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    How to Preserve Amla in Honey | Amla in honey preserve

    Published: Nov 17, 2011 · Modified: Aug 10, 2021 by Srivalli · 37 Comments

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    Amla or the Indian Gooseberry has rich source of Vitamin C. It has various health benefits and when consumed on regular basis, aids for a healthy life. When in season Amlas are consumed in various forms. Most common way is to pickle the amla and consume through the year.

    Two other methods are to make the Amla into murabba or preserve in honey. We get two varieties of Amlas, the one very big and the other smaller variety which is called Ara Nellikai in Tamil. The smaller ones are not that sour to eat and can be eaten as a snack. While the bigger ones are really sour, though after eating it, you will have a sweet after taste.

    So preserving these bigger ones in honey was the simplest way to eat them without much difficulty. We do get those sweeten amla in stores, which obviously have high sugar content in them. Preserving in honey doesn't make it sugary though the sourness gets reduced.

    Lets see how we can preserve the amlas in Honey.

    Wash and pat dry the Amlas.

    Using a sharp knife, slice the amlas. As the seed inside will be very hard, you can place the knife and using a hard object gently pat on the top. This way you can easily slit open the fruit.

    See how pretty the fruit looks!

    Using the sharp tip of the knife, insert the knife and scoop out the seed in the middle.

    Have the honey bottle ready. I used another honey bottle, so I didn't have to bother about cleaning, drying the bottle to be stored. Make sure the bottle you are going to use is clean and dry.

    Pour the honey into the bottle, place the amlas on them

    Slowly pour the honey into the bottle until you cover the entire amlas used.

    Shake gently and cover the mouth with a muslin cloth.

    This site advises you to keep the bottle in sunlight for an hour, while I didn't do it. Still my Amlas are good to eat. Though I would say you should use your judgment based on how your Amlas appear after preserving in the honey.
    The Amlas are ready to eat after 15 days of storing in honey. If you are going to store in sunlight, keep it for 15 days for an hour, then the amlas are ready to be consumed.

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    How to Preserve Amla in Honey | Amla in honey preserve

    Author Srivalli

    Instructions

    • Wash and pat dry the Amlas.
    • Using a sharp knife, slice the amlas. As the seed inside will be very hard, you can place the knife and using a hard object gently pat on the top. This way you can easily slit open the fruit.
    • Using the sharp tip of the knife, insert the knife and scoop out the seed in the middle.
    • Have the honey bottle ready. I used another honey bottle, so I didn't have to bother about cleaning, drying the bottle to be stored. Make sure the bottle you are going to use is clean and dry.
    • Pour the honey into the bottle, place the amlas on them.
    • Slowly pour the honey into the bottle until you cover the entire amlas used.
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    1. Harini says

      November 18, 2011 at 1:42 am

      Hey that is very interesting..I have never heard of this before!

      Reply
    2. Reshmi Mahesh says

      November 18, 2011 at 2:11 am

      Love these honey dipped amlas...Heathy and delicious....

      Reply
    3. Aarthi says

      November 18, 2011 at 4:45 am

      wow...i should make this for my amma...doctor had suggested her to have this for her health..Thank you so much valli..

      Reply
    4. PJ says

      November 18, 2011 at 9:36 am

      This is so easy and not to mention nutritious too...

      Reply
    5. Priya says

      November 18, 2011 at 9:36 am

      Omg, wat a healthy preserve, but unfortunately amlas are super expensive here to make preserves like this:(..

      Reply
      • Shiva says

        October 15, 2022 at 4:06 am

        Where do u live? It is not super expensive here in Tamil nadu

        Reply
    6. Archana says

      November 18, 2011 at 4:50 pm

      thanks. will do this pronto.

      Reply
    7. Kaveri says

      November 18, 2011 at 12:44 pm

      That looks so delicious...It is one of my favorites..my mom always keeps stock of these and this is the only way I eat amla.

      Reply
    8. Priya's Feast says

      November 18, 2011 at 7:01 pm

      Thats the real goodness of amla and honey...

      Reply
    9. Suma Gandlur says

      November 19, 2011 at 3:10 am

      Interesting. I loved to snack on the little berries but never developed a liking to the big sized ones.
      The ones we get here are frozen variety and I end up making a short life pickle.

      Reply
    10. Gayathri Kumar says

      November 19, 2011 at 4:14 am

      Looks absolutely delicious...

      Reply
    11. vaishali sabnani says

      November 19, 2011 at 10:20 am

      v v interesting...must give it a try.....girls will love these:)

      Reply
    12. Andy says

      November 19, 2011 at 12:47 pm

      Hi Valli,

      I dont know if i missed it in your recipe but how long should be store this before use?

      Thanks
      Andy

      Reply
    13. Srivalli says

      November 19, 2011 at 2:56 pm

      Andy Looks like I wasn't clear myself, have updated the post..thanks for asking.

      Reply
    14. divya says

      November 19, 2011 at 4:52 pm

      Looks absolutely delicious...

      Reply
    15. Aruna Alla says

      January 21, 2013 at 1:15 pm

      Hi Srivalli,

      WE are about to put pitted amlas in honey like you did and not putting under the sun. Can you tell me what is the maximum time that you have preserved this way. Because my mom's friend told here that, they did the same and with in week they can see the fungus allover and it smelled horrible, so they threw it away. Thanks!

