Name: Gooseberries/ Awla Mithai recipe by Lata Lala at BetterButter
Prep time: 480 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 530 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Half kg awla; Half a kg sugar or more; Roasted cumin seeds 2 tsp; Pepper powder 1 tsp; 25 gms of mixed dryfruits; Dessicated coconut to sprinkle; Magaj/watermelon seeds for garnish

ABOUT Gooseberries/ Awla Mithai RECIPE

With so many benefits of awla, there is one more sweet reason to have it in every season. This mithai is made without adding a single drop of ghee.

Ingredients Serving: 10

Half kg awla
Half a kg sugar or more
Roasted cumin seeds 2 tsp
Pepper powder 1 tsp
25 gms of mixed dryfruits
Dessicated coconut to sprinkle
Magaj/watermelon seeds for garnish

Instructions

Wash amla. Wipe them with kitchen towel
Grate them.
Mix sugar in it and keep aside for 6 to 7 hours.
After resting period awla will release its juice and get mixed with sugar and form a syrup.
Transfer this In heavy bottom pan
keep stirring it on low flame so that it should not stick to the bottom of the pan
Slowly the color of sugar will start to change. It will take around 45-50 minutes.
Switch off the flame when the sugar syrup has thickened and very little is left
Don't dry the sugar syrup completely as upon cooling it will crystallize
Now add roughly chopped dry fruits, black pepper powder and roasted whole cumin.
Mix well and let the mixture cool.
Now grease a steel plate with 2 drops of ghee
Pour this lukewarm awla mixture on the greased plate.
Spread it with greased backside of steel bowl.
Spread magaj/watermelon seeds and some dessicated coconut over it
Let it rest for few more minutes
Cut the mithai into desired shape
Store it in an airtight container.

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