Gooseberry Sweet Pickle

GOOSEBERRY SWEET PICKLES:


INGREDIENTS:

• Gooseberry fruits       -  4 cups (well-ripened)
• Sugar                        -  4 cups
• Honey                       -  1/2 cup
• Saffron                      - 1/2 to 1 teaspoon

Gooseberry	Sugar	Honey
Saffron

METHOD OF MAKING:

1. Wash berries once and prick them with a bamboo stick or broomstick, in a number of places. Wash again and drain.
2. Prepare syrup with the sugar, adding 1.5 cups of water, in a big vessel.
3. Add a little milk, when the syrup boils and remove the dirt, frothing up.
4. When the syrup attains one-thread consistency, add the berries and turn well.
5. The syrup will become watery now. Boil till the syrup once again gets same consistency, stirring it all the time.
6. Dissolve saffron in 1 teaspoon of milk and add just before removing from stove.
7. Add the honey also and wait till it begins to boil once again. Remove from stove.
8. Cool well and bottle it in a glass or porcelain jar.

GOOSEBERRY SWEET PICKLES IS READY