This is a step by step Amla (Indian Gooseberry) sharbat (lemonade) syrup and mukhwa (mouth freshner) recipe which I have learnt from a very dear Aunt of mine 5 years ago.
The step by step recipes for this healthy refreshment and mouth freshner are as follows:
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: None
Ingredients
1/2 kg of Amla or Indian Gooseberry (large-sized)
2 kg of Sugar Powder (sugar ground to a powdered form at home)
Method to Prepare the Amla Syrup
1. First wash the amlas and wipe them dry.
2. Then cut the amlas and deseed them. Keep them aside in a large bowl.
3. Grind or grate the amlas in two batch and keep aside. I prefer grating the amlas.
4. Add the sugar powder into the ground or grated amlas and mix well with a spoon.
5. Keep this mixture aside, covered with a lid for a week, keep mixing with a spoon in every 2-3 days regularly as the sugar starts melting slowly.
6. After a week the sugar melts completely and the mixture becomes concentrated (as shown below). Now strain this mixture and separate the concentrated amla syrup from the leftover amla pulp.
7. Store the amla syrup in a glass bottle and refrigerate. (This can be stored for a longer duration. When refrigerated the color of the syrup might change).
8. Now sun dry the amla pulp by spreading on a clean cloth. After few days of drying out in the sun the leftover amla pulp will dry and turn crispy.
9. Store and keep the dried amla flakes in an air tight glass container and have it as a mouth freshner.
Serve your guests and loved ones with this healthy sharbat or lemonade syrup by mixing 2 to 3 tsp of the concentrated syrup with a glass water and adding 1/2 a tsp of fresh ginger juice. You don't need to add extra sugar to your sharbat.
Surprise your friends with your own step by step preparation for amla (Indian gooseberry) sharbat (lemonade) and mukhwas (mouth freshner) and compel them to ask you for the recipes.
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