Awla supari | Homemade amla (indian gooseberry) supari

Husband had got plenty of awla stock from big bazaar & so my focus was on trying various dishes made from amla .As you know read more health benefits of amla here.

I saw this recipe on marathi tv program sugran & then with few additions from my mom finally made this recipe & I confess that amla suparis turned out too good infact much better than store ones.

so here goes the recipe of home made AMLA - AWALA  supari.


Ingredients:

10-15 Amla (awala -indian gooseberry) ( about 1 cup)
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tbsp lemon juice

Masala to grind
 
1 tbsp badishep (fennel seeds)
2-3 green elaichi - cardamom
1 tbsp carom seeds (ajwain- owa)
1 tsp sugar
3-4 cloves (lavang)
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp rock salt / black salt (sendha namak)




 

Method:

1. Wash amla wipe with a cloth .place amla in cooker tin ,sprinkle very little water on whole amla & pressure cook for 2 whistles.let them cool.

boiled amla

2 .place amla on a towel so that extra water is absorbed .Now remove seed & smash amla pieces with a masher finely .You can even coarsely grind them in mixie but take care not to  grind finely or else it will become watery.

 


3. Dry roast   badishep ,carom seeds,cloves without burning .Cool & grind them into a powder along with sugar .

4. Now mix this powder with smashed amla & add salt & rock salt .mix grated ginger & lemon juice .mix everything finely.





5 Now make small sized amla suparis & place them in a plate.Next keep plate in sun & let it dry for 2 days .On second day you will find that supari has started to harden .Now turn it so that other side also gets dried in sun on next day.

awla supari on day 1

6 Your awla supari is ready .Store in airtight container & enjoy after meal or any time of the day . this will last for 1 year but very frankly supari is so tasty that it will get over in week.



awla supari on day 2