Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Nisha Dubey
Chyawanprash is an Indian solution for a weak immune system. It is made from jaggery, ghee, honey, amla and different Indian spices.
It can be prepared at home without any preservatives. Here's an easy recipe.
Ingredients Amla: 500 gm Jaggery/Gur powder: 500 gm Desi ghee: 100 gm Spice mix powder Saffron
Ingredients for the spice mix powder 3 bay leaves 1 small cinnamon stick 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1 teaspoon fennel 2 teaspoons dry ginger powder 3-4 long black peppercorns 5 cloves 6-7 black peppercorns 1/2 piece nutmeg (powdered) 6-7 pieces green cardamom 2 black long cardamom seeds
Roast all the dry spices, grind them finely and make them into a powder. Now filter the spices through a sieve.
Wash the amla and steam it for 10 minutes. You can also cook it in a pressure cooker till 1 whistle. Let it cool and then remove the seeds. Now grind it finely.
Next, heat ghee in a pan and add the mashed amla to it. Cook the amla paste for a few minutes, this will gradually thicken the mixture.
Now add chopped jaggery. Mix everything well and cook for about 10 minutes.
Now add the spice mix powder and cook it until the mixture becomes a little sticky. You will see that the paste will start to come off the sides of the pan after a short while.
Now add the saffron, stir and switch off the flame. Your chyawanprash is ready. Once it cools down completely, transfer it to a glass jar and you can use it for a year.