Another ambrosian cuisine named "Amla Halwa" that can be stored for a couple of months in an airtight container so that it remains edible for daily consumption

In a few weeks from now the rainy season begins and we all typically purchase / carry umbrellas for our daily hassle-free lives / commute.

Similarly, with the onset of the rainy season the 

typical lack of proper sunshine for the regular adequate vitamin-D absorption decreases the

magnitude of our body's natural immunity shield 

coupled with the rainy season's irky common cold, cough, sneeze etc.

So, it's yet again a different set of healthy food and medicine requirements for a common man to stay strong and healthy regularly in rainy season too.

Hence, before the rainy season begins, all those that have the below ingredients available, may prepare another ambrosian cuisine named "Amla Halwa" that can be stored for a couple of months in an airtight container so that it remains edible for daily consumption.

1. Amla (Indian gooseberry) / usirikai, a nutritional powerhouse renowned for its extremely high vitamin C content, potent antioxidants, chromium & very low in calories, sugar, and fat and thus a strong natural immunity booster.

2. Ginger, a traditional Indian kitchen's super ingredient rich in Potassium, Magnesium, vitamin C, Copper & Manganese.

3. Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, pepper, and other traditional Indian spices known for their rich immunity boosters and other nutritional value to improve and sustain good health for longer durations. 

 

Preparation :

Wash half a kilogram of Amla / Indian gooseberries thoroughly and clean them with a soft dry cloth so that not even a single droplet of water remains on them.

Deseed them in your preferred ways and make a fine paste with the obtained amla pieces.

Take a bowl and add a few slices of neatly washed and cleaned ginger and roast it for 10 to 15 mins to make sure they are dry enough.

Add all the spices mentioned in point number 2 and roast them for 10 to 15 mins on low flame.

Take this mixture into a mixer jar and prepare a fine spices' powder.

Take a bowl and add a few tablespoons of pure cow ghee and roast the amla paste for 10 to 15 mins.

Add the spices' powder and roast it well for 10 to 15 mins. Add adequate amounts of rock sugar powder and jaggery powder and roast it for 10 to 15 mins on low flame. 

Let it cool down to room temperature and it should ideally look like a shiny dark golden brownish coloured solidified Ambrosia like

the one in the pic below that I have prepared for myself for the upcoming rainy season to retain good immunity and health regularly.

(One may optionally garnish this exceptionally delicious and healthy amla halwa with roasted pumpkin, watermelon, sunflower seeds for enhanced deliciousness.)

[ I usually recite Annapoornaashtakam, blessed by Shree AadiShankaraachaarya, while preparing such exquisite cuisines that gives them an Ambrosian taste and good health to the believers ] 

Sarvay Sujanaah Sukhinobhavantu... 🙂💐