Amla in Honey Recipe

Last Updated On: Feb 27, 2025 by Aarthi

Amla in Honey Recipe with step by step pictures. Consuming amla with honey daily has a lot of health benefits, popular ones are Amla Murabba . It helps to treat anemia and gives stamina. In this blog post, you will see how to preserve amla in honey naturally with step by step pictures and video.

Amla in Honey

This was one of the most requested recipe in this blog after I posted Amla Murabba recipe. The reason I was stayed away from this is, it is quite an easy recipe and it just involves soaking the amla in honey and nothing more complicated than that. But yesterday when I went through my list of do things, this recipe stood a little high. And luckily i had few amla and a bottle of honey on hand, so immediately tried it.

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This is such a healthy recipe, you should definitely try it. Make a big batch of it and give to your kiddos and family daily. It will make such a huge difference.I had saffron on hand so i added few here, but it is entirely optional. And the honey which i added is not your store bought stuff, it is pure mountain honey which was given to my mother by her friend. So you wont find it too dark in colour. You can use regular honey in this recipe.

About Amla in Honey

As you all know amla is rich in vitamins and many minerals. It is nutritious for your body, skin, hair. It is a great food to consume on a daily basis. But finding fresh amla when they are out of season can be a struggle. So it is convenient to preserve them when they are in season. One of the healthy way of preserving amla is in honey.

I have made Amla candy, Amla Murabba which are methods of preserving amla in sugar. This is a healthy version of preserving gooseberry in honey. Honey is said to be natural preserve agent.

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Ingredients for Amla in Honey

Gooseberry – choose large variety of gooseberry. Make sure it is fresh and free of bruises. I like to wash, dry the amla with a cloth. Cut them into small pieces, dry them under sun for 2 to 3 hours to remove the excess moisture from them. If you don’t have access to sun, you can air dry it for 4 hours.

Saffron – this is optional, but adds so much flavour to the amla in honey.

Honey – use fresh pure honey for this recipe, which adds health benefits.

Important Points before Making this

There are few points which you should read before making this recipe.

this is not amla murabba – Amla in honey is not same as Thean nelli or amla murabba. Amla murabba is made using sugar or jaggery. This method involves preserving raw gooseberry in honey. So the texture will be slightly different. Amla in honey once soaked tends to get chewy and slightly hard because the moisture from the gooseberry will be mixed with the honey. So it wont be soft as amla murabba. But this is a healthy option.

Dry amla properly – since we are preserving fresh amla, it is important to dry it completely before soaking in honey. I like to wash, dry the amla with a cloth. Cut them into small pieces, dry them under sun for 2 to 3 hours to remove the excess moisture from them. If you don’t have access to sun, you can air dry it for 4 hours.

Honey – choose best high quality honey which adds to the health benefits. Make sure the whole amla is submerged in honey since it is the preservant.

Flavourings – you can use dry ginger, turmeric, cardamom and black pepper while making this.

How to make Amla in Honey

Preparing Amla – Wash and pat dry the gooseberries. Now cut them into small wedges and discard the seeds. Allow the gooseberry to air dry or sun dry for few hours. There shouldn’t be any moisture in them.

Assembing – Take a clean and air tight jar, put few pieces of gooseberry in the bottom of the jar. Add some saffron strands on top and cover that with honey. Now put few more pieces of gooseberry and add some more saffron strands, Cover the entire thing with honey, don’t fill too much, since it will expand.

Preserving – You can cover this with a cheese cloth and keep it under sunlight. Clamp a lid and store it for 2 days at room temp so it gets soaked and for better taste. After 2 days, you can transfer this to fridge for longer and better storage.

How to Make Amla in Honey (Stepwise Pictures)

Soak amla in water for 30 mins.

Remove them from water and dry them

Dry them using a paper towel

Cut them into wedges, and deseed them. Allow the gooseberry to air dry or sun dry for few hours. There shouldn’t be any moisture in them.

You will need these

Lovely fresh mountain honey
gifted from my mom’s friend

Take a clean jar

Add few amla pieces in the bottom

Sprinkle half of the saffron. You can add in cardamom and crushed peppercorns

Cover it with honey

Add few more amla pieces

Sprinkle saffron

Cover again with honey

Cover till top..Now you can cover this with cheesecloth
and keep it under sunlight for 2 days. if you want to store
this for a long time..(I RECOMMEND THIS)

Close with a lid. After 2 days, you can transfer this to fridge for longer and better storage.

Expert Tips

Always use a clean, dry jar and spoons while handling this.
After few hours the honey will become watery, This is the water from the gooseberry leaching out. Not to worry about it.
Leave it to soak atleast for 5 to 8 days before consuming so it gets time to soak and become soft.
You can add cardamom powder or any spices that you like.
Daily have a piece of gooseberry along with a spoonful of honey.
Once all the gooseberry gets over, you can add some more cut up gooseberries in the same pot and pour some more honey and let the process get going.

Serving & Storage

Daily have a piece of gooseberry along with a spoonful of honey. Store this amla in honey in fridge for longer and better storage.

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