Gooseberry / Nellikayi / Amla Tambuli

Indian Gooseberry (known as Amla, nellikayi) is very rich in vitamin C. It helps hair growth and also helps improve the immunity. We can prepare goose berry tambuli, Chutney, Chitranna, Jam, Gulamba, pickle etc. Here is the recipe of goose berry tambuli.

You can remove the seeds and dry under the sun light and store it so as to use all through the year. When you want to use it, just soak it in water overnight and use the same if fresh ones are not available. 

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Ingredients

Gooseberry - 4
Grated coconut - 5 to 6 spoons

Pepper corns - 6 to 7 or green chillies - 3 to 4 

Butter milk - 1 cup

Salt to taste

For tempering

Oil - 1 spoon

Mustard seeds - 1/4 spoon

Curry leaves - 3 to 4

Red chillies - 1

Method

Wash and chop the gooseberries and throw away the seeds. Finely grind the chopped gooseberries along with grated coconut, pepper corns (you can also use green chillies instead of pepper corns) along with butter milt, salt. Add additional water as per the concentration you would like to consume. 

Heat a tempering spatula. Add oil. When oil gets heated up, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies. When mustard seeds starts spattering, add this to Ground gooseberry tambuli.

Can serve this with rice.

Gooseberry tambuli, nelli kayi tambuli, nellikayi tambuli, amla tambuli,