Amla Candy

Ingredients :

Amla: 1 kg ( 30- 35)
Sugar: 700 gm (3.75 Cups)

Method :

1.Wash the  Amla well. Take a big pot/pan, and fill enough water in it so that the Amlas will be submerged easily then put it on fire for boiling. When water begins to boil put the Amlas in boiling water. After the water starts boiling again keep it boiling for 2 minutes then put off fire and cover these Amlas for 5 minutes with a utensil. Make sure that you don't put the Amlas into the pan before the water starts boiling. Put the Amlas for cooking only when the water is already boiling.

2. Put these Amlas in a strainer and when they become cold, remove the seeds. Put the pieces of Amla in another pan and pour 650 gms of sugar so that it covers the Amlas. Keep them for a day. Powder the remaining 50 gm sugar.

3. The next day open the lid and you will find that the sugar has turned into a syrup and Amla pieces are floating in this sugar. Stir the syrup and cover it for another 2-3 days.

4. After 2-3 days, these pieces will not float and will sink to bottom of utensil because they have soaked up the sugar syrup and become heavier due to that. 

5. Now sieve these pieces from syrup and put them in Sunlight to dry. After drying , coat these Amlas with the powdered sugar and dry for another day and the candy will be ready for eating.

6. Store the candy in an air-tight container and enjoy 6-7 pieces everyday. This candy is not only good in taste but good for digestion also.

For spicy Amla Candy

To spice up the same sweet candy you can add:

1 small spoon of black salt, 

1/2 spoon of black pepper powder and 

1/2 spoon of Amchur ( dried mango) powder with the refined sugar before you coat the Amlas.

This will make the candy more spicy for a different taste.