Ingredients
Method
- Wash the Indian Gooseberries. Add 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker. Add the gooseberries to it and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
- Mean while break the jaggery to very small chunks and keep aside.
- Take all the ingredients under the list "to be powdered" and grind it to very fine powder. Sieve the powdered spices / herbs and keep aside.
- Once the pressure subsides on its own, remove the boiled gooseberries. Allow them to cool a bit , then de-seed them. Add them with very little water used for cooking gooseberries in a grinder jar and get a smooth lump free puree.
- Heat a broad bottom wok (if possible use iron cast wok) and add ghee to it.
- Once the ghee melts add the gooseberry puree to it . Blend very well and cook on low to medium flame until the liquid evaporates and the mixture becomes a bit thick.
- Now add the jaggery and mix well. keep stirring and cooking the mix until all the jaggery melts and the mix begins to thicken again.
- The color of the goosebbery mix will darken after addition of jaggery.
- We can see bubbles bursting out from the mix as it cooks. Be careful as the mix is very hot. Keep the flame to low and keep stirring contimously for another 5-7 minutes.
- Once the mix is thick enough and starts leaving the pan , add the spice/ herb mix to it and blend with a spatula.
- The mixture will become thick and the color will further darken. keep cooking the mix for few more minutes.
- Lastly add saffron strands and give a quick stir. Cook for another 1-2 minutes and put off the flame.
- Allow the chyawanprash to cool down completely before transfering it to a sterilised glass jar.
- Use as per need. You can start with 1 teaspoon of chyawanprash to your baby with warm milk in the morning.
Notes
Avoid giving chyawanprash to babies in summers. Keep chyawanprash in a dry cool place and always use a clean dry spoon to scoop it out. Homemade Chyawanprash stays good for 4-6 months at room temperature in cool dry place.
