Amla juice two ways - Sweet & savory. Learn how to make this immunity boosting drink at home. Amla juice benefits your health as well as your whole family.
We all look for different ways to include amla in our diet because of it's health benefits. I make thayir pachadi (raita), nellikai oorugai, even Amla rice.
Juices like this, white pumpkin juice in empty stomach have lots of health benefits. So do try which ever suits you.
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Benefits
Indian gooseberry is known as peru nellikai in Tamil, Amla in Hindi. It tastes majorly sour as well as astringent (thuvarpu) with mild sweet after taste. It also have slight bitter taste.
Here are the benefits of Amla juice:
- Rich in Vitamin C to begin with, which is most known benefit. Hence improves immunity naturally when consumed in regular basis.
- When had in empty stomach, it acts like a detox as it is good for liver health.
- Good for digestion as well as appetite.
- Also it improves heart health.
- Good for hair growth. You can add more nutrients when you add curry leaves along.
- Said to be good for diabetics, when consumed with bitter gourd.
Consumption
You can consume this in empty stomach, 2-3 times a week since we are having it in juice form which have around 3-4 amla in it.
Empty stomach or as mid morning drink also it works. We usually avoid taking amla (Indian gooseberry/ Peru nellikai) in the night as it is said to give you cold.
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Storing
Suggest to consume fresh made juice. I do not store in fridge.
Top tip
How to make amla juice tasty:
- Instead of consuming amla extract as such, make it more palatable as juice with other ingredients. Such as adding honey or salt, adding other ingredients like vegetables will balance the strong taste.
- For ¼ cup of chopped amla, you can add 1 cup of water or more according to how strong the fruit is. Adjust sweetener or salt to balance as needed.
Substitutions
If you are looking for vegan option in the sweet version, you can substitute it with any other vegan friendly sweeteners like jaggery, coconut sugar, maple syrup etc.
Mint - You can use curry leaves to add more nutritional value.
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Amla juice recipe
Ingredients
Sweet version
- ¼ cup Amla Chopped Indian gooseberry
- 1 cup Water plus as needed
- 1 Lemon Small, Indian variety
- 1 to 2 tablespoon Honey
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt I used Himalayan Pink salt
Amla juice with salt
- ¼ cup Amla chopped
- 1 cup Water
- 1 Lemon Small, Indian variety
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Chopped
- 10 Mint leaves
- ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 Pinch Black pepper powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt (or as needed) I used Himalayan salt
Instructions
- Take amla, cut along the lines and take out the wedges leaving the seed.
- Chop them roughly.
Sweet version
- Place ¼ cup chopped amla, honey, salt, lemon juice and ¼ cup water in a blender and grind in low speed until done.
- Strain through a metal strainer. Add remaining ¾ cup water over and strain again.
- Ready to serve.
Salt version
- Place ¼ cup chopped amla (Indian gooseberry) in a blender.
- Add turmeric, black pepper, salt, ginger, mint leaves, lemon juice and ¼ cup water to it.
- Blend well and filter through a metal strainer. Add remaining water over it and strain again.
- Serve immediately.
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Notes
- Please adjust water, honey or salt as needed to suit your taste buds.
Stepwise photos
1. Take amla, cut along the lines and take out the wedges leaving the seed.
2. Chop them roughly.
Sweet version
1. Place ¼ cup chopped amla, honey, salt, lemon juice and ¼ cup water in a blender.
2. Then, grind in low speed until done.
3. Strain through a metal strainer after that.
4. Then, remaining ¾ cup water over and strain again.
5. Finally, ready to serve.
Salt version
1. Place ¼ cup chopped amla (Indian gooseberry) to begin with in a blender.
2. After that, add turmeric, black pepper, salt, ginger, mint leaves, lemon juice and ¼ cup water to it.
3. Then blend well and filter through a metal strainer.
4. After that, add remaining water over it and strain again.
5. Adjust water as well as salt as needed to balance taste.
6. Serve immediately.
Choose the one of your choice and enjoy the health benefits!
Anthony M. says
What about using AMLA powder? How much to use instead of fresh fruit?
Raks Anand says
I have not tried, but if you mean the brown powder, it tastes totally different and much stronger.