juice...1 Tea spoon

# Method of Making...

1. Wash the Amla well.

2. Then cook the Amla in the pressure cooker till 4 whistles on the high flame and 1 whistles on the slow flame with 200 ml.water.

3. Then drain the boiled Amla in a strainer so that extra water could come out.

4. Now remove the seed of Amla and separate the Amla pieces.
Remove the upper skin of Amla too...if you see it is stained and separated.

5. Then mash the Amla well with the help of a potato masher.

6. Place a kadhai on the high flame and add mashed Amla and sugar altogether...
Mix them well.

7. Let it boil and mix and mash it with a ladel or big spoon.

8. Keep on stirring...as it splatters then cover it half with a plate and stir it.

9. Just check the mixture...if there are some lumps or pieces...then again mash it well.

10.Cook it well upto 15 or  20 minutes till a nice thick mixture.
It maintains the self life of jam or sweet chutney.

11. Lastly add salt and lemon juice and cook 2 minutes more.

Very healthy and delicious 'Amla Jam" is ready to enjoy.

As it is  cooled down completely....then store it in a clean jar.

Without any preservative you can store it till 1 year on the room temperature.

# Things To Consider..

1. Take fresh and good quality of Gooseberry for the jam.

2. Cook it well. Proper cooking enhances the self life of any type of jam and chutney.

3. No need of any colour and preservative.

4. You can adjust the sugar as your taste.

5. You can add some raisins ( Kishmish ) in it at the boiling point.

6. It will be more delightful and healthy.. if you add some chopped almonds and raisins at the time of serving or consuming it.

Thanku Friends,

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