      Regards,
      vinaka

      Reply
    16. Srivalli says

      January 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm

      Vinaka I did about for somewhere around 15 days or so, moreover since we made a point to eat them on daily basis, we sort of finished it quickly. But storing it in sun for an hour with muslin cloth and stirring it frequently ensured it was good. I am sorry I haven't tested beyond this time..do try and let me know how it turns out.

      Reply
    17. Aruna Alla says

      January 21, 2013 at 2:14 pm

      Thanks for quick reply,

      My only concern putting under the sun is for an hour for 15 days is heating honey kills all the nutritional values of Honey and what's left is a mery honey sugar solution. What we did is bought huge quantity of amlas for whole year, because they only available now. Please find out if you can from your friends or grand parents. In the mean time we are only testing half a kilo to see for a week and if everything is ok then taking risk of complete quantity. But I am guessing since you tried for 15 days, we won't find anything with in a week.

      In your case I thought you did not put it under the sun from your comments in the article, but you did put it under the sun, made it tricky for me.

      Any way I will let you know how we go. Thanks!

      Regards,
      vinaka

      Reply
    18. Srivalli says

      January 22, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      vinaka Wow that's quite an amount you got. I really will not want you to experiment like that if you are not sure. Like I said I wanted preserve and eat. And we finished it off within days of storing it. Unfortunately I didn't store it for a longer time to confirm the exact shelf life. However as you said putting it under Sun may make it just a sugar water, unfortunately we may loose some nutrients from honey, I am hoping that would have been absorbed by the amlas...all the best, I hope they stay really good.

      Reply
    19. raju samuthiram says

      August 20, 2013 at 12:51 pm

      frends I am gonna try this out .... can anyone share ur experience on this .......

      any help would be great

      Reply
    20. Srivalli says

      August 20, 2013 at 1:44 pm

      Raju As I have said in my previous comment, I was not able to save it up for the entire duration. Will surely try this soon with the next batch.

      Reply
    21. Anonymous says

      October 02, 2015 at 4:18 pm

      At the end of 15 days, are the amlas dry or still liquidy....wat do u do to dry them?

      Reply
    22. Srivalli says

      October 04, 2015 at 5:30 pm

      Anon The amlas were still soaked in the honey, it became soft. I haven't tried drying these though. You could dry some and check it out.

      Reply
    23. Malinipriya says

      November 04, 2017 at 9:41 am

      Can we cook the amlas before adding honey to them??

      Reply
      • Srivalli says

        November 04, 2017 at 11:08 am

        I have not tried cooking the amla before adding. However, going by the cooking process, I think the amlas will turn very soft if you cook and add.

        Reply
    24. Bharani says

      November 09, 2017 at 10:05 am

      After one one month soaked with honey ,it occurs bubbles on top of the bottle with liquid ,is it ok or any other suggestions?

      Reply
      • Srivalli says

        November 09, 2017 at 12:22 pm

        Bharani, did you put the soaked amla with honey in Sun?..If it was sun dried, the liquid and amla will be good. However, as said you have bubbles, it could mean it has gone bad. Ideally this is something you will be doing during summer and not during this time.

        Reply
        • Gajean says

          October 03, 2022 at 3:01 pm

          Hi Srivalli,

          The Amla started bubbling , like Coca Cola fizzing, but it's smelling good, what does it mean

          Reply
          • Srivalli says

            October 03, 2022 at 5:04 pm

            Hello Gajean, what quantity did you use? and did you put it under sun for 15 days? I didn't get the bubbles in mine. So if it is tasting good, then you should use it. I will be doing this again this summer.

            Reply
    25. C.V.Joseph says

      May 05, 2019 at 6:36 pm

      What to do if honey Amla is affected with white fungus?

      Reply
    26. Srivalli says

      May 05, 2019 at 9:15 pm

      Did you experience this fungus after preserving the amla? I haven't seen it happening,so can't really say about it.

      Reply
    27. Moahan says

      March 21, 2020 at 1:00 pm

      Can you reuse the left over honey for another batch

      Reply
    28. Srivalli says

      March 21, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      I haven't used it myself, though I would say, eat a piece of amla along with some honey, so it would be used up.

      Reply
    29. Niv says

      November 17, 2020 at 11:04 am

      Is it ok to put whole amlas without deseeding them? I have a tree full of amlas in my garden 😊

      Reply
      • Srivalli says

        November 17, 2020 at 11:20 am

        Hi Niv, I haven't tried doing it. Maybe the way the fruit soaks with the seeds and without is different. Since you have loads of them, pls do try and let me know..:)

        Reply
    30. Raj says

      December 23, 2021 at 10:43 am

      Dry the cut amla in sunlight for about 3 days, without drying out completely and then soak it in honey. This should extend the shelf life of amla, without catching fungus.

      Reply
    31. cruz sahaya says

      February 16, 2024 at 12:06 pm

      I had soaked the amlas in honey with some pepper sprinkled and was having one spoon every morning. But after two days the amla got spoiled with some foam formed on top layer.

      Reply

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